Hatsumode 2027: Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka New Year visits
Checked against 19 official sources. 3 minute read.
Edited by Yamanaka, the site's owner-editor based in Japan.
What to know first
As of 30 October 2026, the seven temples and shrines below had not yet published their 2026–27 hatsumode hours and restrictions. Use the 2025–26 details only to compare options. JR East has announced extra trains on six metropolitan-area lines after the last trains on New Year’s Eve; this does not by itself show a route to any particular shrine.
For visitors choosing a New Year visit in Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka or nearby areas.
On this page
Seven places at a glance
Dates written as month/day; ordinary hours and office hours are labelled separately.
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| Temple or shrine | 2025–26 (last season, for reference) | Planning note |
|---|---|---|
| Meiji Jingu, Tokyo | 12/31 06:40 through 1/1 18:30; 1/2–3 06:40–18:00. | Usually busy 22:00–03:00 at New Year and after 10:00 on the first three days. |
| Senso-ji, Tokyo | Special New Year hall hours not yet published. Ordinary winter hall hours: 06:30–17:00. | Ordinary hours are not confirmation of midnight hall access. |
| Naritasan Shinshoji, Chiba | Midnight New Year goma ceremony on 1/1; this is not a full opening-hours schedule. | Plan around road restrictions rather than a drive to the approach. |
| Kawasaki Daishi, Kanagawa | New Year goma ceremony at 00:00 on 1/1; ordinary hall hours exclude the New Year period. | Change at Keikyu Kawasaki for the Daishi Line, then walk 8 minutes from Kawasaki Daishi Station. |
| Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kyoto | Amulet office open overnight from 12/31 08:00 until 1/1 21:00; 1/2 06:30–21:00. | These are amulet-office hours, not a statement of grounds opening hours. |
| Yasaka Jinja, Kyoto | Standing guidance: grounds open 24 hours; shrine office 09:00–17:00. | About 5 minutes on foot from Gion-shijo or 8 minutes from Kyoto-kawaramachi. |
| Sumiyoshi Taisha, Osaka | 12/31 22:00 through 1/1 20:00; 1/2–3 06:00–19:00. | Walk 3 minutes from Sumiyoshitaisha, 5 minutes from Sumiyoshihigashi, or arrive at Sumiyoshitoriimae. |
Sources for this section: Meiji Jingu: last-season New Year hours and crowds · Senso-ji: ordinary hall hours and parking · Naritasan: last-season New Year ceremony · Kawasaki Daishi: access and ordinary hall hours · Fushimi Inari: last-season offices, stalls and crowd tools · Yasaka Jinja: access and standing opening hours · Sumiyoshi Taisha: last-season New Year guidance · Kawasaki Daishi: last-season New Year ceremony · Sumiyoshi Taisha: access
Meiji Jingu, Tokyo
Last season, the gates stayed open across midnight. The shrine also listed three entrances: Harajuku, Yoyogi and Sangubashi. Vehicles could not enter the grounds on the first three days. Food stalls at Fureai Hiroba were announced from 12/31; this is not a 2027 stall announcement.
Sources for this section: Meiji Jingu: last-season New Year hours and crowds
Senso-ji, Tokyo
The temple lists ordinary main-hall hours of 06:30–17:00 from October–March (months 10–3). Do not treat those hours as its New Year’s Eve programme. Senso-ji has no car park.
Sources for this section: Senso-ji: ordinary hall hours and parking
Naritasan Shinshoji, Chiba
For 2025–26, approach-road restrictions ran from 12/31 21:00 to 1/1 19:00, then 09:30–19:00 on 1/2–3. Coin-operated municipal car parks along the approach were unavailable during restrictions. These dates are last season’s reference only.
Sources for this section: Naritasan: last-season New Year ceremony · Narita Tourism Association: last-season road restrictions
Kawasaki Daishi, Kanagawa
Last season’s road restrictions ran from 12/31 22:00 to 1/1 19:00, then 10:00–19:00 on 1/2–3. The temple’s ordinary hall-hours page applies from February to December and cannot by itself show New Year opening hours.
Sources for this section: Kawasaki Daishi: access and ordinary hall hours · Kawasaki Daishi: last-season road restrictions · Kawasaki Daishi: last-season New Year ceremony
Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kyoto
Last season, food stalls ran from 12/31 to 1/5. The shrine directs visitors to Kyoto Travel’s crowd forecasts and live cameras. Eat and drink only in the designated free rest areas; do not eat while walking or standing elsewhere in the grounds.
Commercial photography, photography in prohibited places and photographs that block narrow paths are prohibited. Keep the route clear when stopping for a picture.
Sources for this section: Fushimi Inari: last-season offices, stalls and crowd tools · Fushimi Inari: eating and photography rules
Yasaka Jinja, Kyoto
Kyoto City Tourism Association lists the purification ceremony at 15:00 and Joya-sai at 19:00 on 31 December 2026. This is the tourism association’s current-season listing. The shrine’s standing guidance describes Okera-mairi from around 19:30 on 12/31 to around 05:00 on New Year’s Day.
Personal snapshots are allowed, but photography inside the main sanctuary and use of tripods, selfie sticks or drones are prohibited. There is no parking within the grounds.
Sources for this section: Yasaka Jinja: access and standing opening hours · Yasaka Jinja: standing New Year event guidance · Kyoto City Tourism Association: December ceremony listing · Yasaka Jinja: photography guidance
Sumiyoshi Taisha, Osaka
Last season, no food stalls operated from 12/31 to 1/5. Godairiki stone collecting and fishing-fortune activities were closed from 12/31 to 1/4 to prevent crowd accidents. Do not assume either arrangement will repeat in 2027.
Sources for this section: Sumiyoshi Taisha: last-season New Year guidance
New Year’s Eve trains: confirmed and last-season information
JR East’s announcement of 22 October 2026 covers extra trains from 1 December 2026 to 28 February 2027 and confirms six metropolitan-area lines running after the last trains on New Year’s Eve into New Year’s Day. The line names are not established here: check the detailed timetable before planning a midnight visit.
For 2025–26 only: Kyoto’s tourism association listed Keihan overnight service from 12/31 18:00 to 1/1 07:00. Nankai and Keikyu did not run all night. These are last-season comparisons, not a promise of a 2027 return train.
Sources for this section: JR East: current-season winter extra trains · Kyoto City Tourism Association: last-season New Year trains · Nankai: last-season New Year trains · Keikyu: last-season New Year trains
A daytime visit: a planning example
Suppose you choose Meiji Jingu on 1/2 and aim to enter at 09:00. Last season it opened at 06:40 and closed at 18:00, so that plan fitted the published hours and was before the usually busy period after 10:00. Confirm the 2027 hours in December before relying on this example.
Sources for this section: Meiji Jingu: last-season New Year hours and crowds
Questions before you go
Can I use these hours for January 2027? No. Historical hours are labelled 2025–26; ordinary hours and amulet-office hours are identified separately. Check the current-season announcement before choosing an arrival time.
Will a train take me back after midnight? Plan the return journey separately. JR East’s six-line announcement does not confirm which shrine you can reach; last season’s Keihan, Nankai and Keikyu information is not this season’s timetable.
Sources for this section: JR East: current-season winter extra trains · Kyoto City Tourism Association: last-season New Year trains · Nankai: last-season New Year trains · Keikyu: last-season New Year trains
Your next step
Choose one venue, keep a daytime alternative, and check its official New Year page and your outward and return trains in December. At Fushimi Inari, use the crowd forecasts and live cameras linked by the shrine before setting out.
Sources for this section: Fushimi Inari: last-season offices, stalls and crowd tools
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Sources & review
Official pages for this guide
The rules in this guide come from the official pages below. Japan, Booked. does not book or submit requests on your behalf.
- Meiji Jingu: last-season New Year hours and crowds
- Senso-ji: ordinary hall hours and parking
- Naritasan: last-season New Year ceremony
- Narita Tourism Association: last-season road restrictions
- Kawasaki Daishi: access and ordinary hall hours
- Kawasaki Daishi: last-season road restrictions
- Fushimi Inari: last-season offices, stalls and crowd tools
- Fushimi Inari: eating and photography rules
- Yasaka Jinja: access and standing opening hours
- Yasaka Jinja: standing New Year event guidance
- Kyoto City Tourism Association: December ceremony listing
- Yasaka Jinja: photography guidance
- Sumiyoshi Taisha: last-season New Year guidance
- Sumiyoshi Taisha: access
- JR East: current-season winter extra trains
- Kyoto City Tourism Association: last-season New Year trains
- Nankai: last-season New Year trains
- Keikyu: last-season New Year trains
- Kawasaki Daishi: last-season New Year ceremony
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Official sources
These official sources explain the rules and conditions used in this guide. Live availability and your own booking, admission or service outcome still need to be confirmed for your trip.
- Meiji Jingu: last-season New Year hours and crowds
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Last checked - Senso-ji: ordinary hall hours and parking
What this confirms: Senso-ji: ordinary hall hours and parking
Last checked - Naritasan: last-season New Year ceremony
What this confirms: Naritasan: last-season New Year ceremony
Last checked - Narita Tourism Association: last-season road restrictions
What this confirms: Narita Tourism Association: last-season road restrictions
Last checked - Kawasaki Daishi: access and ordinary hall hours
What this confirms: Kawasaki Daishi: access and ordinary hall hours
Last checked - Kawasaki Daishi: last-season road restrictions
What this confirms: Kawasaki Daishi: last-season road restrictions
Last checked - Fushimi Inari: last-season offices, stalls and crowd tools
What this confirms: Fushimi Inari: last-season offices, stalls and crowd tools
Last checked - Fushimi Inari: eating and photography rules
What this confirms: Fushimi Inari: eating and photography rules
Last checked - Yasaka Jinja: access and standing opening hours
What this confirms: Yasaka Jinja: access and standing opening hours
Last checked - Yasaka Jinja: standing New Year event guidance
What this confirms: Yasaka Jinja: standing New Year event guidance
Last checked - Kyoto City Tourism Association: December ceremony listing
What this confirms: Kyoto City Tourism Association: December ceremony listing
Last checked - Yasaka Jinja: photography guidance
What this confirms: Yasaka Jinja: photography guidance
Last checked - Sumiyoshi Taisha: last-season New Year guidance
What this confirms: Sumiyoshi Taisha: last-season New Year guidance
Last checked - Sumiyoshi Taisha: access
What this confirms: Sumiyoshi Taisha: access
Last checked - JR East: current-season winter extra trains
What this confirms: JR East: current-season winter extra trains
Last checked - Kyoto City Tourism Association: last-season New Year trains
What this confirms: Kyoto City Tourism Association: last-season New Year trains
Last checked - Nankai: last-season New Year trains
What this confirms: Nankai: last-season New Year trains
Last checked - Keikyu: last-season New Year trains
What this confirms: Keikyu: last-season New Year trains
Last checked - Kawasaki Daishi: last-season New Year ceremony
What this confirms: Kawasaki Daishi: last-season New Year ceremony
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About this guide
Compare seven temples and shrines for New Year visits, with last-season hours clearly labelled and confirmed 2026–27 train information.
Last-season hours are references, not the 2027 schedule. Recheck each venue and your return train in December.
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