Usually, green bamboo logs are placed at each of the four corners of the construction site with shimenawa (sacred rice straw ropes) hung between them to form a ceremonial site, after which the ceremony is conducted by a Shinto priest, who plays the role of master of religious ceremonies, in the presence of the builder and the client.
一般には、土地の四隅に青竹を立て、その間を注連縄で囲って祭場となし、斎主たる神職のもと、建築業者・施主の参列の上で執り行う。