Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

On May 9th and 10th, there was the Kanda Festival once every two years.

Kanda festival is one of Japan's three major festivals, and Nihonbashi is the shrine parishioner town council of Kanda Myojin, along with Kanda, Otemachi, Marunouchi and Akihabara. There are about 200 portable shrines from 108 shrine parishioner Town Association, so on the 9th and 10th, many people come to see the festival with lively shouts of music and mikoshi and the voices of cheerful children who draw floats all day.

In the Shinko Festival cruise that connects the traditions of Edo to the present, people dressed in costumes, horses and cows pass in front of them, and sometimes chief priest purifies visitors.

Kanda festival, which makes you feel like a time trip during the Edo period while staying in the city center, is especially recommended for those who love history. The next time will be two years later, so why not come by all means?

 
















 

 

  Chuo-ku Wanpaku Sumo Tournament was held today at Chuo-ku Sports Center in Hamacho Park.

At the annual event, boys and girls at elementary schools in Chuo-ku were separated, and many children were seriously engaged in sumo wrestling, and great applause and cheers occurred from the hall, and the hall was full of enthusiasm and I was very impressed .

Since Chuo-ku is close to both countries, children in the sumo room are also participating. The body and skill are adults, and you can see full-fledged sumo wrestling. I would be glad if the future Yokozuna was born among these children today.

If you win the game, you can write a circle on your arms. The children are looking forward to this tournament because they want the excitement of victory and this circle. Unfortunately, there were a lot of children who lost their game and were crying. Don't forget this hot feeling today.

A child who has been participating in the tournament every year for six years and has not been able to win one win until now has a classmate's sumo room rehearsal and looked forward to the last tournament of the sixth grader. I lost unfortunately in the first round, but I won the loser's revival match and became the first and last streak, and the very refreshing expression was impressive. I took a commemorative photo of the happy Shiromaru that was not a white star.