Visit the historic Hamamatsu Goshajinja Shrine and Suwa Shrine for your first shrine visit of the year, combining it with a prayer for protection against misfortune!

As we welcome the New Year, I made my annual first shrine visit to Hamamatsu Goshajinja Suwajinja in Toshimachi, Hamamatsu! This shrine was established in 1962 when the two original shrines were merged, creating the new Goshajinja Suwajinja. The current shrine building was completed in 1982, and the deities of both shrines are enshrined within a single building...

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Happy New Year! First day of the year! Let's toast with sake while enjoying a celebratory meal of auspicious foods at home!

"Osechi ryori" refers to celebratory dishes eaten during the New Year! "Osechi" is an abbreviation of "osechiku," and it's a blend of dishes eaten at the beginning of the year to pray for a bountiful harvest, samurai celebratory meals, and commoner dishes to celebrate the New Year. Furthermore, during the first three days of the New Year...

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