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Rite at Ise Jingu shrine in Mie Pref.

Photo taken on June 10, 2025, shows "sacred" trees at Ise Jingu shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture, to be used in the "Shikinen Sengu" shrine reconstruction carried out every 20 years at the Shinto shrine in the central Japan city. Over 30 rites are planned for the 63rd "Shikinen Sengu" dating back about 1,300 years, which will culminate in 2033 when an object believed to contain the spirit of the shrine's deity will be transferred to the shrine's newly reconstructed main hall.

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Rite at Ise Jingu shrine in Mie Pref.

Photo taken on June 10, 2025, shows "sacred" trees at Ise Jingu shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture, to be used in the "Shikinen Sengu" shrine reconstruction carried out every 20 years at the Shinto shrine in the central Japan city. Over 30 rites are planned for the 63rd "Shikinen Sengu" dating back about 1,300 years, which will culminate in 2033 when an object believed to contain the spirit of the shrine's deity will be transferred to the shrine's newly reconstructed main hall.

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Rite at Ise Jingu shrine in Mie Pref.

Photo taken on June 10, 2025, shows a "sacred" tree at Ise Jingu shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture, to be used in the "Shikinen Sengu" shrine reconstruction carried out every 20 years at the Shinto shrine in the central Japan city. Over 30 rites are planned for the 63rd "Shikinen Sengu" dating back about 1,300 years, which will culminate in 2033 when an object believed to contain the spirit of the shrine's deity will be transferred to the shrine's newly reconstructed main hall.

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Rite at Ise Jingu shrine in Mie Pref.

Photo taken on June 10, 2025, shows "sacred" trees at Ise Jingu shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture, to be used in the "Shikinen Sengu" shrine reconstruction carried out every 20 years at the Shinto shrine in the central Japan city. Over 30 rites are planned for the 63rd "Shikinen Sengu" dating back about 1,300 years, which will culminate in 2033 when an object believed to contain the spirit of the shrine's deity will be transferred to the shrine's newly reconstructed main hall.

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Rite at Ise Jingu shrine in Mie Pref.

Priests purify a sacred tree at Ise Jingu shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture, on June 9, 2025, as part of rites for the "Shikinen Sengu" shrine building reconstruction every 20 years at the Shinto shrine in the central Japan city. Over 30 rites are planned for the 63rd "Shikinen Sengu," which will culminate in 2033 when an object believed to contain the spirit of the shrine's deity will be transferred to the shrine's newly reconstructed main hall. The reconstruction rites have a history of about 1,300 years.

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Sumo: Hoshoryu performs ring-entering ritual

Sumo grand champion Hoshoryu (R) performs a ceremonial ring-entering ritual at Ise Jingu shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture, on March 30, 2025.

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Sumo: Hoshoryu performs ring-entering ritual

Sumo grand champion Hoshoryu (R) performs a ceremonial ring-entering ritual at Ise Jingu shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture, on March 30, 2025.

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Prime Minister Abe playing golf

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shizo Abe plays golf in the city of Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Dec. 29, 2013. Abe will end this year's official duties on Dec. 30 by attending the year-end trading session at Tokyo Stock Exchange. Abe is scheduled to hold his first press conference of next year on Jan. 6 after visiting Ise Shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture.

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Ise Shrine

ISE, Japan - The shrine deity, protected with silk cloth, is carried by Shinto priests to a new building at the Geku (Outer Shrine) complex of Ise Grand Shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture, on Oct. 5, 2013. The ceremony is part of the shrine's Shikinen Sengu ceremonies that are held when moving from old to new buildings, which take place once every 20 years. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Shikinen Sengu ceremonies at Ise Shrine

ISE, Japan - The shrine deity, protected with silk cloth, is carried by Shinto priests to a new building at the Geku (Outer Shrine) complex of Ise Grand Shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture, on Oct. 5, 2013. The ceremony is part of the shrine's Shikinen Sengu ceremonies that are held when moving from old to new buildings, which take place once every 20 years. (Pool photo)

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Shikinen Sengu ceremonies at Ise Shrine

ISE, Japan - The shrine deity, protected with silk cloth, is carried by Shinto priests to a new building at the Geku (Outer Shrine) complex of Ise Grand Shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture, on Oct. 5, 2013. The ceremony is part of the shrine's Shikinen Sengu ceremonies that are held when moving from old to new buildings, which take place once every 20 years. (Pool photo)

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Shikinen Sengu ceremonies at Ise Shrine

ISE, Japan - The shrine deity, protected with silk cloth, is carried by Shinto priests to a new building at the Geku (Outer Shrine) complex of Ise Grand Shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture, on Oct. 5, 2013. The ceremony is part of the shrine's Shikinen Sengu ceremonies that are held when moving from old to new buildings, which take place once every 20 years. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Shikinen Sengu ceremonies at Ise Shrine

ISE, Japan - The shrine deity, protected with silk cloth, is carried by Shinto priests to a new building at the Naiku complex of Ise Grand Shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture, on Oct. 2, 2013. The ceremony is the climax of the shrine's Shikinen Sengu ceremonies that are held when moving from old to new buildings, which take place once every 20 years. (Pool photo)

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Shikinen Sengu ceremonies at Ise Shrine

ISE, Japan - The shrine deity, protected with silk cloth, is carried by Shinto priests to a new building at the Naiku complex of Ise Grand Shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture, on Oct. 2, 2013. The ceremony is the climax of the shrine's Shikinen Sengu ceremonies that are held when moving from old to new buildings, which take place once every 20 years. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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New Ise Shrine buildings

NAGOYA, Japan - A Sept. 25, 2013, photo from a helicopter shows the current (R) and new Naiku complex of Ise Grand Shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture. A move from old to new buildings, which is held once every 20 years, is under way at the Shinto shrine. (Pool photo)

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New Ise Shrine buildings

NAGOYA, Japan - A Sept. 25, 2013, photo from a helicopter shows the current (R) and new Geku complex of Ise Grand Shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture. A move from old to new buildings, which is held once every 20 years, is under way at the Shinto shrine. (Pool photo)

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New Ise Shrine buildings

NAGOYA, Japan - A Sept. 25, 2013, photo from a helicopter shows the current (back) and new Naiku complex of Ise Grand Shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture. A move from old to new buildings, which is held once every 20 years, is under way at the Shinto shrine. (Pool photo)

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New Ise Shrine buildings

NAGOYA, Japan - A Sept. 25, 2013, photo from a helicopter shows the current (back) and new Naiku complex of Ise Grand Shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture. A move from old to new buildings, which is held once every 20 years, is under way at the Shinto shrine. (Pool photo)

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New Ise Shrine buildings

NAGOYA, Japan - A Sept. 25, 2013, photo from a helicopter shows the current (R) and new Geku complex of Ise Grand Shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture. A move from old to new buildings, which is held once every 20 years, is under way at the Shinto shrine. (Pool photo)

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"Dragon Route" project in central Japan

NAGOYA, Japan - Travel agency employees and others from Shanghai stroll along the approach to Ise Jingu, a Shinto shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture, on Feb. 24, 2013. They were invited to visit tourist spots in the central Japan region of Chubu as part of the "Dragon Route" project being promoted by local governments and economic organizations in nine prefectures in the region.

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Hakuho's ring-entering ceremony

ISE, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Hakuho (C) performs a ring-entering ceremony at Ise Jingu shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture, on July 8, 2011, ahead of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament beginning July 10.

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Prime Minister Hatoyama visits Ise Jingu shrine

ISE, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama waves as he visits Ise Jingu, a Shinto shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture, on Jan. 4, 2010, maintaining the tradition of New Year's pilgrimages by Japanese prime ministers to the shrine.

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Bridge crossing ceremony at Japan shrine

ISE, Japan - People wearing traditional Japanese outfits cross the Uji Bridge at Ise Shrine that was renewed for the first time in 20 years during a ceremonial walk event in Ise, Mie Prefecture, on Nov. 3, 2009.

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Bridge crossing ceremony at Japan shrine

ISE, Japan - People wearing traditional Japanese outfits cross the Uji Bridge at Ise Shrine that was renewed for the first time in 20 years during a ceremonial walk event in Ise, Mie Prefecture, on Nov. 3, 2009.

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Fukuda visits Ise Jingu shrine

ISE, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (C), accompanied by a Shinto priest, visits the Ise Jingu shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture on Jan. 4, maintaining the tradition of New Year's pilgrimages by politicians to one of the major symbols of Shintoism in Japan.

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Sweets maker Akafuku ordered to suspend operations

TSU, Japan - Akafuku Co. President Noriyasu Hamada bows in apology Oct. 18 at a news conference in Ise, Mie Prefecture, after the prefectural government ordered the sweets maker to suspend operations for collecting unsold products from retail outlets, refrigerating them and then reshipping them with a new consume-by date.

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Venerable Japanese confectionery Akafuku falsifies eat-by date

ISE, Japan - Noriyasu Hamada (front), president of the venerable Japanese confectionery maker Akafuku Co., and other company executives bow in apology in a news conference held in Ise, Mie Prefecture on Oct. 12 shortly after the government disclosed that the company has falsified the eat-by date of some of its rice cake products, continuing the practice for as long as 30 years. Akafuku, which is based in Ise, Mie Prefecture, in the vicinity of Ise Shrine, marks its 300th founding anniversary this year.

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Abe visits Ise Shingu shrine

ISE, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) waves to reporters after visiting the Ise Jingu Shinto shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture on Jan. 4 as part of the traditional New Year pilgrimage.

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Abe visits Ise Jingu shrine

ISE, Japan - Led by a Shinto priest, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd L) walks inside the Ise Jingu Shinto shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture on Jan. 4 for the traditional New Year pilgrimage.

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Russia's Vera Sessina wins ball competition at world cup

ISE, Japan - Vera Sessina of Russia performs on her way to winning the individual ball competition at the 6th Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup final in Ise, Mie Prefecture, on Nov. 17.

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Ukraine's Natalia Godunko wins rope competition at world cup

ISE, Japan - Natalia Godunko of Ukraine performs during the individual rope competition at the 6th Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup final in Ise, Mie Prefecture, on Nov. 17. Godunko won the event.

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Kan ready to release opposition teamwork plan for election

ISE, Japan - Naoto Kan (L), president of the leading opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), speaks at a press conference in Ise, Mie Prefecture, on Jan. 4 with DPJ Secretary General Katsuya Okada looking on. Kan said he is ready to release an election plan in which his party would work with fellow opposition groups the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party.