Visiting Japanese Shrines

Today is September 15th, and I participated in the monthly festival at the Inner Shrine of Isehara Daijingu from 8am. I offered a Tamakushi to the great deity and made a formal bow, two claps, one bow. From 11am, I participated in the Segaki ceremony at Daifukuji Temple in the city. It is an annual event where all the parishioners gather in the temple grounds, listen to a sermon by the head priest, and replace the old stupas with new ones. It seems that as you approach 70, you just can't help but participate in Buddhist and divine events❣️