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Yushima Tenmangu Shrine Great Festival

Yushima Tenman-shi example festival is a festival to be held in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo. In the shrine is called Tenjin like Mr. Sugawara Mamo who is familiar with it as a main god festival. Because of this, Yushima Tenman-gu Shrine is also called Yushima Tenjin, so we are crowded with students and parents of worshipers…

Senju Tenno Festival

The Senju Tenno Festival is a festival to be held in Arakawa Ward, Tokyo. The festival is held every year, but it can be divided into a festival and a festival depending on the holding year. This festival It will be held once every three years, and the head office big shrine mikoshi will hand…

Tsukiji lion festival

The Tsukiji lion festival is a festival to be held in Chuo-ku, Tokyo. Tsukiji has a Tsukiji market in the huge wholesale market, and tourists visit from home and abroad. The current Tsukiji is land, but it had been suffering a lot of difficulties before the Waki ​​Inari Shinto shrine (Nemiyake Ichika Shinkenji) was founded….

Suka Shrine example large festival

Suka Shrine is a festival to be held in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo. Although it is a Suka shrine currently present in Suga Town, it was not located here from the beginning. Actually, in 1634 in the Edo era, in order to promote the Edo castle outer moat it was transferred from the current Akasaka area to…

Karasumori Shrine example large festival

Karasumori Shrine example festival is a festival to be held in Minato-ku, Tokyo. The way of reading is Norimori Shrine, it is not a marigold shrine. Well, do you know a strange legend about the creation of Karasumori Shrine? The story begins because Fujiwara Hideno prayed for Inari shrine to fight the victory of war…

Sanja festival

Sanja Festival is a festival to be held in Taito-ku, Tokyo. Although it is often called a three company festival, the official name is Asakusa Shrine an example big festival. Then the festival is held at Asakusa Shrine, not a famous Asakusa Temple as a sightseeing spot. According to the shrine announcement, the Sanja Festival…

Kurayami Festival (Okuni soul shrine)

The horse race ceremony is held on evening of May 3rd, the cruise of the mountain cars on the 4th, the banquet festival such as the Munakata Obon etc is held. On the 5th, the festival and Sekkatsu festival are carried out, and from 8 o’clock, 8 mikoshi and 6 taiko big drums are handed…

Honjo Exhibition (Honen Jingen) Sensoji Temple

The gems briefing will be held at Sensoji Temple on Saturday, March 18, 2017. Emperor Suiko 368 (628) Celebrate that the stone statue of Buddhist image of Sensoji temple from March 18th was crowded from the Sumidagawa river, and each year, the legal requirements of the “Appreciation Society” are carried out. On the day, the…

Asakusa Sanja Festival (Asakusa Temple)

The Sanja Festival (Sanja festival) is one of the major example festivals that is held in Asakusa Shrine in Asakusa, Taito Ward, Tokyo, held every May. The official name is “Asakusa Shrine festival big festival”. The dedicated Denakura “Bizazahara Mai” is famous for being based on the old style. It is said that a festival…

Meiji Shrine · National Festival

明治神宮・建国祭

It is a festival held every year at the Meiji Shrine / Omotesando on the national day of February 11th. Anyway it’s cold, is not this festival a lot of festivals the first day of the year? It snowed in 2011 as you can see. From Omotesando to Meiji ShrineA parade starts from Omotesando (Aoyama…