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Oeshiki Festival at Ikegami Honmonji Temple | Oct.11-13

Oeshiki is a Buddhist memorial service held on the anniversary of the holy priest Nichiren’s death.


The Oeshiki at Ikegami Honmonji Temple is one of the largest events where more than 300,000 people come to see the service (festival) every year. The highlight of the ceremony will be on the 12th in the evening.

Oeshiki Festival at Ikegami Honmonji Temple 
池上本門寺 お会式

October 11th - 13th
Location: Kamata, Ota-ku, Tokyo

Official website of Ikegami Honmonji Temple (Japanese website)
https://honmonji.jp/index.html

YouTube by maruka maru : https://youtu.be/NvlXq-HuUi0

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