On New Year's Day, following Shihohai (a Shinto ceremony held on New Year's Day in which the Emperor pays respect to the deities in all quarters) which the Emperor presides at in the southern courtyard of Shinka-den (Deity Venerating Hall), the ceremony which the ceremonial staff presides at is undertaken in the early morning of the same day from 5:30 A.M. at the Three Shrines in the Imperial Court as follows: Norito (Shinto Prayer) is dedicated by the ceremonial staff, then the Emperor, after finishing Shihohai at around 5:40, gives a prayer in Korozen no goho (an attire dyed grave ochre with Japanese wax tree as a base and coated with raspberry red and bluish purple (the supreme color), which the Emperor puts on when he perform an important ritual), and in continuation, the Imperial Prince in Oni no ho (a bright orange colored attire dyed with gardenia fruit and safflower (noble color), which the Crown Prince puts on in a ritual) gives a prayer.
元日の神嘉殿南庭において天皇が親行する四方拝に続いて、同日早朝午前5時30分から宮中三殿において掌典職が主宰し、祝詞をあげ、午前5時40分ごろ四方拝を済ませた黄櫨染御袍姿の天皇が拝礼し、黄丹袍姿の皇太子が続いて拝礼する。