40,000,600 Days of Great Merit

About this event

The 46,000-Day Merit Festival at Hase-dera in Fujisawa is based on the belief that visiting the temple on this special day earns merit equivalent to 46,000 days of devotion — roughly 126 years. It falls on August 10th and draws large numbers of worshippers eager to receive this extraordinary accumulation of spiritual blessing in a single visit. The day reflects the deep Japanese folk belief in auspicious times when the gates of divine grace are thrown wide open.