Sagicho

Wakamiya Hachimansha

January 14:00-16:00


We take the New Year decorations at a nearby shrine to burn.
It is a fire festival called Sagicho or Dondoyaki to ward off evil at the beginning of the year,
and is the practice occurs all over Japan.

At 14:00 Shinto ritual starts Before the ceremony
Shinto ritual in front of the decorations Shinto ritual in front of the decorations
Local people are gathering Purification
Ignition Warming yourself at the fire is said to bring
good health through the year.