On December 20, 2025, the annual end-of-year "soot-sweeping" event was held at Nishi Honganji Temple and Higashi Honganji Temple in Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto City. Followers and monks pounded the tatami mats in the Goeido and Amida Halls with bamboo sticks to sweep away a year's worth of dust.
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