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⛩🌙 Nagoshi no Oharae at Torigoe Jinja 🚶‍♂🚶‍♀ Chinowa Kuguri 🏮🌿
👉 Cleanse Away the First Half of the Year and Welcome the Next Six Months with Positive Energy! ⛩
👉 International meetup at a café and walking

Would you like to experience a unique Japanese tradition that even many Japanese people rarely have the chance to join?

In this special event, we will visit Torigoe Jinja, a historic shrine with over 1,400 years of history, and take part in Nagoshi no Oharae, one of Japan’s most important summer purification rituals.

Nagoshi no Oharae is an ancient Japanese ceremony held at the end of June to cleanse away the spiritual impurities and misfortunes accumulated during the first half of the year and to pray for good health, happiness, and good fortune for the months ahead.

☕ First, we'll meet at a café!
Enjoy English conversation and international exchange in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Whether you're joining for the first time or coming alone, you'll find it easy to connect with others and make new friends. 😊

🚶‍♂🚶‍♀ Then we'll walk to Torigoe Shrine.
The Torigoe and Asakusabashi area still preserves the charm of old Tokyo, with historic streets, traditional architecture, and a nostalgic downtown atmosphere. Enjoy discovering this hidden side of Tokyo as we stroll through the neighborhood together.

⛩ At 8:00 PM, we will join the Nagoshi no Oharae ceremony at Torigoe Shrine. Participants can walk through a large sacred grass ring called a Chinowa, a traditional purification ritual believed to remove misfortune and bring good luck, health, and happiness for the rest of the year.

🌏 Enjoy International Exchange
Meet people from around the world, learn about Japanese culture, share experiences, and make new friends in a welcoming and multicultural environment.

✹ Event Highlights
✅ Experience a rare once-a-year Japanese tradition
✅ Walk through the sacred Chinowa purification ring
✅ Optional participation in the Hitogata purification ritual
✅ Learn about Japanese history, culture, and spirituality
✅ Explore Tokyo's traditional downtown area
✅ Meet both international and local participants

Let's leave behind the worries and bad luck of the past six months and start the second half of the year with a fresh mind, positive energy, and new friendships!

This is a special seasonal event where you can experience authentic Japanese culture while enjoying international meetups and meeting wonderful people from around the world.
We look forward to seeing you there! ⛩🌿✚😊

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⛩ Route

📍 ENGLISH ONLY CAFE (5:00–7:15 PM)
Relax in a cozy café atmosphere while enjoying English conversation and international exchange. Before departure, participants will have a chance to introduce themselves, so even first-time attendees can quickly feel comfortable!
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📍 Departure (7:15 PM)
We will travel from JR Ochanomizu Station to JR Asakusabashi Station (approximately 5 minutes by train / ¥160 fare).
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📍 Torigoe Shrine (7:45 PM)
Torigoe Shrine is a historic shrine in Tokyo with a history of approximately 1,400 years. Deeply revered by residents, it is known for blessings related to protection from misfortune, good fortune, and success in business.
Nestled in the traditional downtown Torigoe area, the shrine offers a peaceful atmosphere where visitors can experience Japan’s rich history, culture, and spiritual traditions. ⛩✚
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📍 Nagoshi no Oharae (Summer Purification Ceremony)
This is a traditional Japanese ritual held around June 30 each year. It is performed to cleanse away the spiritual impurities (kegare) and misfortunes accumulated during the first half of the year, and to pray for good health, peace, and good fortune during the remaining six months. Together with the year-end purification ceremony held in December, it is known as Oharae (the Great Purification Ritual).

At Torigoe Jinja, a large sacred grass ring called a Chinowa is set up within the shrine grounds. Visitors walk through the ring as part of a purification ritual believed to remove misfortune and impurities while bringing health, happiness, and good fortune.

Another important tradition is the Hitogata Nagashi (Paper Doll Floating Ritual). Participants transfer their impurities and misfortunes to a paper figure called a Hitogata (or Katashiro) for an offering of approximately ¥500–¥1,000. The paper figures are then released into the Sumida River as a prayer for health, safety, and protection from misfortune.
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📍 End (9:00 PM)
The nearest station is JR Asakusabashi Station. 🚉

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⛩ Important Notes
- This meetup is not a guided tour.
- Last order for drinks is 30 minutes before departure.
- If you do not order a drink, an additional 500 JPY will be charged on top of the participation fee.
- Joining the event after departure is not possible.
- Registration is not available after arriving at the café on the day of the event.
- This meetup will conclude at the destination.
- If there are fewer than three participants on the day or in case of severe weather, the event will be canceled. However, you are still welcome to visit the café and enjoy our various meetups.
- If you wish to leave the group early, please inform the organizer.

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☕ Information

💡 Fees
Participation Fee: FREE
- One drink order is required (from 500 JPY)
- Second drink and onwards: discounted price (from 300 JPY)
- Alcohol (from 500 JPY), light meal (from 100 JPY)
- A one-time “Member Passport” issuance fee of 100 JPY applies
- Payment is cash only

💡 Participation
- This meetup group is for members only. To be a member, you have to read and understand the "Rule Book" and agree to its contents.
- Please check the "Information" and "Rule Book" from the links below, and then click the “Attend” button on this page.
- Please note that you will be asked to read the "Rule Book" again when you visit for the first time.

✔ Information
https://englishonlycafe.com/info/

✔ Rule Book
https://t.co/zPEKGIKho5

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⛩🌙 Nagoshi no Oharae at Torigoe Jinja 🚶‍♂🚶‍♀ Chinowa Kuguri 🏮🌿
👉 半幎の厄を祓い、埌半を気持ちよく迎えよう ⛩
👉 カフェでの囜際亀流ずりォヌキング

東京で、倖囜人にはもちろん、日本人でもなかなか䜓隓する機䌚の少ない䌝統行事に参加しおみたせんか

今回は玄1,400幎の歎史を持぀ 鳥越神瀟を蚪れ、日本の倏の颚物詩である 「倏越の倧祓なごしのおおはらえ」 を䜓隓したす。

倏越の倧祓は、1幎の前半に知らず知らずのうちに身に぀いた穢れや灜厄を祓い、残り半幎の無病息灜や開運を願う日本叀来の神事です。

たずはカフェに集合
英䌚話や囜際亀流を楜しみながら、リラックスした雰囲気で自然に亀流できたす。初参加・お䞀人参加でもすぐに打ち解けられる、安心の空間です😊

その埌カフェを出発し、鳥越神瀟ぞ向かいたす。鳥越・浅草橋呚蟺には、昔ながらの東京の颚景や歎史ある街䞊みが残っおいたす。散策しながら、䞋町ならではの雰囲気を楜しみたしょう。

鳥越神瀟で8時から行われる、「倏越の倧祓なごしのおおはらえ」に参加したす。境内に蚭眮された倧きな「茅の茪」をくぐり、半幎間の厄や穢れを祓いたしょう。日本ならではの䌝統文化を実際に䜓隓できる貎重な機䌚です。

🌏 囜際亀流も楜しめる
䞖界各囜から集たる参加者ず亀流しながら、日本文化に぀いお孊び、新しい友達を䜜るこずができたす。

✹ このむベントの魅力
✅ 幎に䞀床の貎重な䌝統行事を䜓隓
✅ 茅の茪くぐりで厄払い・開運祈願
✅ 圢代流しに参加可胜垌望者のみ
✅ 日本の歎史や文化に觊れられる
✅ 䞋町散策を楜しめる
✅ 囜際亀流ず新しい出䌚い

半幎間の疲れや厄をリセットし、気持ちよく残り半幎をスタヌトしたしょう

日本の䌝統文化ず囜際亀流を同時に楜しめる、この時期だけの特別なむベントです。皆さたのご参加をお埅ちしおいたす ⛩🌿✚😊

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⛩ ルヌト

📍 ENGLISH ONLY CAFE (5:00-7:15 PM)
カフェでリラックスした雰囲気の䞭、英䌚話や囜際亀流を楜しみたしょう。出発前には参加者同士で自己玹介の機䌚もあるため、初参加の方でもすぐに打ち解けられたす
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📍 出発 (7:15 PM)
JR埡茶ノ氎駅から浅草橋駅ぞ移動したす電車で玄5分 / 運賃160円
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📍 鳥越神瀟 (7:45 PM)
東京郜台東区にある玄1,400幎の歎史を持぀神瀟で、地域の人々から厚く信仰されおおり、厄陀けや開運、商売繁盛のご利益で知られおいたす。
䞋町情緒が残る鳥越゚リアに䜇む神瀟で、歎史や䌝統文化を感じながら静かなひずずきを過ごすこずができたす。 ⛩✚
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📍 倏越の倧祓なごしのおおはらえ
毎幎6月30日頃に行われる日本の䌝統的な神事で、1幎の前半に身に぀いた「穢れけがれ」や灜厄を祓い、残り半幎の無病息灜ず平穏を祈願する行事です。6月の「倏越の祓」ず12月の「幎越の祓」を合わせお「倧祓おおはらえ」ず呌びたす。

鳥越神瀟では、境内に倧きな「茅の茪ちのわ」が蚭眮され、参拝者は茪をくぐるこずで半幎間の厄や穢れを祓い、健康ず幞犏を願いたす。

たた、「人圢ひずがた・圢代」初穂料5001,000円皋床に半幎間の穢れや灜厄を移し、その人圢を隅田川ぞ流しお無病息灜を祈願する「氎䞊祭圢代流し」が行われたす。
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📍 終了 (9:00 PM)
最寄り駅はJR浅草橋駅ずなりたす。

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⛩ご泚意
- 本亀流䌚はガむドツアヌではありたせん。
- ドリンクのラストオヌダヌは、出発の30分前ずなりたす。
- ドリンクのご泚文がない堎合は、参加費に加えお500円を頂戎いたしたす。
- 出発埌の途䞭参加はできたせん。
- 圓日、カフェ到着埌のお申し蟌みはできたせん。
- 目的地にお珟地解散ずなりたす。
- 圓日の参加者が3名未満の堎合や荒倩時は䞭止ずなりたすが、その際はカフェにお各皮亀流䌚をお楜しみいただけたすので、ぜひカフェたでお越しください。
- 途䞭退垭の際は、オヌガナむザヌぞお知らせください

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☕ ご案内

💡 料金
参加料: 無料
- ワンドリンク制500円〜
- ドリンク2杯目以降は割匕䟡栌300円〜
- お酒500円〜、軜食100円〜
- 初回のみ、䌚員蚌発行手数料ずしお100円を頂戎いたしたす
- お支払いは珟金のみずなりたす

💡 参加方法
- 圓亀流䌚は䌚員制です。䌚員になるには、『Rule Book』をお読みいただき、内容をご理解のうえ、ご同意いただく必芁がありたす。
- 以䞋のリンクから『Information』ず『Rule Book』をご確認のうえ、このペヌゞの『参加する』ボタンを抌しおください。
- なお、『Rule Book』は初回ご来店の際にも改めおお読みいただきたす。

✔ Information
https://englishonlycafe.com/info/

✔ Rule Book
https://t.co/zPEKGIKho5

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