Every year for three days from July 13 to 15, Tsukuda Island Bon Odori is held around the tower built in the center of Wataba-dori Square at Tsukuda 1-chome.
There seem to be various theories about so-called, but as Honganji Betsuin, which was located in Hamacho during the Edo period, was rebuilt at Tsukiji after the Great Fire of the Meiryaku era, a member of Tsukuda Island contributed to the landfill work. It is said that it was started as an event to worship the ancestors' spirits at the Yulan Bonkai in the year of completion.
In the old days, he danced around Nihonbashi and Kyobashi, and received his aspirations and dedicated it to Tsukiji Honganji, but since then he was banned from traveling around the city, it has been done only on Tsukuda Island, and it has been handed down to this day. It is said that
It was counted as one of the folk performing arts in Tokyo after World War II, but was designated as Intangible Folk Cultural Property in Tokyo in 1976.
The dancer dances slowly and quietly around the turret, along with the slow singing song of the ondo and the monotonous rhythm turret drum. It conveys the sorrowful and simple taste to the present.
The first half is the children's part. In the second half, adults are the center of dance.
On the last day, although there are not as many as before, they can be seen dancing in disguise.
