Start the upcoming New Year with a visit to one of Osaka’s recommended shrines for Hatsumode, where you can pray for peace and safety in 2025. 1. Sumiyoshi Taisha (住吉大社): The Main Sumiyoshi Shrine of ...

Meiji Jingū is where Emperor Meiji (1852 – 1912) and Empress Shōken (1849 – 1914) have been enshrined. This distinguished Shinto shrine is a historical building that exudes a calm and solemn dignity ...

Good to know: In winter, dress warmly. All visitors are required to sit on the temple’s chilly floor and use a calligraphy ...

Come New Year's Eve, Tokyo is usually filled with incredible parties and countdown celebrations. While the countdown event at Shibuya Crossing has been cancelled yet again this year, there are ...

8’s primary trio stops to pray for the New Year in the hatsumode tradition. Production I.G That series is returning this year, and we’ve already been treated to the first piece in the series.

Getting home on New Year's Eve in Tokyo could be tricky. The good news is, some train lines in Greater Tokyo usually add extra late-night services to their timetables in order to accommodate the ...

The tradition of “Hatsumode” involves visiting shrines to pray for good fortune in the year ahead. In Italy, people throw things out the window to make room for new. In Brazil, revelers don ...

MCU- Senior woman and her daughter praying at a Japanese temple for Hatsumode MCU- Senior woman and her daughter praying at a Japanese temple for Hatsumode. Shot in 5K. Okayama, Japan sunday worship ...

Otoshidama is often gifted during the first few days of the New Year (from Hatsumode, the first shrine visit, to January 3) but can also continue throughout the month of January. Otoshidama is ...