Omikuji meanings: daikichi, kyo and the words on your fortune
Read Japanese omikuji ranks and common fortune-slip words. Find out why kichi can change position, what kyo means, and how this online game differs.
Draw your omikuji online.
Take a quiet moment. Make a wish, shake the wooden box, and discover your fortune.
- 一Wish
- 二Shake
- 三Reveal
Your fortune is waiting.
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Omikuji guides
Browse all guidesHow to draw omikuji at a shrine or temple in Japan
A practical omikuji guide: find the fee, shake out one stick, match the number and read your slip. Learn when to clap and where to tie a fortune.
Omikuji in Tokyo and Kyoto: Senso-ji, Meiji Jingu and Fushimi Inari
Compare a Buddhist temple, poem-based fortunes and a Shinto shrine: three distinct ways to explore omikuji and wish-making in Tokyo and Kyoto.
What is Omikuji?
Omikuji are traditional Japanese fortune-telling slips found at shrines and temples. They serve as messages from the gods, offering guidance on your future and daily life.
Leave a little offeringFortune Rankings
- Daikichi (大吉): Excellent Luck. Your wishes are highly likely to come true.
- Chukichi (中吉) / Shokichi (小吉): Good Luck / Fair Luck. Gentle fortune is with you.
- Kichi (吉): Luck. A stable and positive fortune.
- Suekichi (末吉): Future Luck. Patience is required now, but good things will come later.
- Kyo (凶) / Daikyo (大凶): Bad Luck / Terrible Luck. A warning to be careful, but remember that after hitting rock bottom, luck can only go up!
Ranks vary between shrines and temples. This game also includes a rare Daidaikichi fortune.