Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

This year, Tsukuda Island is home to Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine, where the main festival is held once every three years.

 

When you look at Tsukuda digging from the top of Tsukuda Kobashi, you can see the following precautions.

"This place is buried with large banner pillars and hugs that were allowed to be built by Tokugawa shogunate in the late Edo period (1798), so please do not enter or dig up. Sumiyoshi Tsukuda

 

It is said that the "pillars" of large banners drawn by Hiroshige, which can be set up at the main festival once every three years, and the "daki" that supports it are buried in the water like a time capsule.

 

Every time I come here to Tsukuda Island and see this note

"Isn't the tree going to rot because it's buried in the water?"

Yeah

"Isn't it okay until now, but it's rotten and gone this year?"

I don't think about it.

　

That's why the work of digging this pillar and holding tree, which only happens once every three years. I was a little interested, so I saw it (Sunday, July 5).

　

Unfortunately, it was raining on the day.

This digging starts with digging mud until you can see the buried trees, but just looking at getting your feet off the mud, you can see that it is quite hard work.

　
Then, the buried trees begin to appear and move on to the work of removing them.

A crane is used to remove the tree. Once the mud is dropped in the moat water, it is lifted to Hashigami.

It's repeated many times.

　

On the other hand, the work of drilling with pillars is performed separately. There are six large banners, which can be set up in six places, but there is a place where three holes can be drilled per place in advance.

I'll dig up the hole.

　

After the tree, which was the part of the holding tree, was taken out, the six pillars were removed. It is said that the length is close to 20m.

　

The young people carry that pillar.

This traditional work, the interval of once every three years may be just right to take over.

　

And finally, a tree was assembled to make a large banner.

As a result, the buried trees were dug out safely this time, and they were ready to set up a large banner.

　

　

According to various research, it seems that the tree needs oxygen to rot, and filling the tree in the water does not let it touch the oxygen.

I don't think old people knew such a theory, but it may have been a very natural knowledge from experience.

　

Walking along Tsukishima's Nishinaka-dori (Monja-dori) toward Kachidoki, there is a bridge called "Nishinakabashi", which was replaced last year.

It seems that dozens of pine stakes were embedded under the previous bridge, strengthening the ground and supporting the bridge.

The pine stake was dug out during the replacement without rotten, and is now displayed beside this bridge or reused as a wooden bench.

You know that thousands of pine stakes were used under the previous Maru Building in Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, and more than 10,000 pine stakes were used as foundation solidification under the station building of Tokyo Station. You may come. It is said that a wooden stake is also hit under the torii gate of Itsukushima-jinja Shrine.

　

It is called the story of this pine stake, the story of the pillar of the large banner of Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine, and the head of the "power of wood" and "wisdom of the predecessor" drops.

　

Recently, liquefaction has become a problem in Great East Japan Earthquake, but the "power of wood" has been reviewed, "thinned wood" has not been used, and it has begun to be used as a countermeasure against liquefaction.

　

　

By the way, at the main festival of Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine, I think that a large banner will finally be set up on the 26th and the festival mood will increase.

I'm really looking forward to it because I haven't seen the big banner yet.

　

 

 

　

portable shrine went to see the Tsukiji Lion Festival at Haji Shrine in mid-June and the imperial procession Festival around the town.

A little day has passed, but this is a report on the festival. It was quite exciting.

 　

After noon on June 13, Sennukimiya portable shrine and Otoguro Lion, who left Namishi Inari Shrine, first entered Tsukiji grounds. This year, in collaboration with Mizu Shrine, which is said to be the "first and last", we welcome the Mizu Shrine Dai portable shrine waiting in front of Mizu Shrine Haruka Place.

(Mizu Shrine portable shrine, which waits for the beginning in front of Mizu Shrine in Tsukiji Market)

　

In the midst of the great excitement, greetings from the Namiki Shrine and the Fish Bank Association are over, and it is finally the beginning of the collaboration of "first and last".

(Water Shrine portable shrine)

　

The hall is amazing people, people, people, waves, waves, waves.

The two portable shrines were like a ship floating in the waves of people.

　

I feel like it was the moment when people's thoughts on "Tsukiji" exploded.

　

　

After that, Ryo portable shrine, who went out of the hall and went around each Tsukiji town, was carried without cooling until night.

　

Go out to Harumi-dori St. and meet Kachidokibashi.

Kachidokibashi was established in 1940, five years after the opening of the Tsukiji Market. On June 14, the following day, we celebrated its 75th anniversary.

It is said that the opening day of Kachidokibashi was the day when the German army occupied Paris, France. It must have been such an era that he was already involved in the whirlpool of war.

Since then, overcame the war, Tsukiji Market and Kachidokibashi have supported Japan's high growth. Even now, a lot of fish on trucks are transported to Tsukiji Market across Kachidokibashi.

　

The portable shrine line then enters the area of Tsukiji Outer Market, and the portable shrine of Haji Shrine is finally entering the palace. It's a fine portable shrine.

　

After that, the shrine of Mizu Shrine continues. It's time to be 9 o'clock already.

Tsukiji early in the morning. Tsukiji Market was open normally on this morning, so it would have been a long day for Tsukiji people.

　

And safely, portable shrine of Haji Shrine finished entering the shrine while being seen off by portable shrine of Mizu Shrine, and the collaboration ended.

I think it was a wonderful and impressive imperial procession just watching.

　

　

After that, the portable shrine of Mizu Shrine stood in front of the torii gate of Namiki Shrine for a while, and was transported to the market while immersing in the lingering sound.

And arrived in front of the water shrine.

Finally, the fish shores of the fish were spoken, and the imperial procession of the water shrine portable shrine ended.

　

It was such a moment when I couldn't say anything after the festival.

Will this portable shrine never come before this torii gate?

　

　

The next day. It's the house of a lion. A festival called "Tsukiji Lion Festival". In front of the shrine, it was filled with many lion fans.

Also on this day, children such as portable shrine, carried by children, went around the town and softened the visitors.

　

The portable shrine is carried by a woman. Women are buried in the crowds around them, probably because they are short, and few people are carrying them.

With such a great success, I was able to enter the shrine safely.

　

　

By the way, this year's festival is over, and now we have returned to our usual Tsukiji.

Next year when the market moves to Toyosu, it may be rushing again, but the out-of-office market will remain in Tsukiji.

Outside the market, the Tsuijishin Market, which opens before the market relocation, is in the midst of construction.

　

This "Tsuijishin Market" seems to be a temporary name, and we are now looking for that name.

　

http://www.city.chuo.lg.jp/kusei/keikaku/tukiji/tsukiji_name.html

 

The recruitment is until July 21, but an important name that seems to imagine a new start of Tsukiji.

If you love Tsukiji, have a name sense, would you please give me a good name?