Calendar

Detailed information is supplied for the rites in blue.

March

18th: Usajingu-yohai-shiki (Worship of Usa Shrine) 宇佐神宮遥拝式
20th: Soreisha-shunki-reisai (Ancestral Shrine's Annual Spring Ceremony) 祖霊社春季例祭
31st: Ken-ei-hiko-shiki (Poetry Dedication) 献詠披講式

1pm

Priests recite selected poems with traditional tunes on the stage of the Lower Worship Hall. This ritual is held in commemoration of Sanemoto Minamoto’s distinguish services in Japanese literature.

Sanetomo Minamoto, the 3rd shogun of Kamakura shogunate, is remembered in history for his extraordinary talent in poetry. He edited an anthology of Waka poems named “Kinkai waka-shu”.