The Koshi-e Ceremony is conducted at the Head Temple Taisekiji on February 7, the memorial date of Nikko Shonin’s death. Local Nichiren Shoshu Temples honor this ceremony also, but usually at a convenient date nearest to the 7th. Nikko Shonin
New Year’s Gongyo – Gantan Gongyo – Jan. 1
New Year’s Day has been celebrated in various ways since ancient times and marks the renewal of a person’s determination to open the way to happiness. In the Gosho, “Reply to Akimoto,” Nichiren Daishonin states: In considering the order of