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2021/01/02 10:25 Weather News
The first visit to Corona is different than usual. There are many temples and shrines that prohibit night worship from New Year’s Eve and require a decentralized first visit or a pre-new year visit. How can I avoid the risk of infection?
The “Guidelines for countermeasures against new infectious diseases by coronavirus in sanctuaries” notified by the main office of the sanctuary (Tokyo) to about 80,000 sanctuaries guarantee a minimum interpersonal distance of 1 m and completely disinfect the hands. In response to this, we are taking steps such as removing the “Suzuo” that rings the bell in the piggy bank and the duck in the basin, and increasing the piggy bank to avoid congestion.
One of them is the call to distributed worship. For example, Kumano Hongu Taisha (Wakayama Prefecture) calls the first visit until January 17, Sumiyoshi Taisha in Osaka and Kanda Myojin in Tokyo until February and Taishofu Tenmangu in Fukuoka Prefecture until the end of March.
In some areas, the government is also working together to call for decentralized worship. In Narita City, Chiba Prefecture, where the Naritayama Shinshoji Temple is located, if you shop at over 1,600 stores in the city in the month after January 12, you can shop with a specific cashless payment and purchase price it will be named after “2021”. We are running a campaign to promote distributed worship where 21% of the points are awarded.
In addition, Ise City, Mie Prefecture, where Ise Jingu is located, and the Ise City Tourism Association will say “Ise Miki Weekday”, and on weekdays from January 6 to 29, the Municipal parking near Ise Jingu will be free for up to 4 hours. In addition, we are working to decentralize the beginning of the year by distributing lottery application cards that win special products to tourists who visited Ise city from January 6 to March 1 only on weekdays.
It is said that the custom of the first visit is not ancient, but after the expansion of the railways from the Meiji era to the Taisho era. It began when the railway company announced the visit to the temples and shrines in Ekata (auspicious direction) that year as “Ekata pilgrimage”, and was finally established as the “first visit” to visit the same temples and shrines every year.
Also, there are many shrines and temples where even people who refrain from going out due to crown disease can visit for the first time without visiting, such as Kanda Myojin etc, they can grant bills and guards online or by mail. There is.
It’s a different New Year from Corona. When you go for the first visit, be sure to take the basic infection prevention measures yourself, such as avoiding “density” and visiting at a less crowded time and refraining from loud conversations. Also, many shrines and temples have rules like stopping the use of Tesuisha and making the focus and enclosures one-way, so let’s take the highest priority in infection prevention according to each rule.
