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Jigen-ji Temple Prayer Stick Burning Ritual
Head priest Ryojyun Shionuma, famous around the world for his incredible feats of endurance and faith, leads this special Buddhist ceremony.
Operation Period
3rd Sundays of every month
Time Required
About 1.5 hours.
Number of Participants
1〜100people
From 13:00 on the 3rd Sundays of every month, a strictly practiced prayer stick burning ritual led by Ryojyun Shionuma is held inside Jigen-ji Temple’s Gomado (“Goma Hall”), to ask for the blessings of Buddhist deities. Everyone is welcome to attend for viewing.
Advance reservations are required for the worship seats at the Gomado.
From 10:00 on the first day of every month, we will start accepting reservations for that month's Goma worship seat on the Jigenji website.
We have a monitor seat in the main hall as a seat on the day.
After completing the reception of the worship seat at the Fudasho, write a prayer on the gomagi (300 yen) and put it in, and from around 12:40, we will guide you to the temple in numerical order.
After the praying is over, the ceremony will be led by Ryojyun Shionuma.
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※ About application for special prayer on Homa Prayer Stick Burning Day:
Prayer requests will be accepted until 12:30 on the day. After 12:30, any applications will be processed during the next Prayer Stick Burning Day.
*Regarding advance reservations for worship seats
From December 2022, the prayer seats in the Gomado have changed to an advance online reservation system.
From 10:00 on the first day of every month, we will start accepting reservations for that month's Goma worship seat on the Jigenji website.
We have a monitor seat in the main hall as a seat on the day.
* “Akiu Marche” (秋保マルシェ), a local crafts fair and market, is held irregularly at the temple parking lot. For more information, search for "Akiu Marche" (秋保マルシェ).
| Experience Program Name | Jigen-ji Temple Prayer Stick Burning Ritual |
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| Activity Location | Jigen-ji Temple |
| Time Required | About 1.5 hours. |
| Operation Period | 3rd Sundays of every month |
| Start Time | 13:00～ |
| Minimum number of participants | 1people |
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| Maximum number of participants | 100people |
| Important notes regarding participation | When the prayer sticks are burned, there is smoke inside the hall, and the hall is cold or hot depending on the season, so please be sure to mind your physical condition when you visit. |
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| What is included in the price | Prayer stick, praying fee. | ||||
| Method of Payment | Cash, transportation IC card, iD, Visa/Mastercard/Amex/JCB/Diners Club/Discover, QUICPay, PayPay *Special prayers are accepted in cash only. |
| Meeting Spot | 89-2 Takihara, Baba, Akiu-machi, Taihaku-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken 982-0244 |
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| Meeting Time | Reception of worship seats is until 12:00 |
| Access | ＜By Public Transportation＞ ・From JR Sendai Station, board the No. 8 bus at the West Bus Pool heading towards “Akiu Otaki.” Approx. 1 hour 10 mins (only operates weekends & holidays). ・From JR Ayashi Station (Senzan Line), take the train to “Futakuchi Onsen.” Approx. 40 mins. ＜By Car＞ ・40-minute drive from Sendai Station (from Sendai-Nishi Road, pass through Shirasawa Mountain Pass to just before reaching Akiu Otaki Waterfall) ・25-minute drive from Ayashi Station (pass through Shirasawa Mountain Pass to just before reaching Akiu Otaki Waterfall) |
| Parking | Yes Room for 100 cars (free). |
| Facility Information | Restroom. |
| Barrier-free Access | No |
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Ryojyun Shionuma, who completed the Omine Sennichi Kaihogyo Ōmine (One-thousand Days Trekking Practice on Mt. Ōmine) in Nara Prefecture in 1999 and Shimugyō (Four-fold Renouncing Practice) in which he could not eat, drink, sleep, or lie down for nine days the following year in 2000, constructed Jigen-ji Temple (Merciful Eye Temple) in Sendai/Akiu. He leads the ceremony.