Calendar
Detailed information is supplied for the rites in blue.
July
- 7th
- Tanabata-sai (Tanabata) 七夕祭
5pm
Tsurugaoka Hachimangu holds historical records of Tanabata rituals held in the early Edo period.
During Tanabata week, the Lower Worship Hall is surrounded by votive tablets and paper slips in the shape of mulberry leaf, and inscribed with people’s prayers. The main shrine and the Lower Worship Hall are decorated with traditional ornaments and bamboo grasses. In the evening of 7th July, special seasonal vegetables, music instruments, and rolls of dyed silk are dedicated.
Sacred dances performed by the shrine maidens are also dedicated in the ritual, with prayers for strengthening relationships between people and kami.
※Kami (the Japanese word for Shinto deities or sacred beings)