The Sanno Festival at Hie-jinja Shrine is one of the three major festivals in Japan (Gion Festival, Tenjin Festival) and the three major festivals in Edo (Kanda festival and Fukagawa Hachiman Festival). It is known as the Tenka Festival during the Edo period, and is now held every other year with Kanda festival, but this year Hie-jinja Shrine corresponds to Reitaisai festival.
On the 13th, the Shinto Festival was a parade of about 300 meters along the route of Yaesu, Hatchobori, Kayabacho, Kabuto-cho, auxiliary shrine (resting place of portable shrines), Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and Ginza in the center of Chuo-ku. (Lower photo: Horai and zodiac floats walking around Nihonbashi 3-chome intersection on Chuo-dori)
On the 15th, the Shitamachi Association carrying of miniature shrines was held, and 12 portable shrine floats in the town of shrine parishioner went out to Chuo-dori from Kyobashi Kitazume to Nihonbashi Minamizume. portable shrine paid a courtesy call to Nihonbashi Takashimaya (see from the 3rd floor of Nihonbashi Maruzen)
＠Akira Makibuchi
