At the Reisai Festival (main festival) in Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine, the underwater imperial procession, the ship imperial procession, was held in which the portable shrine was used to enter the Sumida River and then lay on a horse-drawn boat and cruise around the shrine parishioner area.
However, due to the construction of seawalls and pollution of rivers, the Reisai Festival was discontinued in 1962.
After that, the riverbed on the Sumida River was improved and ships could arrive and depart, and the movement of local people was successful, and in 1990, the ship imperial procession gradually revived for the first time in 28 years.
At present, the shrine mikoshi is enshrined on a barge (float pier) from the terrace of Tsukuda Park and travels around the shrine parishioner district of Tsukuda, Tsukishima and Harumi.
The appearance of the barge that was towed by the tugboat cruising with the company name flag and the five-colored flag, followed by the offering, followed by the weight of the history that inherits the tradition of Tsukuda Island over the mind. It is an emotional one (Hitoshio).
The "Marine Festival" is held off Harumi, Tokyo Bay.
religious service is unique to Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine, which enshrines Mikami Sumiyoshi, the god of the sea, as the main god of worship.
I heard that the congratulatory words played by Miyashi mainly praying for "safety and prosperity of maritime personnel (bountiful catch)".
5:30 Shrine Festival
6:00 Miya portable shrine Palace
7:00 Funato departure (Marine Festival)
8:00 Funato Kicking
The shrine is said to have been made in mimicking the Emperor's Takamiza, and is known as "octagonal portable shrine" in an octagonal shape.
One of the features is that the roads in the town are narrow and hinder the imperial procession, the sticks are shortened, and the interior is painted with black lacquer to prepare for the underwater imperial procession to increase airtightness.
The first Tenpo era octagonal portable shrine suffered severe pain after more than 170 years, so Heisei octagonal portable shrine, which was renewed in 2011, debuted in Reisai Festival last year. The Tenpo era octagonal mikoshi is enshrined on the terrace of Funairi moat during the Reisai Festival period.
As it is called the "Water Festival", water is vigorously poured with hoses and buckets from the roadside, and splashes fly, but now the underwater imperial procession is cut off, it is said to be a remnant of mikoshi washing.
After landing, go to resting place of portable shrines after a tour of shrine parishioner town.
I often see the sights of the shadows lined up at the eaves of the house on the route of portable shrine.
It is a place of heart that has been worshiped as a god of birth (guardian god) for many years, and it is a scene where the unique feeling of "a festival rooted in life" and the strong bonds of the local community through the festival are strongly impressed.
