On Tuesday, May 21st, at the Kumataka Inari Shrine at the headquarters, Sakai office, the ritual was conducted with the attendance of Mr. Okitsu, the Vice President, along with seven executives and Mr. Tsuda, the Chairman of the Sharp Labor Union Central Executive Committee. Under the clear blue sky, the ritual started at 10 am, where prayers were made for the company’s prosperity and the employees’ safety and peace, and it was solemnly and smoothly carried out.

Our company’s “Kumataka Inari Shrine” was established with a spirit division from Kyoto’s Fushimi Inari Taisha in 1931, founded by Tokuji Hayakawa, a founder of Sharp with the wish for “the protection of employees and the prosperity of the company.” Since then, we have performed a ritual on the same day every year at our main business locations.

[1] In Japan, worshippers normally offer a branch of ‘Sakaki’(a species of evergreen tree) to the gods. The branch is called “Tamagushi”.