Hello, this is Minori
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This time, I went to Tsukiji Outer Market and Namishi Inari Shrine.
The annual festival, which takes place in June every year, is over, but there were many people who visited the Chinowa.
Namishi Inari Shrine is located near the seafood bridge in Tsukiji Outer Market.
It is worshiped as a god who wishes for the prosperity of fish-related business and the safety of navigation.
The annual festival is held once every three years, and the Reisai Festival takes place over a four-day weekend around June 10.
The largest ceiling lion in Japan comes out.
During the Manji period (1658-1661), reclaiming the Tsukiji area was extremely difficult due to the waves.
It is said that Namiyo Inari Shrine was founded because of the fact that the waves had subsided and the construction was carried out when the statue of Inari Myojin obtained from the sea was enshrined.
The water bowls and lion heads (a pair of males and females) of our shrine are both registered in the ward Tangible Cultural Property.
●Water bowl
The warehouse of the Owari Tokugawa family was located in Tsukiji, and rice grains and special products of Owari were regularly carried in.
The Tensui bowl was dedicated in 1838 (1838) by husbands engaged in the unloading work of cargo praying for the safety of the Owari clan ship.
●Lion head
It is made of wooden gold painted, and in March 1848 (1848), Jiro Shima Yato of Tsukiji Minamihongo-cho (east of Namiwa Inari Shrine) was the founder. The lion hair and the eyeball were originally accessories of the lion at 1-chome Minami-Odawaramachi (the current location of the company), but in 1927 (1927), they were dedicated to the shrine with the lion head.
[Reference] "Chuo-ku Cultural Properties (4) Tangible Folk Cultural Properties-Faith-" (issued by Chuo-ku Board of Education)
"Chuo-ku Monoshiri Encyclopedia for Walking" (Supervised by Chuo-ku Tourism Association)
