Calendar of annual rituals 
7th - 9th August
Bonbori-matsuri (Bonbori Festival) 雪洞祭
Bonbori is the Japanese lamp with a paper shade. Various pictures and examples of calligraphy offered to Tsurugaoka Hachimangu are mounted to look like lamps, which are lined up beautifully along the pathway to the shrine. About 400 lampshades are set up in the precinct for the Bonbori festival.
- 7th August 3pm
- Nagoshi-sai (End of Summer Ritual) 夏越祭
- 8th August 5pm
- Risshu-sai (Start of Autumn Ritual) 立秋祭
- 9th August 10am
- Sanetomo-sai (Minamoto Sanetomo Ritual) 実朝祭
What's New
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- 2019.08.22
- Bonbori Festival was held
- 2019.08.21
- Rituals and Events of Annual Grand Festival 2019
- 2019.08.02
- Tsurugaoka Intellectual Salon (TIS) was held on 23rd June
- 2019.07.31
- Upcoming exhibition "Art and Calligraphy of the Bonbori Lantern: Birth of the Bonbori Festival 1938-1955" at Tsurugaoka Museum, Kamakura
- 2019.07.29
- Bonbori Festival Rigid Fan is now available
- 2019.07.19
- Rituals and Events of Bonbori Festival (Lantern Festival) in 7th -9th August 2019
- 2019.07.18
- Oharae (Major Purification Ritual) was held
- 2019.07.01
- Tanabata (Star Festival) coming!
- 2019.06.25
- Firefly Festival was held
- 2019.06.24
- "Mikagura and Mikomai of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu" at National Theatre on 1st June
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