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 […]

Recently, our own Rev. Izumi Hasegawa was interviewed about Shinto in an article “Return of the Yokai” for 99% Invisible, one of the most popular podcasts on iTunes! Read more and listen here:

June 20th, 2020 is said to be a day of 一粒万倍Ichiryūmanbai -- an auspicious day in the Japanese calendar to begin a new endeavor.  As such, the nature-friendly spiritual group, Shinto Shrine of Shusse Inari in America (a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization) is delighted to announce our new projects! Our supporter club has named “Kitsune […]

Purify and recharge your spirit for the summer!! From ancient times, the Japanese people practiced 夏越之祓Nagoshi-no-Harae, a prayer to purify and to rid themselves of the first half of the year’s 厄難yakunan (illness, accident, fight etc…) or “bad luck” and kegare, or “withered spirit”. Over the course of the first half of the year, the […]

On Tuesday, June 9th, Shinto Shrine of Shusse Inari in America will hold its annual 夏祭りNatsu-matsuri (Summer Blessing) Shinto ceremony to show our respect and appreciation to the nature spirits / Kami-sama and ask them to bless us with success and a bountiful harvest.  We will also ask that they protect us from natural disasters […]

Monday, June 1st, Shinto Shrine of Shusse Inari in America will hold monthly　Tsukinami-sai Shinto ceremonies to show respect and appreciation, and ask for blessings from the nature spirits. We plan to live stream the ceremony on YouTube starting at 12:00pm (PDT) on the channel “ShintoInari”. We hope that you can pray with us wherever you […]

From Friday, May 1st, Shinto Shrine of Shusse Inari in America will begin holding  monthly Tsukinami-sai Shinto ceremony to show respect and appreciation and ask for blessings from the nature spirits. We plan to stream the ceremony live on YouTube starting at 12:00pm on the channel “ShintoInari”. We hope that you can pray with us […]

A Friendly reminder! We are going to close the Support Club name Survey by the end of this month (April 30th) . So far we got 75 responses. Arigato gozaimasu for your participation!  If you have not submitted yet, please do so now! So far we have received “Shino Inari Club” 26%, and “Kitsune Club” […]

YouTube Link ----    https://youtu.be/HdhALFB-EG4 Channel ----  ShintoInari Shinto Shrine of Shusse Inari in America will hold a Shinto ceremony to show appreciation to our mother nature on Earth Day, Wednesday, April 22nd, at 12noon (PDT). We plan to stream the ceremony on YouTube live (link will be announced later). We hope that you can […]