People hold the service by offering broken needles to a shrine or sticking them in soft materials such as tofu or konnyaku (a gelatinous food made from devil's-tongue starch) and pray that their sewing will become proficient.
折れた針を神社に納めたり、豆腐や蒟蒻のようにやわらかいものに刺したりすることで供養し、裁縫の上達を祈った。