ONCE A YEAR! 初午祭 Hatsu-uma-sai for 2022Saturday, March 6th, 2022 at 4:00 pm (Pacific) Please join the public archive video on YouTube at https://youtu.be/g2wgt413pjY Soon we will celebrate 初午祭 Hatsu-uma-sai for 2022! Please join us for our once-a-year ceremony to celebrate Inari Shrine’s founding, and pray for Good Fortune and Great Success as well as communicate our […]

Please join us for our monthly ceremony! Tsukinami-sai was held on March 1st at 7pm (pacific) on our “ShintoInari” YouTube channel. Click the link to join the public archive video for this ceremony! Tsukinami-sai is the monthly Shinto ceremony to show respect and appreciation, and ask for blessings from the Kami-sama (nature spirits).  When you […]

At Shinto Shrine of Shusse Inari in America, we are planning to build a mobile shrine . The mobile shrine will be used to bring Shinto ceremonies to your business or city, and also bring traditional Japanese customs and culture to the next generation. The inside of the trailer will be modified to create a […]

The Inari Project is a fund-raising project for the construction of a Shinto Shrine of Shusse Inari in America building, to be dedicated to Inari Ōkami. アメリカ分祠・社殿建立ご協力のお願い アメリカ出世稲荷神社では、社殿建立に向けて資金集め「稲荷プロジェクト」を開始します。皆様のご協力・ご奉賛をよろしくお願いいたします！ロサンゼルスでは戦後初となる神社を一緒に造りましょう！ The Shinto Shrine of Shusse Inari in America was approved in 2017 as a nonprofit organization in the United States, and is a cornerstone of Japanese traditional […]

Requests for Shinto Items received after the 28th cannot be filled until January, and filling them will depend upon what Shinto Items are still available. If you are in the Los Angeles area, you can obtain Shinto Items at our shrine booth in Little Tokyo on December 31 or January 1. Note that any requests […]

Please join our Once a Year Shinto Ceremony 歳旦祭Saitan-sai   On January 1st, 10:30am, the Shinto Shrine of Shusse Inari in America will hold its annual Shinto ceremony: Saitan-sai. It will be the FIRST Shinto ceremony for 2022! We will pray for people’s happiness, safety, success, and for world peace for new year. You are […]

年越の大祓 Toshikoshi-no-Ōharae & 除夜祭 Joya-sai for 2021 Friday, December 31st, 2021 at 3 pm (PST) On December 31st, the Shinto Shrine of Shusse Inari in America will hold its annual Shinto Ceremonies Toshikoshi-no-Ōharae and Joya-sai.  In the Toshikoshi-no-Ōharae, we pray to the nature spirits / Kami-sama for purification and ask them to recharge our spirits, […]

Yes!!!  We will have a booth at Little Tokyo on New Years Eve, and New Year's Day!! Activities will be held at the booth! Shinto Ceremonies: Toshikoshi-no-Ōharae, Joya-sai, Saitan-sai, Tsukinami-sai Shinto items: Hamaya, Kumade, Ofuda, Ema and Omamori   Time Table (feel free to participate in all the events): December 31st12noon -- Shrine booth opens3:00 pm -- Toshikoshi-no-Ōharae & […]

Please join us for our monthly ceremony! Tsukinami-sai was held on December 1st at 7pm (pacific) on our “ShintoInari” YouTube channel. Click the link to join the ceremony at any time! Tsukinami-sai is the monthly Shinto ceremony to show respect and appreciation, and ask for blessings from the Kami-sama (nature spirits). When you visit a Shinto […]

We are looking for volunteers to help with our events on December 31st & January 1st at Little Tokyo. December 31st is Toshikoshi-no-Ōharae & Joya-sai. January 1st is Saitan-sai. We need volunteers who can help to set up, run the Shrine booth, and cleanup. This is the chance to learn Japanese traditions and culture! You […]

It is time to give BIG support to your Shinto Shrine! Would you like to visit a Shinto Shrine in Los Angeles? Would you like to participate in Shinto ceremonies in person? Would you like to view our ceremonies from the perspective of participants? In order to make these wishes come true, you can support […]

Since ancient times, the Japanese people practiced Toshikoshi-no-Ōharae, a prayer to purify and rid themselves of the year’s yakunan (illness, accident, injury, fight, misfortune etc.) 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 rituals are performed […]