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Shinto , also called Shintoism, is a religion originating in Japan. Classified as an East Asian religions, East Asian religion by Religious studies, scholars of religion, it is often regarded by its practitioners as Japan's indigenous religion and as ...
ritual in
Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
. It takes place before
construction Construction are processes involved in delivering buildings, infrastructure, industrial facilities, and associated activities through to the end of their life. It typically starts with planning, financing, and design that continues until the a ...
starts on a new building.https://archive.today/20230417215042/https://d-museum.kokugakuin.ac.jp/eos/detail/?id=8916 The ritual asks for permission from the landlord deity to use the land for building. It is a way to
pray File:Prayers-collage.png, 300px, alt=Collage of various religionists praying – Clickable Image, Collage of various religionists praying ''(Clickable image – use cursor to identify.)'' rect 0 0 1000 1000 Shinto festivalgoer praying in front ...
for safety during the construction. The contractor, who makes the building, pays for the celebration. This includes the and
tamagushi is a form of Shinto offering made from a ''sakaki''-tree branch decorated with shide strips of washi paper, silk, or cotton. At Japanese weddings, funerals, miyamairi and other ceremonies at Shinto shrines, ''tamagushi'' are ritually presen ...
offerings. The owner and other people involved help cover costs. People set up a
Himorogi in Shinto terminology are sacred spaces or altars used to worship.Sugiyama, "Himorogi" In their simplest form, they are square areas with green bamboo or ''sakaki'' at the corners without Shinto architecture, architecture. These in turn support ...
at the space in order to do the ceremony, and a
Shinto priest , also called , is the common term for a member of the clergy at a responsible for maintaining the shrine and leading worship of the there.* ''Kannushi'' (in Japanese), Iwanami Japanese dictionary, 6th Edition (2008), DVD version The chara ...
blesses the land and obtains permission from the guardian deity of the land. The ceremony is held in the presence of builders, designers, and clients. A wooden platform is set up, and in the center is an altar on which offerings such as rice, sake, fish, vegetables, salt, and water are placed. In some cases, sand or salt from the beach near
Ise Grand Shrine The , located in Ise, Mie Prefecture of Japan, is a Shinto shrine dedicated to the solar goddess Amaterasu Ōmikami and the grain goddess Toyouke-hime (Toyouke Omikami). Also known simply as , Ise Shrine is a shrine complex composed of many Shi ...
may be used. Five-colored silk banners, called
masakaki A ''masakaki'' () is an object used in Shinto rituals. It is put on both sides of a table where the event takes place. A ''masakaki'' is made with the branches of a sakaki tree. These branches are attached to the top of cloth banners, which come ...
, are used in the ritual.


Tsu Jichinsai Lawsuit

The Tsu Jichinsai lawsuit in 1971 declared the rite secular.


See also

* Jinushigami *
Groundbreaking Groundbreaking, also known as cutting, sod-cutting, turning the first sod, turf-cutting, or a sod-turning ceremony, is a traditional ceremony in many cultures that celebrates the first day of construction for a building or other project. Such cer ...


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