Hatsumōde (初詣, hatsumōde) is one of the major Japanese traditions of the new year, which is the first visit to a Buddhist temple or Shinto shrine visit...

shrines to celebrate new year; this "first visit" of the year is known as hatsumōde or hatsumairi. There, they buy amulets and talismans to bring them good...

wheelchair-accessible if entering from the side street instead of the main gate. Hatsumōde (New Year's visit) January Kurohonzon Prayer Ceremony, 15 January Setsubun...

Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine is one of the most popular places for celebrating Hatsumōde and Shichi-Go-San in Hiroshima. Boshin War Atomic bombings of Hiroshima...

popular temple for hatsumōde (the first visit to a place of worship in the new year). In 2006, 2.72 million people engaged in hatsumōde here, the third largest...

hundreds of thousands of visitors on and surrounding New Year's Day for Hatsumōde (初詣), or the first shrine visit of the new year. Many events including...

consequence of this is the habit to give up the traditional New Year visit (hatsumōde) to a Shinto shrine if a death in the family has occurred within the last...

year is considered January 1. Japan portal Holidays portal First sunrise Hatsumōde, the first Shinto shrine visit of the Japanese New Year List of Important...

A few scenes from hatsumōde in Izumo-taisha, 2019...

throughout the year". At midnight, many visit a shrine or temple for Hatsumōde, or the first shrine/temple visit of the year. Throughout Japan, Shinto...