The Sanno Festival, one of the three major festivals in Edo, is being held, and the Shitamachi Union imperial procession was held on the 15th, where 12 portable shrine units such as Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and Hatchobori travel along Chuo-dori from Kyobashi to Nihonbashi.
I grew up in Nihonbashi Tachibana-cho (Higashibashi 3-chome), so I'm in Kanda festival, but since I was familiar with the festival where I used to elaborate drums on the floats of the town council before I was carrying a child portable shrine, I went to see the Sanno Festival Shimomachi Union imperial procession.
The fine portable shrine of each town is coming one after another. portable shrine can continue to carry it without a break, so there is a large number of people in one portable shrine, and the total is quite large.
The highlight is the portable shrine in the sense of giving the gods in front of the shrine parishioner of Kanda Myojin (the shrine parishioner of Kanda Myojin on the north side of Nihonbashi, and the shrine parishioner of Hie-jinja Shrine on the south side of this year).
The spectators were also surrounded by triple and four times, and applauded with portable shrine's rhythm.
In portable shrine, Nihonbashi, there were many people wearing happi coat, a well-known company nearby, such as Mitsui Fudosan, Takashimaya, Taro Sakae, Kokubun, Nomura Securities and Tokyo Tatemono. It's the most popular festival in Edo Tokyo.
