An invisible god is invited into the home and treated as an honored guest. In the farmhouses of Oku-Noto, the Aenokoto ritual unfolds each December. When the year's harvest is done, the head of each household dresses formally and welcomes the deity of the rice field indoors. The god cannot be seen. Yet the host speaks to it as though a guest were truly present, offering a hot bath, a feast, and rest, before sending it back to the fields in February. Its origins are unknown, and its very simplicity is thought to preserve an ancient form. There are no floats, no crowds, only a single family quietly attending to a presence it cannot see. The 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake wounded this region deeply, yet its people have not let go of the deity they welcome each winter. A UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.