Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

  

 

 From March 20, at Tsukiji Namishi Inari Shrine, "Remnant Hina Shinto ritual" and "Doll decorations" have started.

"The Remnants of Hina Shinto ritual" <Hina doll Doll Memorial Festival>

From February 4th to March 18th, Hina doll Dolls will be accepted, and Hina doll Dolls will be displayed from March 20th to 27th, Shinto priesthood will hold a doll memorial festival and exorcise the day again.

The "doll decoration" is an exhibition period for carry-on dolls that will be seen by worshipers for a week before burning them up and will spare the remnants again.

Not only Hina doll but also stuffed animals, May dolls, Japanese dolls, foreign dolls and tools from Hina doll are available.

The dolls that have been cherished, the dolls that have been cherished, and colorful dolls brought in with the thought that they will not endure to throw them away are lined up around the ceiling large lion.

 

 

  

 

 The annual spring event "Nihonbashi Sakura Festival" in the Nihonbashi area, which is held in conjunction with the cherry blossom season, finally begins.

In this area, there are famous cherry blossom spots such as "Edo Sakura-dori St.", "Nihonbashi Sakura-dori St.", and "Ajisai-dori St.", and various events are organized on the theme of cherry blossoms that symbolize the coming of spring, and the neighborhood is wrapped in spring clothes.

Date: March 18-April 10

 

　① "Nippon Sakurafu Kaido" Muromachi Nakadori, where the cherry blossoms are scattered.

　　It expresses cherry blossoms in full bloom with countless pink strips.

　　Create a fantastic highway that looks like a cherry blossom blizzard.

　　At night, you can enjoy a new installation of video and sound production.

　②"Sakura Light Up" dyed in cherry blossom color

　　Mitsui Main Building, Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower, Choledo Muromachi 1, Choledo Muromachi 3, YUITO, YUITO ANNEX

　③ Nihon Bashi Sakura Bar (Tokyo Station-Nihonbashi area)

　　Enjoy the taste of about 80 famous stores in the Nihonbashi area.

　　Date and time: 4/4~4/10

　④ Japanese Bashi Sakura Yatai (Muromachi Nakadori, Ukiyokoji)

　　Nihonbashi Cuisine Restaurant Association "Nihonbashi 344-kai" member stores and restaurants in Choledo Muromachi 1-2 opened.

　　Date and time: 3/26~3/27

　⑤ Nihonbashi Sakura Bus

　　Migrating around the Nihonbashi area

　　Saturdays, Sundays and holidays during the period (excluding April 3) 11:00 to 17:00

　⑥ Cherry tree rickshaw

　　First appearance of "Sakura rickshaw" where you can enjoy the famous cherry blossom spots and history of Nihonbashi in a stylish way.

　　Saturdays, Sundays and holidays during the period, 3/24, 3/25, 4/1, 4/5, 4/6

　⑥ Cherry Blossom Workshop

　　Nihonbashi Information Center Spring Experience Workshop (Creation of works and lectures on the theme of cherry blossoms)

　　Date and time: 3/19、3/26、4/2、4/3、4/9、4/10

　⑦ Japanese basil treasure hunt

　　Search for phantom cherry blossoms hidden in Nihonbashi Entry for luxurious prize lottery

　⑧Others

　　・"Sumida River Cherry Blossom View & Koutayakatabune" which loves cherry blossoms from the boat.

　　・The 4th Sake Walking

　　・Spring footwear "Sakura Sakura" (ensemble event)

　　・Sakura-colored Omikuji appears for a limited time (3/10 Fukutoku Shrine)

　　・Original goods and menu with cherry blossom motif

 

This year, it is a new spring-like bustling city.

 

 

  

 

 In the former Tsukuda Island area, Inari Shrine is enshrined in three places and four companies.

Part (Kamimachi) is one of the precincts of Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine, and is said to have been transferred from 1-chome Odenmacho in 1869.

In the second part (Shitamachi), "Mori Inari Shrine" is said to have originated from the Yashikigami, which was enshrined by the Magoemon Mori clan who opened Tsukuda Island.

In the third part (Azumacho), "Nami (Nami) Inari Shrine, O (O) Saki Inari Shrine", where the remnants of the former Ryoshimachi remain dark in the inscription of Tamagaki.

It is unique that two shrines are lined up.

The names of the two shrines are written on the flat of the torii facing the street, and a small torii gate is built in front of Osaki Inari Daimyojin, and the torii is nested.

Every year on the first day of March, or on a Sunday close to this, the first day of the festival is held.

This year is March 13 (Sun).

The lecturer of Sumiyoshi Tsukuda will be in charge of the festival.

In addition to the fried food as a sacred dish, Japanese spiny lobster and red sea bream are also served, lanterns are displayed, and many dedication flags dyed with the name of each shrine are lined up and wrapped in a festival mood.

On the day, 10: 00, Miyaji of Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine goes around each Inari-sha and executes the repair ceremony.

The sound of children hitting the drums set in front of Inari Shrine echoes throughout the town.

 

From the left, Irifune Inari Shrine, Mori Inari Shrine, Namiwa Inari Shrine, and Osaki Inari Shrine. 

       

 

 

  

 

 An annual mini-garden guided tour that takes a walk around the park with the guidance of a green adviser at the Pocket Plaza "Flowers, Water and Trees" in Harumi Triton Square.

This month was held on March 3rd. （12:30～、14:30～）

This time, we also pay attention to "flower buds".

At the "Flower Terrace", you can see Ginyouakasia (also known as Mimosa, legume family). (upper left)

One of the camellias native to Japan, the camellia (Camellia family), which grows in the mountains of the snowy area, also shows a glossy flower appearance. (left)

clematis has the image of flowers blooming in early summer, but this is a typical species of evergreen winter blooming type "Clematisan Sunensis" (Kinpoaceae).

White flowers at the tip of the petals are inverted downward.

On the "Sakura promenade" along the Asashio Canal, the red color of Kanhizakura (Rosaceae) is vivid. (upper right)

On the "Green Terrace", pheasant's eye, which was a bud last time, bloomed.

Blackoccus (Iridaceae), Setsubunsou (Primrose family), and Sarcococcus (Primrose family) are also blooming.

Among the flower buds, Sanshuyu (Mizuki family) and Benibasmo (Rosaceae) are just before flowering.

Is Licubai (Rosaceae) steadily preparing for flowering?

Tamushiba (mulberry family) has a lot of flower buds with a short fluff texture like velvet.

It was a plant walk that once again felt the breath of life of living things.

 

    

From the left, pheasant's eye, Setsubunsou, Sarcococca, Crematisian Senzhensis

    

From the left, Sanshuyu, Benibasmo, Likyubai, Tamushiba

 

 

       

 

      

 

 Okamezakura of Nihonbashi Honmachi "Ajisai-dori St." is blooming.

Okamezakura is a hybrid of Mamezakura and Kanhizakura, and is a combination of pale red early blooming.

Among the cherry blossoms, the flowers are small, the tree shape is compact, and it is said to be suitable for planting small land.

I heard that it started with 26 trees at first, but now there are rows of cherry trees all the way to the border with Chiyoda-ku.

At the storefronts along the street, the seasonal colors create a taste.

Sakura seems to be especially suitable for a long-established Japanese restaurant.

In the Nihonbashi area, the annual spring event "Nihonbashi Cherry Blossom Festival" will be held again this year. (March 18-April 10)

The cherry blossom strips fluttering in the spring breeze during the day, and the "Nihonbashi Sakurabashi Sakura Bar" on Muromachi Naka-dori, where you can enjoy new installations with video and sound production at night, the "Nihonbashi Sakura Bus", "Sakura Hitokiriki", "Sakura Workshop", and "entertainment Cherry Blossom Treasure Hunting Cherry Blossoms" are also happy.

The cherry blossoms are also planned to be lit up at Mitsui Main Building, Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower, Choledo Muromachi 1, Choledo Muromachi 3, YUITO, and YUITO ANNEX, and the Nihonbashi area will be dyed full of cherry blossoms during the period.

 

 

  

 

 grand Torii gate is located on the banks of the Sumida River at the entrance of Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine Masamichi approach.

It was once removed due to aging in October last year, but on February 26, a brand-new grand Torii gate was erected.

Previously, it was a patina with copper plate (upper right), but this time it is a bright red-painted wooden (upper left).

It's a new dress.

When I got on a water bus and approached Tsukuda Island, grand Torii gate came into view against the backdrop of the high-rise apartments of Okawabata River City 21, and it was a landmark of Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine.

At present, white, peach, and red plums are at their best in the precincts.

Ryu Shrine is the largest of the Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine precincts, and is known as Ryujin-sama and Benten-sama.

Ryujin is a white snake, and since the enshrines Benten-sama is also a snake, the Reisai Festival is held every year on Sunday near the Snake Day from late March to early April, and the cherry blossoms bloom on the grounds.

This year, the "Ryujinsha Reisai Festival" (11:00-Gaisai ceremony) April 2-3 "Sakura Festival" will be held.