In Jodo Shinshu sect, kagami-mochi is taken down after the devotional exercises are performed on the morning of January 4th, after shusho-e (for lay believers, during January 1-3), whereupon the rice cakes are made into shiruko, etc., and eaten.
浄土真宗では、修正会（在家の場合は、1月1日～3日）後の1月4日朝の勤行後に下げ、汁粉などにして食べる。