A total of 168 female students went to the New Year's extraordinary shrine maiden seminar where they dressed in shrine maiden costumes

Because the shrine of New Year 's overflowing with people, we need more than usual shrine maiden' s hands, and will be recruited when a temporary shrine maiden for that purpose comes at the end of the year. In Ikuta Shrine in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture, it was said that a seminar targeting 168 temporary shrine maidens would be held, so I actually went and watched what is the New Year's temporary shrine maiden workshop.

The location of Ikuta Shrine is 2-1 Shimayama Besso Chomeo Chuo, Chuo-ku, Hyogo Prefecture.

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Arrived at Ikuta Shrine.


The shutter is already down in the shrine.


The lecture meeting will be held next to the main hall "Ikuta Shrine Hall"


More and more women will come in.


When I entered, I found a guide for the New Year 's Shrine Maiden Workshop venue. The workshops seem to be done on the 4th floor of the building.


The following is the inside of the venue.


There was a blue seat on the back of the hall, with small sleeves and scallops.


The front of the hall is like this.


There is an ema and amulet etc on the desk.


Something special or an ornament.


There are a lot of demon arrows.


Somehow the carpet was rolled up on the floor.


Experienced shrine maidens from the chair behind the hall, inexperienced people sit from the chair in front.


The meeting place is filled with people in no time.


The points of caution about doing the New Year's extraordinary shrine maiden training are explained and ...


Temporary shrine maidens will listen while looking at the paper of prior explanation distributed contents such as "prohibition of brown hair", "prohibition of perfume / manicure", "preparation of thick clothes" and "bringing calculator".


After the beginning of the workshop greetings ......


The shrine maidens of Ikuta Shrine will rise to the stage, will explain the amulets etc and how to award them.



When it receives 10,000 yen bill, it is said to put in a wooden box.


Have the woman receiving the course go up to the stage and experience the actual awards etc.


Many students were taking notes seriously.


I got advice etc from an active shrine maiden ... ...


The lecture is over.


Next, red carpet is spread on the floor.


A hakama is placed on the carpet.


From here we will have some women come out and actually wear scarlet carpet and short sleeves.


Dressed in a shrine maiden with assistance.


On the stage you will have a lecture on how to put on a hakama.


I will wear a small sleeve, I will wear a scarlet horn.


It seems difficult to tie the belt, temporary shrine maidens were struggling a bit.


While helping each other ......


Completion


The remaining temporary shrine maidens will actually dress on the blue seat behind the hall.


Women wearing kimchi.


Dressing will proceed in a rustic atmosphere.



After all it seems that it is struggling with the way of band binding.



Even if I see her, she is full of shrine maidens lined up side by side.



Extraordinary shrine maidens who finished dressed.


This woman is joining the belt ahead.


When asked why I applied for the New Year's temporary shrine maiden, I got an answer "I wanted to try it once" "I was advised by a friend who served as a shrine maiden last year."


A woman who said she finished dressing and said "the feeling tightens".


When dressing is over, guidance in the precincts will be done at the end. Move from the venue in the row.


It was a New Year 's extraordinary shrine maiden training that started at 18 o'clock, but it was nearly 20 o'clock all that ended. After finishing listening to the explanation in the precincts under the cold weather, temporary shrine maidens each disbanded.