title: Tsukiji Shrine
text: # Tsukiji Shrine
  
  Tsukiji Shrine (築地神社, Tsukiji-jinja) is a Shinto shrine in Minato-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
  
  ## Services
  
  ### Annual Services
  
  * January 1: New Year's Celebration
  * Setsubun (in February): Setsubun Festival
  * Vernal equinox: Ceremony for the spirits of the deceased of Tsukiji
  * Around the Vernal Equinox: Service to comfort the spirits of people who have died working at Nagoya Port
  * July 18: Nagoya Port's Summer Festival
  * July 30: Chi-no-wakaguri, a Shinto purification ritual involving walking through a large ring of rope
  * October 10: Kotohira-gū Festival and Izumo-taisha Festival
  * October 23: this shrine's annual festival
  * November 23: ceremonial offering by the Emperor of newly harvested rice to the deities
  * Akihasan Hongū Akiha Jinja Festival
  * December 31: New Year's Eve Festival and Purification Ceremony
  
  ### Monthly Services
  
  * Every month on the 1st, 15th, and 23rd: a monthly festival
  