We’ve put together information on hatsumode (New Year’s shrine visits) in 2024 at Nishinomiya Shrine, Hirota Shrine, Yakujin-san, and more, including whether food stalls will be set up.
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Nishinomiya Shrine (Ebessan)
Gate opening hours
January 1: 12:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
January 2 and 3: 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
January 4 to 8: 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
About 100 food stalls will be set up
- Toso sake hospitality at the hall has been canceled
- Free sake service on the shrine grounds has been canceled
- Goshuin stamps will be offered as pre-written paper stamps
- The chozuya purification basin will be closed
In a typical year, about 500,000 people visit during the first three days of the New Year.
By the way, the Fukuotoko race on January 10 will return for the first time in three years. (Limited to the first 1,500 people: registration starts at 10:00 p.m. on January 9 on the west side of Enmanji Temple parking lot.)
Visitor route and more↓
From Nishinomiya Shrine New Year and Toka Ebisu Event Information
You can check the live camera to see how crowded it is.
For more details about New Year’s and Toka Ebisu, see here
Last year’s atmosphere↓
Hirota Shrine
About 12 food stalls will be set up
For details on New Year’s Eve rituals and more, see here
Scenes and atmosphere from before COVID↓
Yakujin-san (Mondo Yakujin Tokoji Temple)
About 10 food stalls will be set upThere may also be stalls along the route from the station.
Zodiac figurines will be offered for 100 yen.
【New Year’s Day】12:00 a.m., 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
【January 2 onward】9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Regarding the zodiac figurines, they were only sold from midnight. We sincerely apologize to those who were unable to buy one due to the incorrect information we posted.
Scenes from the 2023 hatsumode visit↓
Kannoji Temple
A few food stalls will be set up
Members of the public may be able to ring the New Year’s Eve bell
The bell at Kannoji Temple↓
For the New Year’s Eve bell, members of the 108-kai group will apparently begin ringing the Fifteenth Night bell from around 11:30 p.m. on December 31. If the number of rings is under 108, members of the public may also be able to ring the bell!
You can ring the bell during the New Year period.
On New Year’s Day, from after the Koyama Thanksgiving Festival until 4:00 p.m.; on January 2 & 3, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Scenes from the first sunrise of the year↓
Finally
Food stalls will be popping up in lots of places.
