On September 4, 2025, the Kitano Goryoe, a Shinto-Buddhist syncretism ritual, was held at Kitano Tenmangu Shrine (Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto City). A total of 22 people, including Shinto priests from Kitano Tenmangu Shrine and monks from Enryaku-ji Temple (Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture), the head temple of the Tendai sect, prayed for the eradication of epidemics and the peace of the nation.

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