祭

religious ceremony (to appease the gods)

equinoctial ceremony held by the emperor at the shrine of imperial ancestors

All Souls' Day

imperial memorial ceremony (held on the anniversary of the emperor's or empress's death, on fixed years)

donation made at a ritual

Shinto

Festival of Origins (January 3)

enshrining together

festivities; merrymaking

gift at a memorial service

annual festival

annual festival

kabuki performance in commemoration of Danjuro and Kikugoro

shrine whose rituals are attended by an imperial envoy (who presents offerings)

ridgepole-raising ceremony

Kasuga Festival (held at Kasuga Taisha Shrine in Nara on March 13)

ceremony held to pray for good weather (during long periods of rain)

minor festival (held in place of a larger festival that is not recurring every year)

plum blossom festival (held at Kitano Shrine on February 25)

traditional festival in Kiryū City, Saitama

festival for requests and expressions of thanks to the gods (Okinawa)

Shinto

festival celebrating the return of a shintai to its main shrine

day-after festival; night-after festival; (smaller) festival held the day (or night) after the main festival

Christianity

introit

Christianity

Palm Sunday