Corona Hatsumode Countermeasures by mailing bills in various places Cashless coins are also available at 21:05 on November 12
The first visit to the government subcommittee, where infection control was shown.
At the shrines and temples in each region, while taking measures such as "distributed worship" from the end of the year, there is a movement to adopt a new style for the first visit and worship due to the corona virus, such as by using mail or online.
Before the first visit, which is expected to be crowded, the Association of Shinto Shrine has compiled and disseminated guidelines for infection prevention.
In this, take measures by exemplifying the removal of the dipper used by worshipers to clean their hands, the installation of multiple offering boxes to avoid three crowds, and the one-way route of worship. I'm looking for.
Under these circumstances, some shrines in various places are calling for "distributed worship" by setting the period of the first visit from December to February and setting up multiple places to worship in order to avoid congestion on the day. There is.
Furthermore, based on the new coronavirus, new lifestyles are spreading in various situations, and the use of online and mail is also expanding at shrines and temples.
For example, for those who refrain from worshiping, we will mail bills that we pray in advance according to the wishes of family safety and business prosperity, we will be able to give bills and amulets online, and we will accept cashless coins. There is a movement to adopt a new style for the first visit and worship due to the corona amulet.
Stop stalls Instead of bustling with "lanterns"
At Musashi Ichinomiya Hikawa Shrine in Saitama City, where more than 2 million people visit the shrine every year, we are preparing for the first visit to the corona sword, such as by closing the stalls and preparing lanterns instead.
At Musashi Ichinomiya Hikawa Shrine, in order to prevent the congestion of the first shrine next year, we are calling for people to visit the shrine from December to February 3rd next year, and distribute it at the time of the first visit every year. We are preparing to award the existing bills and amulets from December.
In the precincts, measures such as removing the dipper when cleaning hands and installing an acrylic board at the awarding office have already been taken to prevent infection.
Furthermore, in January, in order to avoid the three crowds, the route of worship will be one-way, and the stalls with about 800 stalls lined up on the approach road, which is about 2 km each year, will be canceled next year.
Instead, we decided to decorate about 2000 lanterns about 60 cm in size with donations from locals so that the scenery of the approach road would not be lonely, and local volunteers prepared for the 12th. Was proceeding.
Mr. Masaomi Higashi Tsunoi, the priest of the Musashi Ichinomiya Hikawa Shrine, said, "I promise to worshipers that I will do my best to prevent infection. I think that the shape will change, but the feelings will not change. I am very pessimistic. I want to proceed as if I was happy with this, without catching it. "
Some shrines mail prayer bills
At Tsurugaoka Hachimangu in Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture, we will adopt a new style, such as mailing a prayer bill for those who refrain from worshiping.
At Tsurugaoka Hachimangu, we have already taken measures to prevent infection by stopping the use of the Chozuya and installing signs calling for wearing masks, and in the future we will install live cameras in the precincts to display images. By publishing it on the homepage, the congestion status will be delivered in real time.
Also, regarding the New Year's prayer that there are many applications for the first visit every year, in addition to the face-to-face format in a well-ventilated building in the precincts, there is also an initiative to mail a prayer bill at the shrine for those who refrain from worshiping. I'm going to do it.
If you apply on a special form with the content you want to pray for, such as "safety in your wife" or "avoid bad luck," you will be able to pray in the same place as before.
When we started accepting requests from the 4th of this month, we have already started receiving mail requests, so we are preparing to receive them by the end of the year for those who applied by the 15th of next month.
At Tsurugaoka Hachimangu, it has been said that "Hatsumode is until Setsubun", so we would like to aim for "Distributed Hatsumode" where you can safely worship while avoiding "denseness" by having San, who is expected to be crowded, visit other than the day. It is said.
Mr. Takuya Akutsu of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine said, "I will send you a bill that I prayed for firmly, so if you visit the bill at home, I think that God's blessing is sufficient.
I can not come to worship
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I hope you all have a good New Year. "
Amulets and bills at the "online award office"
Kanda Myojin in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo has opened an "online awarding office" on its website since late last month.
Among them, 78 types such as amulets, bills, tamagushi and votive tablets are posted with pictures, and even people who cannot visit directly due to the influence of the new coronavirus can request them online.
Kanda Myojin says, "I wish I could respond to the desire of people who want to be protected by God even though they cannot worship because of the new coronavirus."
56% of the first visits and worshipers next year also "go / probably go" survey results
A private research company, "General Research," conducted a survey of about 1,100 men and women in their 20s and 60s nationwide regarding their first visits and worship at Corona.
Among them, when asked about the first visit and worship next year, 56% of the respondents answered "I think I will go" and "I think I will go", "I don't think I will go" and "I think I will probably not go". 44% of the respondents answered.
In addition, in response to the progress of online in various situations due to the spread of infection, when asked about the items that they would like to experience if they are incorporated into the first visit or worship, 29% answered "online fortune" and 27% answered "cashless coins". I did.
3 Regarding measures to set up "cashless coins" in various places in the precincts to prevent congestion, 57% of the respondents answered "very good" or "somewhat good", and more than half were positive.
In addition, when asked if a "new style" should be adopted for the first visit and worship in the future, 53% of the respondents answered "yes".
* Rounded to the nearest whole number.