At Jingu (Ise-jingu Shrine) and other shrines all over the country, this is undertaken as a medium scale festival to pray wishing the prosperity of the imperial lineage as well as gokokuhojo (huge harvest of cereals) and the protection for the people.
神宮をはじめ、全国の神社においては、皇統の繁栄と、五穀豊穣と国民の加護を祈念する中祭として行われる。