The autumn festival is finally the season of the
autumn festival, and the Fukutoku Festival will be held on Sunday, October 22, in the area around Fukutoku Shrine in Nihonbashi.
This festival is a relatively new festival that was started to commemorate the completion of the new shrine of Fukutoku Shrine in 2014, but it is increasing year by year with the luxury of "Fukutokukuji" and various events on the day It is a festival that is
The event is hosted by the Nihonbashi Kitazume Store Association.
The Nihonbashi Kitazume Store Association merged with the former Nihonbashi Muromachi / Honmachi Store Association and the former Nihonbashi Muromachi 1-chome Store Association for the purpose of commercial promotion in the Kitazume area of Nihonbashi (Muromachi, Honmachi, and Honishimachi). It is said that it was born in June 2011.
Currently, it consists of more than 100 stores, residents, and local companies.
Speaking of the "Fukutoku Festival", the highlight is the "Fukutoku Kuji", where luxurious prizes are awarded, but prior to the festival, "Vouchers"
have already begun.
From October 2nd (Monday), you can participate in the lottery by shopping around Kitazume in Nihonbashi, getting this "exchange ticket", and exchanging it for "Fukutoku lottery" on the day.
Even on the day, you can get a "voucher" if you shop at the festival venue.
This "Fukutoku lottery" is named after the "Fukutoku lottery" that was held during the Edo period. At Fukutoku Shrine, at least during the Bunsei and Tenpo eras, the shogunate-approved lottery "Omentomi" was held. It seems that it was
According to "Edo Daitomishu", which is said to be published at the end of Bunsei, Fukutoku Inari Kogyo's lottery has a maximum amount of 300 cars (current value is about 40 million yen
), which is held four times a year It seems that it was the highest ()
among the shrines of the performance.
Does it mean that it is a high-priced lottery because it is a venerable Fukutoku Shrine that is also related to Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa and Hidetada?
On the day of the festival, the lottery will be announced in the "Futtsu" method in which the wooden tag in the lottery box is pierced with a cone, imitating the venerable Fukutoku Shrine's "Futkuji".
The upper and lower photos show the lottery scenery of last year. Mr. Yasuto Yamamoto, Chairman of the Nihonbashi Kitazume Store Association, piercing the wooden tag.
You can hear the beautiful voice of the eighth generation Bunraku, reading the best wealth in the rakugo story "Tomihisa", "Matsuno Hyakujuban", "Matsuno Hyakujuban".
Anyway, to participate in the main event of the Fukutoku Festival approaching on October 22, "Fukutoku Kuji", you must get a "voucher" to get Let's go
In addition, regarding this interview, we interviewed Kenji Otsuka of Yamamoto-noriten Co., Ltd., the staff of the Nihonbashi Kitazume Store Association of the Fukutoku Festival, and Tetsutaro Nagafuji, director of Taro Shobo Co., Ltd., and also provided photos of last year's festival.
Thank you very much
Click here for the website of Nihonbashi Kitazume Store Association. ⇒
Click here for a list of stores at Nihonbashi Kitazume Store Association ⇒
http://nihombashi-tokyo.com/jp/shop/shop-category/kitazume
Click here for the website of Fukutoku Shrine. ⇒
