Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

 The 27th Tokyo Bay Fireworks Festival, which colors the night sky of Tokyo Bay, was held on August 8 at Harumi Wharf.

Last year it was canceled due to stormy weather, and it was held for the first time in two years.

A total of about 12,000 fireworks were launched from three boats off the Harumi Wharf + Harumi Wharf Park in total.

From 18:50 to 20:10, progress along the program.

　Part 1 Tokyo Bay Fireworks Festival, Grand Opening

　Part 2 Summer vacation, fireworks picture diary of memories

　Part 3 Tokyo Bay, New Wave Fireworks Performance

　Part 4 Edo Fireworks, Crafts and Traditional Feast

　Part 5: The Dance of the Sky, Tokyo Bay

　Part 6 Tokyo Bay Fireworks Festival, Grand Finale ~ Bridge to the Future ~

Among them, large balls such as 12 shaku 5 inch balls (about 45cm in diameter, about 400m above and covering the night sky) and 130 shaku balls are impressive.

Before the big fireworks blossom with "Dodon", you will be excited by the sound of the familiar "Hugh" whistle.

It is full of pyrotechnician's creativity, ingenuity, and skills, ranging from traditional techniques such as Yae-Kin Chrysanthemum, where light pulls the tail and spherical shape and the core layer, and Senwa Chrysanthemum, where small flowers open all at once.

The refreshing wind blowing along the sea surface was also felt, and it was somewhat easy to survive, and it was literally a "Noryo Fireworks Festival".

The Tokyo Bay Fireworks Festival, along with the Sumida River Fireworks Festival and the Jingu Gaien fireworks festival, is one of the representative fireworks festival in Tokyo.

Of the venues around Harumi, where about 100,000 seats are set up (sponsored by Harumi, Harumi Daini, Toyosu Daiichi, Hinode, Harumi individually), the Harumi area is involved in the development of an athlete village for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Some say that the Tokyo Bay Fireworks Festival will be suspended because it will be restricted from next year.

Some media reported that "de factoly look over this year", and it seems that it has become a reality.

More The 27th TOKYO HANABI FESTIVAL 2015

 In front of you is the Sumida River. You can enjoy craft beer at the counter of the open terrace.

Get off Kayabacho Station, head on Eitai-dori St. toward the Sumida River, turn left in front of Eitai Bridge, and you will find a bicycle, coffee and beer shop "Mile Post Bike and Cafe" (Shinkawa 1).

The first floor is "Mile Post Cycling Shop", a sports bike specialty store. When you go up the stairs beside the shop, you can see the Sumida River, a woody cafe "Mile Post Cafe".

A tandor kiln is set up to provide modern Indian cuisine, Indian curry, craft beer, coffee, etc.

The popular open terrace has 13 seats and 30 seats in the store.

Opened on March 10, 2014, renewed the menu on November 19, the same year, and reopened.

There are 10 kinds of craft beer from all over Japan. It's time to change every day.

Menu for this day

　① Morita Kinshachi Beer (Aichi) <Mitsuboshipirusner>

　② Outsider Blueing (Yamanashi) <Bitter Lager>

　③ Sea of Japan Club (Ishikawa) <Pilsner>

　④ North Island Beer (Hokkaido) <Stout>

　⑤ Swan Lake Beer (Niigata) <White Swan Baychen>

　⑥ Sea of Japan Club (Ishikawa) <American Aroma Lightale>

　⑦ Johana Beer (Toyama) <Great Blue>

　⑧ Brimer Blueing (Kanagawa) <California Common>

　⑨ Onuma Beer (Hokkaido) <IPA>

　⑩ Streats (U.K.) <Thirteen Guns>

This time, we ordered 9 Onuma Beer (Hokkaido) <IPA>.

By the way, IPA is an abbreviation of Peer Ale, India, which is said to have been born during the Age of Discovery, and is a beer that uses a large amount of hops to withstand long voyages to increase antibacteriality, and features its intense hop character. The body, aroma and alcohol are also powerful.

The taste of beer drinks while hitting the refreshing breeze blowing along the river surface is also exceptional.

The view of the lighting up of Eitai Bridge at night cannot be removed.

Weekday 11:30～23:00

Holiday: 21:00 Close

 The annual "Mini Garden Guide Tour" takes a walk around the park with the guidance of a green adviser at the Pocket Plaza "Flowers / Water / Trees" in Harumi Triton Square.

The theme of this month, held on August 6, is "Flowers blooming under the summer sun."

Although the fall is reached on August 8 on the calendar, the highest temperature in Tokyo is 35.9 ° C, which is a hot day for seven consecutive days.

During this season, the main character of the "Flower Terrace" in the park is red, orange and yellow southern flowers. It shows off the vitality of being defeated by the burning sunlight.

It is a flashy yellow rdovekia representative of summer flowers, but this time, a red horticultural species "Rdope Kia Cherry Brandy" (Asteraceae), a black flower core, which gradients from Burgandy to Cherry Brandy, appears.

The unique appearance of "Himawari Teddy Bear (Asteraceae)" with a dwarf Yae and soft feel is also eye-catching.

There seems to be various types of "Keito (Hiyu family)", such as chicken crown (Tosaka) keito, feather feather keito, spherical inflorescence Kurume keito, and yaritoto with sharp inflorescences.

The toxicity of oleander was also talked about in connection with the star-shaped mandebirasasol and the dark lemon-colored urekichioleander.

Although it was under the scorching sun, this time it was a plant walk to learn about the fun and how to enjoy plants while visiting the terrace.

From left: Rodbekia Cherry Branday, Ludbekia Autumn Color, Ludbekia Takao, Himawari Teddy Bear, Kato

Pineapple from left, Sero Shea Venezuela, Salsberg Countrylet ", Mandevila Sanparazol, Urequitessa salmon bouquet

 At the Reisai Festival of the Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine (main festival), the tradition of lion head cruising, which is said to be held the day before Miya portable shrine imperial procession, for the sake of purifying the path and exorcism of the portable shrine cruise.

After receiving purification ritual, the lion's head shrine was finally divided into two parts and three parts in order from the age.

At the same time as the signal, the young people rush to the precincts at once and jump to the lion's head.

To grab the lion's nose quickly. It is said to be good luck, and a fierce battle will take place.

Hold the lion's head with his hands straight out and go out to the shrine parishioner area as the music flows along with the shouts of "Ori, Ori".

If you parade like a lion dance while praying for the safety of each house in the house, and rubbing in front of the stage of the music, the sound of drums and flutes will also rise.

The lion head is a pair of males and females, with ears standing when leaving the shrine, and when enshrined, the ears facing down.

The expressions of males and females are slightly different, and males have a long horn above the head and a round female.

In addition to the three pairs of lion heads used for cruises, "Tsukuda Island" has seven pairs of lion heads preserved.

Among them, the “Kurokoma Lion” and “Ryutora Lion” are registered as private folk cultural properties in the ward, and the lion head shrine is registered in the ward Intangible Folk Cultural Property.

At present, the lion hut (lion garden) with reed cages, where a lion head is temporarily laid during the main festival, is a landscaping that enlarges the miniature garden, and is one of the customs that can not be seen elsewhere It is listed.

One of the essential things for Reisai Festival is the new tone of "Yukata" (called "Yukata").

Miya portable shrine is said to be unable to carry it on Tsukuda Island unless you wear a uniform coat and wear white tabi.

Tsukuda Island (Tsukuda 1-chome) has a shrine parishioner organization called Sumiyoshi Tsukuda Reisai Festival, which consists of only boys consisting of <Kamimachi>, Nireligious service <Shitamachi> and Sanbe <Azumacho>.

Lecturers are listed in three categories: "caretakers", "large young people", and "young people" (in the first year of enrollment, the new edge <Shinberi>), and hear that the uniforms and roles to be worn are different.

The 2015 “Cooling” design (from left, caretaker, large youth, young people) The right end is extra.

 On August 2, the event "Yukata de Ginbura 2015", which aims to encourage Ginza visitors in midsummer in yukata and kimono to cool with a variety of Japanese hospitality, will be held from Ginza Street 1-chome to 8-chome Held using a pedestrian paradise.

"Yukata de Ginbura" was started nine years ago as part of the commemorative start of Japan's first pedestrian paradise on Ginza Street in August 1970, and the "Holiday Promenade" held every August.

In the watering event "Ginza Sennin Ryofu Plan" (15: 00-15: 45), which can be said to be the main event, asphalt on the street is cooled when visitors and people in the city spray water all at once with a loud shout. Cool wind blows through the pedestrian paradise.

In addition, for visitors in yukata or kimono, "Ginza raffle", which sells well-established products in Ginza, by lottery from among the correct answerers of the quiz "riddle solving tour" related to Ginza, "Ginza-style painting experience", East Japan Reconstruction Support Project from Ginza 2015 "Yappa Ginza dabe" (Yabeen tea shop in Shiogama) wadaiko, "Goldfish shop selling goldfish shop selling goldfish shop"

And there are many icicicles and ice statues "Ice Festival" arranged in eight places on Ginza Street.

The highest temperature in Tokyo on this day was 35.1 ° C, which was a hot day for three consecutive days, and it was crowded with many Yukata visitors who enjoyed the coolness of a moment while walking around the pedestrian paradise.

 At the Reisai Festival (main festival) in Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine, the underwater imperial procession, the ship imperial procession, was held in which the portable shrine was used to enter the Sumida River and then lay on a horse-drawn boat and cruise around the shrine parishioner area.

However, due to the construction of seawalls and pollution of rivers, the Reisai Festival was discontinued in 1962.

After that, the riverbed on the Sumida River was improved and ships could arrive and depart, and the movement of local people was successful, and in 1990, the ship imperial procession gradually revived for the first time in 28 years.

At present, the shrine mikoshi is enshrined on a barge (float pier) from the terrace of Tsukuda Park and travels around the shrine parishioner district of Tsukuda, Tsukishima and Harumi.

The appearance of the barge that was towed by the tugboat cruising with the company name flag and the five-colored flag, followed by the offering, followed by the weight of the history that inherits the tradition of Tsukuda Island over the mind. It is an emotional one (Hitoshio).

The "Marine Festival" is held off Harumi, Tokyo Bay.

religious service is unique to Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine, which enshrines Mikami Sumiyoshi, the god of the sea, as the main god of worship.

I heard that the congratulatory words played by Miyashi mainly praying for "safety and prosperity of maritime personnel (bountiful catch)".

5:30 Shrine Festival

6:00 Miya portable shrine Palace

7:00 Funato departure (Marine Festival)

8:00 Funato Kicking

The shrine is said to have been made in mimicking the Emperor's Takamiza, and is known as "octagonal portable shrine" in an octagonal shape.

One of the features is that the roads in the town are narrow and hinder the imperial procession, the sticks are shortened, and the interior is painted with black lacquer to prepare for the underwater imperial procession to increase airtightness.

The first Tenpo era octagonal portable shrine suffered severe pain after more than 170 years, so Heisei octagonal portable shrine, which was renewed in 2011, debuted in Reisai Festival last year. The Tenpo era octagonal mikoshi is enshrined on the terrace of Funairi moat during the Reisai Festival period.

As it is called the "Water Festival", water is vigorously poured with hoses and buckets from the roadside, and splashes fly, but now the underwater imperial procession is cut off, it is said to be a remnant of mikoshi washing.

After landing, go to resting place of portable shrines after a tour of shrine parishioner town.

I often see the sights of the shadows lined up at the eaves of the house on the route of portable shrine.

It is a place of heart that has been worshiped as a god of birth (guardian god) for many years, and it is a scene where the unique feeling of "a festival rooted in life" and the strong bonds of the local community through the festival are strongly impressed.