【絶対に訪れたい 『絶景』】箱根神社　神嘗祭　神宮遥拝　Level2 (Hakone Shrine,Kanname-hoshukusai,Worshiping the Grand Shrine)

絶対に訪れたい 『絶景』
箱根神社　
神嘗祭
神嘗奉祝祭
神宮遥拝
Level2

神嘗奉祝祭（かんなめほうしゅくさい）
このお祭りは、伊勢の神宮で斎行される最重儀の祭典である神嘗祭を奉祝して全国の神社で行われるお祭りです。
神嘗祭とは、その年に収穫された初めての稲穂を神様にお供えして感謝の真心を捧げるお祭りで、天皇陛下御自ら皇居内水田にてお育てになられた御初穂を始めて、全国から初穂が献納され、神宮内玉垣に捧げ懸けてお供えされます。このお初穂は「懸税かけちから」と呼ばれています。
箱根神社では10月17日午前9時に斎行し、引続いて神宮を遙拝致します。
祭典に先立って祓所にて修祓を行い、参進して御本殿へ参入します。

神宮遥拝
神宮遥拝とは、遠く離れた場所から伊勢神宮を拝むことです。
神宮遥拝所は、伊勢神宮に直接参拝できない人々が、伊勢の方向を向いて遥かにお参りするために設けられた場所です。

神嘗祭（かんなめさい）
天照大御神（あまてらすおおみかみ）は、神代の昔「稲穂こそ国民の食して活くべきもの」とお定めになり、高天原（たかまのはら）から常世の国（とこよのくに）への天孫降臨（てんそんこうりん）に際しては瓊瓊杵尊（ににぎのみこと）に御手ずからその稲種をお授けになり送り出されました。
こうして我が国は稲作を中心として自然と共生する穏やかな暮らしぶりの中で今日まで発展を続けて参りました。
この国民生活の根幹を為す「稲」の稔りを迎え、天照大御神の大前に新穀を捧げ、御神恩に感謝申し上げると共に、皇室の弥栄と国家の安泰と繁栄、五穀の豊穣、国民の平安を祈願して行うお祭りが神嘗祭です。
年間1６00余りある神宮のお祭りの中で、６月・12月の月次祭とともに重要とされる「三節祭（さんせつさい）」の一つであり、中でも「神嘗祭」は神宮のお正月とも呼ばれる神宮で最も重要なお祭りです。
神嘗祭では、天皇陛下が宮中でお作りになられた初穂の束が瑞垣御門の柱に懸けられ、更に周囲の瑞垣には、全国各地から献納された初穂の束が懸けられます。この初穂の束を懸税（かけちから）と云いますが、御神前に懸けてお供えされる懸税は、稔りを迎えた収穫感謝のしるしであると共に、「一粒万倍」の稲種のように子々孫々に継承発展して行く生命を与えて下さる神様の御神恩への感謝のしるしでもあるのです。
この神嘗祭を最も鄭重に行うのが、20年に一度の式年遷宮です。式年遷宮は、古例のままに御社殿や殿内の御装束神宝を始め全てを新しくして大御神に新殿にお遷りいただき、大御神の大御光をより強く大きく更新していただいて、国も人も共々に若々しく立ち返り進み行こうという常若（とこわか）で永遠の発展の祈りを込めて行われる神宮最大のお祭りです。式年遷宮が大神嘗祭（だいかんなめさい）とも言われる所以が茲にあります。


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Hakone Shrine
Kanname-sai
Kanname-hoshukusai
Worshiping the Grand Shrine
Level2


Kanname-hoshukusai (Kanname Festival)
This festival is held at shrines across Japan in celebration of the Kanname-sai, the most important ritual held at the Grand Shrine of Ise.
Kanname-sai is a festival in which the first ears of rice harvested that year are offered to the gods as a sincere expression of gratitude. Offerings from all over Japan, including the first harvests grown by the Emperor himself in the paddy fields within the Imperial Palace, are hung on the shrine's tamagaki fence. These offerings are called "kakechikara."
The Kanname-sai will be held at Hakone Shrine at 9:00 AM on October 17th, followed by worship of the Grand Shrine.
Prior to the ceremony, a purification ritual is performed at the purification site, followed by a procession into the main shrine.

Ise Shrine Remote Worship
Ise Shrine remote worship is the act of worshiping Ise Grand Shrine from afar.
The Ise Shrine Remote Worship Site was established as a place where people who cannot visit Ise Grand Shrine in person can worship from afar, facing the direction of Ise.

Kanname-sai (Ceremony of the New Year)
In ancient times, Amaterasu Omikami decreed that "rice is what the people should eat and live on." When the heavenly grandson (Tenson Kourin) descended from Takamagahara to Tokoyo-no-Kuni (Land of Eternity), she personally bestowed rice seeds upon Ninigi-no-Mikoto and sent him off.
In this way, our country has continued to develop to this day, centered on rice cultivation and living a peaceful life in harmony with nature.
The Kanname-sai festival marks the harvest of rice, the foundation of national life, and is held to offer new grains before Amaterasu Omikami and express gratitude to her divine blessings, as well as pray for the prosperity of the Imperial Family, the safety and prosperity of the nation, bountiful harvests, and peace for the people.
Of the more than 1,600 festivals held at the shrine each year, it is one of the three important Sansetsu-sai festivals, which are considered important alongside the monthly festivals in June and December. Of these, the Kanname-sai is the most important festival at the shrine, and is also known as the shrine's New Year.
At the Kanname-sai festival, a bundle of first harvests made by the Emperor at palace is hung on the pillars of the Mizugaki Gomon gate, and further bundles of first harvests donated from all over Japan are hung on the surrounding Mizugaki fence. This bundle of first-fruits is called kakechikara (hanging tax), and the kakechikara offered before the altar is a symbol of gratitude for the ripe harvest, as well as gratitude to the gods for granting life to be passed down and developed for generations to come, just like the rice seeds "one grain after another."
The most solemn celebration of this Kanname-sai is the Shikinen Sengu, held once every 20 years. In this Shikinen Sengu, the shrine building and all its interior décor, including its sacred clothing and treasures, are renewed in accordance with ancient tradition, and the Great Deity is moved to the new building. This renews the Great Deity's divine light, making it even stronger and more powerful. This is the shrine's largest festival, and it is held with prayers for eternal youth and eternal development, so that both the country and its people can return to their youthful state and move forward. This is why the Shikinen Sengu is also called the Daikanname-sai (Great Kanname Festival).