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<\/p>\nThe Mekari Shinji ritual goes back as far back as the shrine’s history. The origin of the ceremony is linked to the time when Empress Jingu (approx. 200 A.C.) sent Azumiisora-no-kami (god of the sea) to the waters before the battle against the Silla country. There she acquired the art of controlling tides and thereby secured a victory. During the ritual period, three priests go into the cold sea water on the first day of the older calendar to harvest seaweed and offer it to the gods. Seaweed is considered to bring luck because it grows well on its own without care by humans and thus is seen as a symbol of prosperity.<\/p>\n
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\u2022 2\/4 (Mon.), 2\/5 (Tue.) The Mekari Shinji ritual goes back as far back as the shrine’s history. The origin of the ceremony is linked to the time when Empress Jingu (approx. 200 A.C.) sent Azumiisora-no-kami (god of the sea) to the waters before the battle against the Silla country. There she acquired the art of controlling tides and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27918,"featured_media":117350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-117349","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kitakyushu","event-type-festival","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/117349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27918"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117349"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022 2\/4: 23:00~1:00, 2\/5: 2:30~4:00
\n\u2022 Free
\n\u2022 Mekari Shrine
\n\u2022 3492 Moji, Moji-ku, Kitakyushu City<\/a>
\n\u2022 093-321-0749<\/a>
\n\u2022 https:\/\/www.mekarijinja.com\/mekarisinji<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"