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The Saiten-sai (歳旦祭) was one of the minor festivals based on the Imperial Household Rites Act that was held on national holidays before the Pacific War. Today, it is a ritual to celebrate the beginning of the New Year, held at the three Imperial Palace shrines ( the Kashikodokoro, the Koreiden, and the Shinto shrine) on January 1st of the new calendar ( New Year's Day ) [1] .
On New Year's Day, the Emperor performs a four-way bow in the south garden of the Shinkaden Hall, followed by a prayer in the early morning of the same day at 5:30 a.m. in the three palace sanctuaries, presided over by the Chief Cleric, who recites a prayer . At around 5:40 a.m., the Emperor, dressed in a yellow lacquer-dyed robe, bows after the four-way bow, followed by the Crown Prince, dressed in a yellow robe [source?]</link> .
At the Ise Jingu shrine and other shrines across the country, the festival is held as a medium-term festival to pray for the prosperity of the imperial line, bountiful harvests, and protection of the people. [2]
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