ABOUT
Ise is the way in.
Take part in carrying it on. Touch Japanese culture as it is lived. Starting from the 63rd Shikinen Sengu, we learn and help on site.
Why Ise
Ise Jingu, in Ise City, Mie, is formally called simply “Jingu.” People have long known it as “O-Ise-san.”
At its center are Kotaijingu (the Inner Shrine) of Amaterasu Omikami and Toyouke Daijingu (the Outer Shrine) of Toyouke no Omikami, together with 14 betsugu, 43 sessha, 24 massha, and 42 shokansha — 125 shrines in the forests of Ise. All 125 are “Jingu.”
Ise Jingu is not only buildings. Prayer, festivals, skill, and human ties have been handed on there over a long time. That is why Tokiwakai starts from Ise.
Tokiwakai
Tokiwakai makes an entry point so young people can take part in Japanese culture at the actual sites, with the 63rd Shikinen Sengu as the starting point.
The work is not only Ise. In Kyoto, for example, we have attended Miyako Odori and related gatherings.
The name Tokiwakai
“Tokiwa” means that which does not change, that which does not give way. It comes from the norito phrase “tokiwa ni kakiwa ni.”
People who learned together in Ise, even if their paths diverge, remain one in heart. The name was given by Satoru Otowa, Deputy Director of the Jingu Administration Office Public Relations Division / Jingu counselor.