Kariginu are worn for small-scale festivals (monthly kanreisai), for kanreishiki (annual ceremonies like Oharae, the "Great Purification"), as well as for ground-breaking ceremonies, festivals of supplicatory prayer and other Shinto rituals.
狩衣は小祭（月ごとに行われる恒例祭）、恒例式（大祓）の他、地鎮祭、各種祈願祭等、その他の神事に着用する。