ceremony site; ritual ground; festival venue
Refers to the physical location where a ceremony, ritual, or festival is held. Not an everyday word; used in formal, religious, or event-planning contexts.
A Shinto ritual was performed at the shrine's ceremony site.
Setting up the festival venue will start tomorrow morning.
Compound of 祭 (sai, 'festival, ritual') and 場 (jō, 'place, site'). The reading さいじょう is a straightforward on'yomi combination.