Before the New Year, at Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine in Fukuoka Prefecture, a "soot payment" was held to remove dust and other substances that had accumulated in the main shrine, with the intention of avoiding the troubles and injuries of the past year.
"Soot payment" is held every year at Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine in Fukuoka Prefecture, and on the 9th, seven priests first cleaned themselves up.
After that, I shook the bamboo bamboo with leaves at the tip, which is about 4 meters long, to remove dust and dirt that had accumulated in places that are usually out of reach, such as the high walls and ceiling of the main shrine.
"Soot payment" has the meaning of suffering from the troubles and injuries of the past year, so Mr. Hidetsugu Kiyohara, a priest, said, "I have been serving with the hope of the early termination of the new coronavirus. Since it is a new year, it should be a year in which we can steadily move forward step by step like a cow. "
At Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine, we plan to make full-scale preparations for the New Year, such as installing Kadomatsu and signs to celebrate the New Year.
On the other hand, for the first visit, in order to disperse it as an infection prevention measure, we will prepare votive tablets such as votive tablets until the end of March, which is a little over a month long.