Hoshi Matsuri & Hoshi Omamori Pickup

HOSHI MATSURI & GOMA FIRE RITE
The Hoshi Matsuri (Star Festival) service is held every year before the spring with a Goma Fire Rite. We pray for good connections with the life forces that are quietly corresponding with our lives to ensure our good health and fortune for the upcoming year.
The Hoshi Matsuri will be held on Sunday, February 5, beginning at 8:30am. The reception desk will open by 7:30am so that you can arrive early to receive your goma-gi prayer sticks.
This is a meaningful service to attend in-person because of the Goma Fire Rite. Even if you did not order hoshi omamori, you can participate in this service by submitting prayer sticks for your different requests. These wooden prayer sticks called goma-gi will be prayed over and burned by the ministers in the sacred fire. Each prayer stick is received by donation.​

HOSHI MATSURI & GOMA FIRE RITE
Sunday, February 5, 2023
Reception Desk Opens at 7:30am
Service Begins at 8:30am

Omamori Pickup to Follow
If you do not attend the service, please kindly arrive after 11:30am and before 2pm.

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Goma Fire Rite conducted at Koboji in January 2023

HOSHI OMAMORI PICKUP
Your individually prepared and blessed hoshi omamori will be available for pickup following the service. If you do not attend the service but would like to pickup your omamori, please arrive after 11:30am to allow us to serve the cong​regation. Hoshi omamori will be available for pickup on February 5 from 11:30am until 2:00pm.
If you requested your hoshi omamori be mailed to you, please allow two weeks for processing. Each family's omamori request must be weighed, packaged, and prepared for shipping. Hoshi omamori will be mailed beginning the week of February 13. If you did not receive your omamori by March 1, please contact the office for a tracking number.

ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL HOSHI OMAMORI
Your hoshi omamori was individually made according your birth year and star. It was then individually prayed over during the Goma Fire Rite. Please carry your new hoshi omamori with you or respectfully place it on your home altar. If you received more than one hoshi omamori in a packet, you may separate the omamori. 
Your old hoshi omamori should be returned to Koboji at November's saito goma service to be deconsecrated before the new year.