Reiwa's first "Fukuo" selection Nishinomiya Shrine January 10, 7:26
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For the first time worship, the annual New Year's "Fukuo Election" was run at the Nishinomiya Shrine in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture for the first time.
Nishinomiya Shrine, nicknamed “Ebesan”, performs “Fukuo Selection” every morning on January 10 in conjunction with “Toka Ebisu”, a prayer for business prosperity.
This is a traditional ritual in which the first three people who ran through the precincts from the gate of the shrine and arrived at the main shrine as early as the "Fukuo" of that year, and about 5,000 people participated.
At 6:00 am, when the shrine gate was opened with the sound of a drum, the worshipers ran at full speed about 230 meters to the main shrine.
The first to reach the main shrine and become the first “best fortune” in Reiwa was Yusuke Kuroki (33), a high school health and physical education teacher living in Sakai City, Osaka. A person has been selected as the "Fukuo" of the story.
Kuroki, who became the most fortunate, said, “I am a director of the baseball club. It is a word of“ I'm surprised. ” I want to be able to divide my fortune into those around me as I spend my days. "