In order to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, shrines and temples in the Tokyo metropolitan area, which are visited by a large number of worshipers every year for the first time, call for "distributed worship" at different dates and times, and some stop worshiping all night until New Year's Day. It has come out.
Of these, Meiji Jingu in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo will stop accepting all-night worship from Omisoka to New Year's Day in order to prevent worshipers from becoming "dense."
Omisoka will close at 4 pm and will open at 6 am on New Year's Day.
Sensoji Temple in Taito-ku, Tokyo, decides to stop worshiping in the main hall on New Year's Day 3 after refraining from opening more than 200 stalls in the precincts every year.
Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture, publishes the video of the live camera installed in the precincts on its homepage, checks the congestion situation, and calls for worshipers to be distributed as much as possible.
Musashi Ichinomiya Hikawa Shrine in Saitama City is to make a part of the approach road one-way on the day and stop opening stalls on the approach road so that worshipers can worship smoothly.
In addition, Naritasan Shinshoji Temple in Narita City, Chiba Prefecture, will stop worshiping inside the main hall from Omisoka until January 3, and may restrict admission to the precincts when it is crowded. I will.