Religious · Kansai
Todai-ji Omizutori (Shunie)
お水取り（修二会）
Two weeks of repentance rites at Todai-ji's Nigatsu-do, famous for giant torches swung from the hall's balcony each night.
Confirmed dates
- Dates
- Mon 01 to Sun 14 Mar 2027
- Date status
- Confirmed by the organiser or an official tourism source
- Venue
- Nigatsu-do Hall, Todai-ji Temple
- City
- Nara
- Prefecture
- Nara
- Region
- Kansai
- Category
- Religious
- Checked
- Fri 23 Oct 2026 against the official source
About this event
The Shunie rite has run without interruption since 752 and is held from 1 to 14 March, the dates Todai-ji publishes in its annual events. Every evening monks carry burning torches of six to eight metres along the Nigatsu-do balcony, showering sparks on the crowd below, and in the early hours of 13 March sacred water is drawn from the Wakasa-i well.
Booking
Booked around the event: hotels, passes, transfers and eSIM. Booking links for this event are added after the product checks pass.
Official source: https://www.todaiji.or.jp/. Dates checked Fri 23 Oct 2026.