Friday, January 1st, 2021 at 7:00 pm (PST)https://youtu.be/D2gmzc-MTlc Showing Respect and Appreciation and Asking for Blessings from the Nature Spirits  On January 1st, Shinto Shrine of Shusse Inari in America will hold its monthly Tsukinami-sai Shinto ceremony to show respect, appreciation, and ask for blessings from the nature spirits. Since we have some new and […]

YouTube Live Stream of Once a Year Shinto Ceremony  歳旦祭Saitan-sai for 2021 Friday, January 1st, 2021 at 2:00 pm (PST) https://youtu.be/njburFQNMQQ On January 1st, the Shinto Shrine of Shusse Inari in America will hold its annual Shinto ceremony: Saitan-sai. Please join us for Saitan-sai. This is the first opportunity to pray to the nature spirits/Kami-sama […]

アメリカ出世稲荷神社では、コロナの影響で初詣イベントを開催できるか分からないことから、破魔矢、熊手、お守り、神札の授与の郵送受付を開始しました。ご希望の方は、当神社ウェブサイトの授与品ページからお選びいただき、リクエストフォームにてお申し込み下さい。縁起物、干支の絵馬は数に限りがありますのでお早めにお申し込み下さい。Since we are still not sure that we are able to hold Hatsumode Newyear celebration event on January 1st, 2021. We are accepting the request for the new year Shinto items. Please visit our Shinto Items page then submit the request form.

Since ancient times, the Japanese people practiced Toshikoshi-no-Ōharae, a prayer to purify and to rid themselves of the year’s yakunan (illness, accident, injury, fight, etc.) or “bad luck” and kegare, or “withered spirit”. Over the course of the year, the energy of a person’s spirit is diminished by tiredness, stress, and other pressures, so Toshikoshi-no-Ōharae […]

Can’t join us in person next Friday (Nov. 13) for our once-a-year Aki-matsuri? Watch our VIDEO livestream on our YouTube channel “ShintoInari” starting at 11 AM PST and you won’t miss a thing! Let’s show our gratitude for this year’s harvest and accomplishments and ask for continued blessings from the Nature Spirits together! Yes, we […]

　Shinto Shrine of Shusse Inari in America is thrilled to announce that our renewed website (ShintoInari.org) is live today, Friday, October 30th, 2020!    While some areas of our website are still under construction, we decided to open the new site today in order to resolve our earlier site’s inconvenient design as soon as possible […]

Shinto Shrine of Shusse Inari in America’s very own Rev. Izumi Hasegawa was recently interviewed by the BBC podcast “Heart And Soul” for a special on the spiritual importance of water in cultures around the world! Rev. Hasegawa will discuss the significance of water in Shinto. Tune in live this weekend starting on October 30th […]

Please join Rev. Izumi Hasegawa on November 1, 2020 at 7:00PM PST (please note Daylight Savings is over on that day) for the monthly Tsukinamisai 月次祭 Shinto service livestream on our YouTube channel “ShintoInari”! Please make sure to note the time change since Daylight Savings will be over.Tsukinami-sai is the Shinto service to show respect […]

Rev. Hasegawa has received the first rice ears (inaho) of this year’s bountiful harvest from local, third-generation Japanese rice farm, Koda Farms - A California Farming Legacy Since 1928. These rice ears will be offered to the Kami-sama in gratitude for their blessings and a good harvest. The rice ears from Koda Farms will also used […]

フライヤーのダウンロードはこちら Flyer download is here お問い合わせContact here Shinto Shrine of Shusse Inari in America will hold three special events: the Autumn Festival, blessing services for children age three, boys age five, and girls age 7 (Shichigosan), and our annual bonfire ritual. 　Let us express our gratitude to the Kami-sama for the growth of our children and pass […]

The 2nd session of 稲荷道場Inari Dōjō is the “Fundamental Praying Method”. In this session, Rev. Hasegawa explains various praying methods. What you do when you visit jinja or pray at kamidana? How deep you bow at each program in the service? How to do Tamagushi hairei? You will know with this video! The Inari Dōjō […]

“Episode 1: Introduction and History”  Released to Public on our YouTube channel ShintoInari  On Friday, July 31st, we have launched our Inari Dōjō, which is a virtual Dōjō with lectures about Shinto, Japanese culture, customs, traditions, and language as well as Japanese pop culture! Our first Dōjō session will be “Ōharae-no-kotoba Session, Episode 1: Introduction […]