Kyoto Kitano Tenmangu Corona End wishing for the first time in 550 years Shinto-Butsu Shrine ceremony September 4 15:27

At the Kitano Tenmangu Shrine in Kyoto, a Shinto and Buddhist ritual was held for the first time in about 550 years, and a ritual of a Shinto and Buddhist ritual that a priest and a Buddhist priest at Enryakuji Temple were hoping for the plague to disappear, etc. was held for the first time in 550 years.

The Kitano Tenmyo Shrine in Kitano Tenmangu in Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto city was a ritual of Shinto and Buddhism that was said to have begun over 1000 years ago, and it was interrupted after the Onin Rebellion, but in hope of ending the new coronavirus. , Was revived after about 550 years.

In the main shrine, 25 people gathered, including the priest of Kitano Tenmangu Shrine that surrounds Michizane Sugawara, the head temple of the Tendai sect, and the monks of Hieizan Enryakuji.



At first, Shigeru Tachibana, the priest of Kitano Tenmangu, gave a congratulatory message, and then Hiroei Morikawa of the Enryakuji temple pedestal offered a ball skewer.



After this, Shinto and Buddhism worked together to pray for the end of the new coronavirus. For example, a Buddhist monk at Enryakuji devoted a Buddhist memorial service called "Sanmon Hakkou" to the Buddhist temple to ask questions about the content of the Hokke Sutra.



Tsukasa Tachibana of Kitano Tenmangu said, “In Japan, I believe God and Buddha in the same way, so it was the greatest impression of me to be able to perform the ritual together this time. I hope that the new coronavirus will be sealed. I am talking."