bullfinch exchange ceremony
An annual event held at Tenmangu shrines, where participants exchange wooden bullfinch figurines (called 鷽) to symbolically replace lies with truth and bring good fortune.
See also: 天満宮
The bullfinch exchange ceremony is a Shinto ritual held every year on January 25th at Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine.
I got a new wooden bullfinch figurine at the bullfinch exchange ceremony.