"Tsukuda Island Bon Odori" is held every year for three days from July 13 to 15 around the tower built in the center of "Wataba-dori" square at Tsukuda 1-chome.
It seems that there are various theories about the origin of "Bon Odori on Tsukuda Island", one of the Umimura folk performing arts that has been handed down in the Tsukuda area since ancient times, but Asakusa Gobo (now Tsukiji Honganji), which was located in Yokoyamacho near Asakusabashi during the Edo period, was rebuilt by Tsukiji after the great fire of the Meiryaku era.
In the old days, it is said that he danced around Nihonbashi and Kyobashi, received aspirations, and dedicated it to Tsukiji Honganji, but after the reform of Tenpo, which was forbidden to go around the city, it became an event held only on Tsukuda Island, and it has been handed down to this day I hear that it has been done.
In 1976, it was designated as a Intangible Folk Cultural Property in Tokyo as a valuable folk performing arts in Tokyo that retains the remnants of Edo.
Under the light Japanese lantern handed over from the turret, the dancer goes back and forth around the turret, along with the sorrowful singing song and the monotonous rhythm of the turret.
This year again, the tasteful voice color of Tsukudajima Bon Uta, the leading player in the "Tsukudajima Bon Uta", will resonate.
In the first half, children and in the second half, adults are the center of dance.
On the last day, dancers can enjoy dancing in costumes that elaborate their own tastes.
You can also see foreigners participating in the dance circle.
