An Introduction to our Religious Activities, Regular Services, Memorial Services and Prayers
We wish to introduce our religious activities as follows:
Regular Services during a year (observed at the temple)
- January : Gyoki (Memorial Service for Honen Shonin, the Founder of Jodoshu)
- March : Spring Higan Service (Service for the Vernal Equinox)
- July : Bon /Segaki Service (Annual Service for the Dead)
- September : Autumn Higan Service (Service for the Autumnal Equinox)
- November : Juya Service (Service for the Special Nembutsu Period)
Prayers and Memorial Service (observed at the temple and/or home)
Prayer for...
- Safe Delivery of Babies
- Blessing for Children
- Shichi go san (Special Blessing for Children at the age of 3, 5 and 7)
- Success in Scholastic Performance
- Prosperity for Family
- House Blessing
- Blessing for Traffic Safety
Services and Rituals for ...
- Buddhist Wedding Ceremony
- Kikyou-shiki (Initiation Ceremony for Embracing Buddhism)
- Mizuko Kuyo (Memorial Service for Unborn/Newborn/Early Deceased Children)
- Graveside Service
- Emshrinement Service (Buddha Statuette, Family Altar and Memorial Tablet of Ancestors)
- Monthly Home Service (Daily Practice and Memorial Services)
- Ancestor Worship (Anniveresary and Monthly Memorial Services)
- Jobon Kuyo (Ritual of Symbolic Cremation of old religious items)