Gantan-E (New Year Service) ; Hyakunin Isshu 百人一首 "One hundred people, one poem each"

The main New Year ceremony in Nichiren Shu Buddhism is the Gantan-e (New Years' Service) held on or after January 1st to show respect to the Buddha, Nichiren Shonin, and ancestors. During this service, followers express gratitude for the past year and pray for world peace, good harvests, and prosperity in the new year. Many temples also serve a special medicinal sake after the ceremony.

After service we will play in English:
Hyakunin Isshu 百人一首 "One hundred
people, one poem each" There is another very popular traditional New Year's game, which, rather than having a significantly auspicious symbolism (though I would suggest that it might), is a surprising celebration of Japan's classical culture - specifically its poetry - in which the players must familiarize
themselves (and in many cases memorize) one hundred poems of
varying degrees of complexity and difficulty.

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• This month, 28th December, 10:00 am, Mochi Tsuki- Preperation of Mochi for the New Year! in North Tonawanda

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