At Sojiji, various kinds of events and ceremonies are held throughout the year.
| Month | Schedule | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | Hatsumode (the first temple visit at New year) | Wishing good health throughout the year. |
| Kangyo Takuhatsu (Begging for alms) | Monks go out to the city to beg for alms. | |
| Dogen Zenji’s birthday assembly | Birthday of Dogen Zenji | |
| Feb | Setsubun | To call for good luck |
| Nehan (Nirvana) Sesshin | ||
| Buddha’s Nirvana assembly | Death day of Shakyamuni Buddha | |
| Mar | Memorial ceremony for the victims of North-East Japan earth quake. | |
| Spring Higan-e (Equinox ceremony) | 1 week of Buddhist practice | |
| Apr | Start of intensive summer practice period | |
| Buddha’s birthday assembly | Birthday of Shakyamuni Buddha | |
| Jukai-e (ceremony of giving precepts) | Practice days to receive precepts. | |
| May | Summer Ango | Special practice days for monks. |
| Jun | Denko-e Sesshin | Intensive Zazen days and lecture for trainee monks. |
| Summer Zazen session | Zazen practice for public | |
| Jul | Obon Sejiki-e | ceremony to comfort the Ancestral spirits |
| Tanagyo | Monks visit members homes to chant sutras | |
| Bon dance festival (Mitama matsuri) | ||
| Aug | ||
| Sep | Autumn Higan-e (Equinox ceremony) | 1 week of Buddhist practice |
| Oct | Start of intensive winter practice period | |
| Memorial ceremony for Bodhi-Dharma | Death day of Bodhi Dharma. | |
| Goryoson Goshoki-e | Memorial ceremonies for the founder and 2nd abbot of Sojiji | |
| Nov | Gathering of Sojiji’s members “Tsurumi Yume Hiroba” | 能登より御移転した記念行持 |
| Memorial day of Sojiji’s relocation | Relocation from Noto, Monzen-cho to Tsurumi | |
| Winter Ango | Special practice days for monks. | |
| Dec | Rohatsu Sesshin | Intensive Zazen practice days for trainee monks |
| 年窮歳尽（ねんきゅうさいじん） | 年末の諸行持 |
Other events
| Monthly Zazen day | 13:00- Zazen session for public on a designated day each month |
| Ho-on (repay the blessings) woman’s society | Monthly gathering in connection with the monastery schedule. |
| Baika chanting | 2days of every month (Eisanka/ Buddhist hymns sung with bell accompany) |
| The day for Hikari Kannon (shining bodhisattva) | 18th of every month |
| The day for Mizuko Jizo (guardian deity for the spirits of miscarried babies) | 24th of every month |
| Shakyo (tracing sutra) | once in every month |
| Monthly Sermon | once in every month |
| The day of Sanbo Daikojin (guardian deity to protect Buddha, Dharma and Sangha) | 27th of every month |