Sumiyoshi Taisha Wakamizu Ritual and Gantansai (New Year's Day Festival)

Name: Sumiyoshi Taisha Wakamizu Ritual and Gantansai (New Year's Day Festival)
Start: 2027-01-01
End: 2027-01-01
Location: Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine

Jan 1, 2027

VenueSumiyoshi Taisha Shrine

ScheduleOn January 1, 2027, the head priest draws sacred "wakamizu" (first water) from the shrine well in bamboo tubes to offer to the gods, a water believed to purify and rejuvenate. At the moment of the first sunrise, the Gantansai festival then prays for the nation's prosperity and abundant harvests, performed at the main hall and every sub-shrine in the precincts.