New Year's Eve Grand Purification
Kyoto · Heian Shrine
Dec 31, 2026
🎗️ Culture
Kyoto
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About this event
The Grand Purification ceremony at Heian Jingu on New Year's Eve is one of the year's most spiritually significant events at this landmark Kyoto shrine. The elaborate Shinto ritual cleanses the shrine community and worshippers of the accumulated impurities from the entire year. Participants leave feeling spiritually refreshed and prepared to welcome a new beginning.
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