Kizukinasai 2012 was held on Saturday, November 10 and 11 (Sun) to commemorate the registration of cultural properties at Tsukiji Honganji Temple and the restoration of main hall.
The word "Kizukinasai", which is a little unfamiliar to the word "Kizukinasai", "The origin of Tsukiji, the charm of the food town of Tsukiji, the life that is utilized-Kizukinasai", is also written as "Tsukinasai", and builds the ground It seems that it means "noticing" the important things that are always there, compared to the place name of Tsukiji.
Today, this Tsukiji has a strong image of the market, but as the name suggests, you may know that it is a landfill.
But did you know that it was actually reclaimed to build Honganji Temple?
A long time ago, when the Shogunate was opened in Edo, Nishi Honganji Temple in Kyoto set up a separate hospital, but it was originally located around Asakusa Yokoyamacho (now Nihonbashi Yokoyamacho) and was called "Asakusa Mido".
However, it was burned down in the great fire of the Meiryaku era in 1657.
When he hoped for reconstruction, the Shogunate approved the shallows of Edo Minato.
At this time, fishermen who Ieyasu Tokugawa called from Tsukuda Village, Settsu Kuni, had reclaimed the tidal flats of the gunshot and built `` Tsukuda Island '', but 
since they were monks of Nishi Honganji Temple, this Tsukiji reclamation It seems that he made a great contribution.
"Tsukiji Honganji" was built on a land slightly larger than the Hyakuma square.
After various changes, the current main hall, designed by Chuta Ito, was founded in 1934.
This year, 78 years later, a major restoration was carried out.
On the day of the event, local gourmets from all over the country gather on the precincts as "Food Town Tsukiji".
Of course, a local Tsukiji store also opened, and everyone was tasting under the autumn sky.
In main hall, Buddhist memorial service commemorative lecture was held, with video screenings and panel exhibitions introducing the progress of restoration, as well as panel exhibitions by Kozui Otani and designer Chuta Ito.
Kozui Otani is the 22nd lord of Nishi Honganji Temple, who dispatched Otani explorers to the Silk Road to investigate Buddhist headwater.
The expedition's encounter with Chuta Ito during the exploration triggered the creation of the current Honganji building.
And the most thankful event in main hall was the main hall preview.
I was able to enter the back of inner sanctum, which I couldn't usually go up, and I was able to see it very close.
In addition to Buddhist utensils such as kitchens, the parts of inner sanctum's gold leaf, such as pillars, long pushes and barriers, are all newly stamped, lacquer is repainted, and the painted parts are repainted after restoration.
I just breathed in its beauty and solemnity.
In addition, we received a detailed pamphlet on the restoration work, and it was a wonderful commemorative event that I was able to meet a really difficult opportunity.
