Visit during weekdays outside the January 8-12 Tōka Ebisu festival window if you want a quieter experience, as thousands of business owners and luck-seekers converge on the shrine during this five-day period to purchase blessed lucky bamboo and charms. If you do come during Tōka Ebisu, arrive early in the morning to beat the crowds and have a better chance of interacting with the shrine maidens and geisha apprentices distributing the fukuzasa.

If you visit during Tōka Ebisu in January, plan to purchase a fukuzasa (lucky bamboo branch) and customize it with charms that match your intentions, such as treasure boats for wealth, red sea bream for business success, or shrine maiden bells to call luck to you. Each charm carries its own lucky meaning in Japanese culture, so take time to select ones that align with what you're hoping to attract.