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Tsukiji Shrine

Coordinates: 35°5′49″N 136°53′11″E / 35.09694°N 136.88639°E / 35.09694; 136.88639
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Tsukiji Shrine
築地神社
Religion
AffiliationShinto
DeitySusanō
Location
Location1-9-14 Chidori, Minato-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Tsukiji Shrine is located in Japan
Tsukiji Shrine
Shown within Japan
Geographic coordinates35°5′49″N 136°53′11″E / 35.09694°N 136.88639°E / 35.09694; 136.88639
Architecture
Date established23 January 1938
Glossary of Shinto

Tsukiji Shrine (築地神社, Tsukiji-jinja) is a Shinto shrine in Minato-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.[1]

Services

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Annual Services

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  • January 1: New Year's Celebration
  • Setsubun (in February): Setsubun Festival
  • Vernal equinox: Ceremony for the spirits of the deceased of Tsukiji
  • Around the Vernal Equinox: Service to comfort the spirits of people who have died working at Nagoya Port
  • July 18: Nagoya Port's Summer Festival
  • July 30: Chi-no-wakaguri, a Shinto purification ritual involving walking through a large ring of rope
  • October 10: Kotohira-gū Festival and Izumo-taisha Festival
  • October 23: this shrine's annual festival
  • November 23: ceremonial offering by the Emperor of newly harvested rice to the deities
  • Akihasan Hongū Akiha Jinja Festival
  • December 31: New Year's Eve Festival and Purification Ceremony

Monthly Services

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  • Every month on the 1st, 15th, and 23rd: a monthly festival

References

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  1. ^ "築地神社名古屋港総鎮守" [Tsukiji Shrine Nagoya Port Sōchinshu] (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 November 2010.