The host of the ceremony, who is Tate-gyoji (one of the two highest ranked referees) conducts the Shinto rituals and declares the opening of hoya with a gunbai uchiwa (war fan) in his hand while gyoji helping the Tate-gyoji sings Seibatsu no norito (a Shinto prayer for purifying).
立行司が祭主で介添えの行司が清祓の祝詞を奏上し、祭主が神事を行い、方屋開口を軍配団扇を手にして言上する。