On the 1st day of the year, the Head Priest reads out the 1st letter of fascicle 1 of Rennyo Shonin’s Letters.

   
           
     
 
After the ceremony, the otoso (spiced sake), offered to Shinran Shonin, is shared between all participants by priests. 		   
           
     
 
Listening to the New Year talk given by the Head Priest.		    
           
     
 
After the Shusho-e, the Head Priest and his wife go on the first visit of the year to the cemetery of the successive Head Priests of Shogyoji. 		   
           
     
 
Lay followers seem to be pleased at having attended Shusho-e.