Shake a round or square mikuji box which is of a weight and size which can be held in both hands (some boxes are too big to hold) and contains thin sticks, and one of the sticks will come out of the small hole at the bottom of the box, and receive a lot which has the same number as the number on this stick.
御神籤箱という、細い棒の入った両手で抱えられる程度の（神社によっては抱えられないほど巨大なものもある）大きさ・重さの角柱・円柱形の筒状の箱を振って棒を箱の短辺の小さな穴から一本出し、棒に記された番号の籤を受けとる