Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

　Kanda festival, telling the arrival of early summer, Sunday, the 9th, the imperial procession of the Great portable shrine was held.

　This year, even though it was the year of the festival, the celebration of the 700th anniversary of the celebration of Heishomon was celebrated, and it was a very exciting festival with the first set-up of Akira Kanda Jindai portable shrine and Masakadozuka Preservation Society Dai portable shrine. In particular, at the portable shrine of the Masakadozuka Preservation Society, businessmen in the Otemachi office district participated as a big leader, adding further expansion and thickness to Kanda festival. It was said that there were 200,000 people along the road.
　This year's imperial procession in the Chuo-ku area is Tokiwa Bridge, Nihonbashi to Muromachi 4-chome. After noon, Shinto ritual was held at Masakadozuka at the same time as portable shrine, followed by imperial procession along Otemachi Sankei Building, whereby Akira Kanda Jindai portable shrine crossed Tokiwa Bridge around 2 o'clock to Nihonbashi Kitazume, turn left at Mitsukoshi and walk north of Chuo-4-dori, imperial procession.

　The imperial procession line was followed by lion head floats, Kanda Hayashi stall, and large portable shrines, followed by the festival's shrine parishioner Elementary School children with great cheers.

 

 

 　It is somewhat old, but on April 29 (Showa Day), the annual flower carpet decorated Miyuki Street brilliantly. As already reported on the blogs of the tourist association, etc., under the theme of "ECO and New Life", 200,000 necks and 1.2 million Toyama tulip petals woven vividly with 14 designs carpets. I guess there are many people who have gone out. I've been wondering how carpets would be made for a long time, so this year I left home early in the morning and saw them, so I would like to report that area.

  　Miyuki Street, which arrived shortly after 8 am, has few traffic, but there are two or three cardboard boxes on the side of the road. Volunteers have already gathered one after another in the school grounds of Yasuaki Elementary School. Divided into groups for each of the 14 designs, we are working on preparations such as meeting and confirmation of arrangements and preparation of petals. From 9 o'clock, the street will be closed, and a sheet with the design will be pasted on the road surface with tape. At 11:00, volunteers from Yasuaki Elementary School finally came to the place for each group. Oguro has a bag of petals packed in red, white, pink, yellow, purple, and color. In accordance with the design drawn on the sheet, the petals of the specified color are placed.  I'm going to do it. The cardboard box beside the road contained Tateyama cedar leaves, which became green "paintings". At 11:30, the carpet was almost completed while talking, "Purple, isn't it easy!" "Red, can I give it next to you?"

 　・・I thought that on this day, strong winds that occasionally blow off hats in good weather blew down the street, and in the screams of spectators, the thick petals of the sashimi were blown away in different colors. Each time, volunteers returned to their original position, sprayed water, and there was also an act called Daido to prevent scattering. The wind seems to be a natural enemy in the flower carpet than rain.

　At 12 o'clock, the performances of Yasuaki's brass band club and the opening ceremony were continued, and the 24th Ginza Miyuki Street Flower Carpet began with a happy opening. Thank you very much to all of you for the luxurious carpet this year.

　In the evening, on Miyuki-dori, where we stopped again, we distributed plastic bags for taking petals and "How to make tulip dyeing". It's a difficult project to match this year's theme. It seems that 30 to 40 flower necks (180 to 240 petals) can dye one or two handkerchiefs. I hope it will be promoted in advance next year.