Sokoji, Soto Mission of San Francisco　曹洞宗日米山桑港寺

02/05/2026

https://www.sokoji.org/news/hinamatsuri2026

01/21/2026

Buddhist Lecture For Beginners
仏教入門講座

Sunday, February 15th (Japanese)
Sunday, March 8th (English)

OPEN 12:30 pm
START 1:00 pm
END 2:30 pm

Registration will take place on the day.

12/27/2025

Sokoji Year-end and New Year's Events
Time Schedule

11/26/2025

Year-End & New Year Events
桑港寺年末年始イベントまとめ

Sokoji New Year Events Mochi Pounding もちつき Midnight Bell Ringing 除夜の鐘 New Year’s Temple Visiting 初詣 Avoidance of Bad Luck Prayer 厄除け祈祷 Memorial Service for Dolls 人形供養

11/18/2025

１２月２８日（日）の午前９時よりもちつきを行います。

桑港寺では、毎年年末に餅つきを開催しており、多くの参加者でにぎわいます。
当日は、もちつき体験ができるほか、お子さま用の丸餅づくり体験や、餅・けんちん汁の販売もございます。
なお、当日の餅販売には数に限りがありますので、確実にお求めいただくために、事前注文をお願い申し上げます。
ご家族ご友人をお誘いあわせの上、ぜひご参加ください。

At Sokoji, we hold a mochi-pounding event every year at the end of the year, and it gets very lively with many participants. Mochitsuki is a traditional Japanese event in which steamed glutinous rice is pounded with an usu (mortar) and a kine (wooden mallet) to make mochi. It carries the meaning of praying for a good harvest and the family’s health, and is generally held around New Year or on celebratory occasions. There is also a tradition of decorating the family altar or household shrine with kagami-mochi and eating mochi for New Year. On the day of the event, you can experience mochi-pounding, purchase mochi for children (they will make round mochi themselves), and purchase kenchin-jiru soup. We cannot guarantee the purchase of mochi on the day of the event, so we kindly ask that you place your order in advance.

11/09/2025

10/24/2025

締め切りまで1週間です！

One week left until the deadline!

10/01/2025

【受付開始】
２０２５年１１月１６日（日）に、サンフランシスコ日本町、桑港寺で七五三ご祈祷会を行います。
ご参加をご希望の方は、お申込書にご記入の上、１０月３１日(金)までに桑港寺([email protected])までご送付いただくようお願いいたします。合掌
Sokoji will hold Shichi-Go-San (Seven-Five-Three) Ceremony on Sunday, November 16, 2025.
If you would like to attend, please fill out the application form and send it to Sokoji ([email protected]) by Friday, October 31.
Gassho.

08/01/2025

Our website has been renewed!

Sokoji is a Soto Zen temple in San Francisco offering Buddhist services, zazen meditation, and Japanese cultural events. Rooted in the Japanese American community, everyone is welcome to visit, reflect, and connect through traditional practice in a peaceful setting.

06/29/2025

https://bayspo.com/news/navi_sokoji_070425

サンフランシスコ日本町にある曹洞宗日米山桑港寺では、7月19日（土）、第7回目となる灯籠（とうろう）流しを行う。午後6時半時から入場を開始し、陽が沈むまでの間は食事やエンターテイメントを楽しむことができ、夜....

06/18/2025

Obon Taiko Performance
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