May 3: Misasagi Sai (Prayer at the Great Buddha Hall and Sabo Goryo [Imperial mausoleum]): Buddhist monks of the area leave the Great Buddha Hall and visit Sabo Goryo, dedicated to Emperor Shomu, to pray.
3日山陵祭（大仏殿・佐保御陵）大仏殿を出発し、東大寺一山の僧侶が聖武天皇をまつる佐保御陵に参拝する。