Omikuji — Draw a Japanese Fortune Slip
Draw a just-for-fun omikuji, the paper fortune slips found at Japanese shrines and temples. Enter your name and get today's slip in classic vertical Japanese, with an English translation underneath: your fortune from Great Blessing to Bad Luck, the topics you choose (love, health, work and more), and your lucky color and item. Save it as an image to share — a fun New Year tradition.
1Your name
Choose what you want to know.
2Your fortune
Just for fun: the result has no real basis. Not affiliated with any shrine or temple.
What is omikuji?
Omikuji (御神籤 or おみくじ) are fortune slips that visitors draw at shrines and temples in Japan, often by shaking a numbered stick out of a box and receiving the matching slip. Each slip gives an overall fortune and short readings for things like wishes, love, health, travel and the person you are waiting for. The wording, the ranking of the fortunes and the custom of tying the slip on a rack or taking it home all vary from place to place. This page recreates the look and feel for fun; it does not copy any particular shrine's slips.
How to use it
- Enter your name or a nickname and tick the topics you want to read about.
- Press “Draw your omikuji”. The box shakes and your slip appears, in Japanese with an English translation below.
- Press “Share” to send the slip image to your social apps (on phones), or save or print it.
FAQ
Is this a real fortune?
No. It is a just-for-fun omikuji calculated from your name and today's date. There is no basis for the result, so please enjoy it and don't use it to make real decisions. It is not affiliated with any shrine or temple.
Why do I get the same slip every time?
Your fortune is decided by your name and today's date, so, like a real omikuji, you get one slip for the day. Come back tomorrow for a new one. If you leave the name blank, you get a new slip each time.
I got Bad Luck (kyō). What now?
Here, kyō always comes with gentle advice for a time to rest and gather strength. At shrines and temples in Japan, many people tie their slip to a designated rack on the grounds, and some see this as leaving the bad luck there, while others take the slip home as a reminder. Customs differ from place to place.
What do “Friendly” and “Traditional” change?
Only the style of the Japanese text on the slip. Friendly uses plain, modern Japanese; Traditional imitates the old-fashioned wording of shrine slips. The fortune, the number and the English translation stay the same.
Is my name sent anywhere?
No. The fortune and the slip are made in your browser, and your name is never sent. So you don't have to type it every day, your name and settings are kept only in this browser (localStorage) and are removed 30 days after your last visit. For usage statistics we only send the fortune level and how many times slips are shared, saved or printed to Google Analytics. Sharing passes the slip image and the page URL to the app you choose.
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