A ceremony was held on Sunday on the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo. The shrine in Shibuya Ward was founded on Nov. 1, 1920, and enshrines Emperor Meiji and his wife, Empress Shoken.
About 400 people participated in the event as the number invited was reduced to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.
During the ritual, boxed offerings from the Emperor were brought to the main building of the shrine and offered to deities. Then a chief priest read out norito prayers and miko shrine maidens performed a new program of kagura, a traditional dance performance originally dedicated to deities.
After that, 18 representatives, including former Imperial family members who left the Imperial household after World War II and Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato, made a tamagushi ritual offering.
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