Atsuta Jingu Shrine

■ New Year's Morning Festival: From 5:00 am, Mon, Jan 1 (national holiday), 2024
■ Festival of Origins: From 7:00 am, Wed, Jan 3
■ Hatsu Ebisu event (prayers for commercial prosperity and household safety): From 12:00 am, Fri, Jan 5
■ Religious rites for rain: From 2:00 pm, Sun, Jan 7
■ Religious rites for protection against evil: From 10:00 am/1:00 pm, Thu, Jan 11
■ Preparation for next year's religious rites for rain: From 12:00 pm, Fri, Jan 12
■ Religious archery rites: From 10:00 am (Report to the gods) and from 1:00 pm (Archery on foot), Mon, Jan 15
■ Special New Year's worship within shrine walls: 8:30 am–4:00 pm, Mon, Jan 1 (national holiday)–Mon, Jan 8 (national holiday)

Official Atsuta Jingu Shrine site
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Osu Kannon Temple

■ New Year's morning Goma Fire Ritual / Ringing of Buddhist bell: From 12:00 am, Mon, Jan 1 (national holiday), 2024
■ First Auspicious Goma Fire Ritual of the Year (details available by inquiry): 10:00 am–5:00 pm, Mon, Jan 1 (national holiday)–Wed, Jan 3
■ Sagicho Bonfire Festival: From 2:30 pm, Mon, Jan 8 (national holiday)
A bonfire is made within the temple premises to give thanks and burn New Years decorations from previous years.
Price: JPY 1,000 for one wooden Goma Fire Ritual stick

Notes:
• Changes may occur.

Official Osu Kannon site (Japanese)
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Yamada Temmangu Shrine

■ Festival for Passing School Tests: Sat, Jan 6–Mon, Jan 8 (national holiday), 2024

Official Yamada Temmangu Shrine page (Japanese)
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First opening of Nagoya Castle gates

Nagoya Castle opens its gates for the first time in the New Year.

Date and time: From 9:00 am, Mon, Jan 1 (national holiday), 2024

Official Nagoya Castle site
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Bamboo Wishing All Well—Tokugawaen Garden New Year

Tokugawaen Garden holds an event ringing in the New Year.

Dates and time: 9:30 am–5:30 pm (admission until 5:00 pm), Wed, Dec 13, 2023–Sun, Jan 14, 2024
Venue: Tokugawaen Garden
Closed: Fri, Dec 29, 2023–Mon, Jan 1 (national holiday), 2024 / Mon (the following weekday should Mon coincide with a national or make-up holiday)
Admission: JPY 300 for regular guests / JPY 100 for senior citizens (ages 65 and older) residing in Nagoya / Free of charge for junior high school ages and younger

■ Delighting in the Cold: Tokugawaen Garden's Winter Peonies
Enjoy a display of winter's flower: the peony. Twenty varieties in 70 pots create a colorful backdrop of white, red, yellow, purple, pink, and other hues for the New Year.
Period: Tue, Jan 2–Sun, Feb 18, 2024

Official Tokugawaen Garden site
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New Year's Higashiyama

Nagoya's Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens hold New Year's events mainly from Tuesday, January 2 to Wednesday, January 3. Learn from caretakers as they give talks on their animals, botanical staff's seminars on creating traditional Japanese New Year kadomatsu decorations, and a walkathon around a new facility opened in 2023.

Dates: Tue, Jan 2–Mon, Jan 8 (national holiday), 2024

Official Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens site
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New Year at Shirotori Garden

Enjoy the beauty of Shirotori Garden in the New Year.

■ New Year's Tea Ceremony
Dates and times: 10:00 am–3:45 pm; Sat, Jan 6; Sun, Jan 7; Mon, Jan 8 (national holiday), 2024 (Eight sessions in all. Once one session ends, the next group enters.)
Venue: Choro Tearoom and Ryurei Tearoom (with chairs) of Suiu-Tei Teahouse, Shirotori Garden
Price: Ryurei building (light brown seats): JPY 800 / Choro building (dark brown seats): JPY 1,000

■ Obara Japanese Paper Exhibition: Not Just White
An exhibit of Shirotori Garden's camellias was held exactly one year ago, and upon asking a specialist about the white camellia's name, they answered with "They are not just white." Even so, looking at the ever so graceful flowers, they were indeed white.
With Japanese paper too, depending on where the raw material of paper mulberry is grown, the whiteness of the paper can vary greatly. Look at it another way: The Inuits too have a variety of words for "white", important to describe the variety of different types of snow.
Take in the beauty of so many different shades of "white" through the beauty of Japanese paper.
Dates and time:
9:30 am–4:00 pm, Thu, Jan 4–Mon, Jan 8 (national holiday), 2024
Venue: Hiroma Room, Suiu-Tei Teahouse, Shirotori Garden

■ Gallery explanation and tea ceremony
Take in an explanation of works by Obara Japanese paper artist Tomomihisashi Kano.
Dates and time: From 1:30 pm, Thu, Jan 4–Mon, Jan 8 (national holiday), 2024
Venue: Kyukoken Tearoom, Suiu-Tei Teahouse, Shirotori Garden
Price: JPY 1,500

Closed: Fri, Dec 29, 2023–Wed, Jan 3, 2024 / Mon (the following weekday should Mon coincide with a national holiday or make-up holiday)
Admission: JPY 300 for regular guests / JPY 100 for senior citizens (ages 65 and older) residing in Nagoya / Free of charge for junior high school ages and younger

Official Shirotori Garden site
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Shimajiro's New Year Special Stage

Shimajiro and friends Mimirin, Torippii, and Nyakki come together at Lagunasia for the New Year! Sing and dance together for fun with the whole family. Lagunasia also offers other Shimajiro attractions, making the perfect recipe for a fun-filled family New Year holiday!

Dates: Thu, Jan 4–Mon, Jan 8 (national holiday), 2024
Venue: Lagunasia Art Theater
Times: 10:30 am–11:00 am / 12:30 pm–1:00 pm
Price: JPY 3,950 for adults (junior high school ages and older) / JPY 3,450 for elementary school students / JPY 2,950 for young children (ages 3 and older) / JPY 2,500 for ages up to 3 years old

Notes:
• Prices include admission and Shimajiro attractions.