Make a bow at the front of the sanmon gate (temple gate), wash the hands and rinse the mouth at the mizuya (washing place), then toward the hondo, serve senko (incense stick) and candle, dedicate a shirofuda which is regarded as a hand-copied sutra of the Hannya-shingyo then chant the Hannya-shingyo Sutra.
山門前で一礼、水屋で、手を洗い口をすすいだ後、本堂に向かい線香、ローソクをあげ、般若心経の写経である白札を奉納し、般若心経を唱える。