‘How to build a Japanese house’

Do you know the process where Japanese houses are to be built?

This page introduces the contents of building a Japanese house. What kind of history does your house?

‘The Ground Festival’

Before building a house (ji chin sai)

The Ground Festival (Japanese say “ji chin sai”) is a ceremony to obtain permission to calm the god of the land and make it use the land before doing construction work and construction etc.

by 【地鎮祭の基本作法・マナー】｜東建コーポレーション

‘Preparation’

Offering

1. Japanese sake (1800ml)
2. Rice (150g)
3. Salt
4. Water (180ml)
5. Red snapper, etc‥(Food from the sea)
6. Fruit (Food from the mountains )
7. Vegetables (Both vegetables above the ground and under the ground)

Setup

1. Bamboo ( Four sides of the post in order to tighten the rope )
2. a Japanese sacred straw festoon ( rope )
3. sand (ceremonial piles of sand )

‘Pray for the safety of construction’

Event date

Japanese people tend to choose the good date to do something important such as wedding or moving or buying something expensive. The luckiest day is called taian (大安) in rokuyo (六曜), the Japanese calendar. There are 6 days in a cycle of that calendar. They repeat in the following order: sensho (先勝), tomobiki(友引), senpu(先負), butsumetsu(仏滅), taian(大安), shakku(赤口).
Each meaning is …

1. sensho(先勝): good in the morning, bad in the afternoon
2. tomobiki(友引): only noon is bad
3. senpu(先負): bad in the morning, good in the afternoon
4. butsumetsu(仏滅): worst all day long
5. taian(大安): lucky all day long
6. shakku(赤口): only noon is good, morning and evening are bad

This idea came from China and became popular in the Edo era. We held a ground festival on June 13, 2017 (taian(大安)).

Ceremony

The total required time is about 80 minutes to 100 minutes. Shinto ceremony of purifying a building site..Many Japanese do not experience that. Because it is a ritual for building a new house. Currently the living environment of the Japanese is varied, but it is a valuable experience that general Japanese people can experience once in their lifetime.

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Fukuomi Shimoda

Born as a son of a teahouse which lasts more than 100 years. In high school and college days, I learned about history, manufacturing method and culture about tea. If you would like more information on Japanese tea & Japanese culture please get in touch through my contact page. if you’re active on those networks, I want to authored "information you want to know".

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