Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

　January 4 was the 31st Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store Nihonbashi Seven Lucky Gods Tour (sponsored by the Chuo-ku Tourism Association). I participated in this event last year and first recognized the culture and history of Chuo-ku, which was an opportunity to take the sightseeing test. .

   Since then, thanks to you, I have gained considerable knowledge about various spots in Chuo-ku and their positioning.

    It's been a year since then. I wanted to participate again this year, but unfortunately I couldn't do it because of my business, but the family members have participated.

On the New Year's Day with the blue sky, we visited the Hamarikyu Onshi Garden, where the demonstration of Suwa-ryu Hotaka was performed.

When I went out a little early to see the 14:00 section on January 3, I was performing a performance of "Aikido Performance" at Uchibori Square. There was also the skill of the latter-stage elderly, and the tight martial arts that trained the skills without competing for victory or defeat and worked to improve each other's humanity was worth seeing.

Waiting for the hawks to turn with Sanpuku Dango, freshly baked with charcoal fire bought at the store, two men and five women dressed in Takajo costumes from the early Showa era. People appear.

I began to turn around like a ring to get used to the hawk on my hand. After that, "transfer", which jumps from falconers to falconers, "migrating" to recall falcons on trees, and "replacement" with audience participation. Finally, a "swing pigeon", which captures white pigeons in the air, was shown. Don't worry. There is an explanation that white pigeons fly with safety considerations.)

All of them were wonderful to be able to enjoy the dynamic way of flying with the falcon flying speed and height difference.

The hawks active today are Harris folks born in Europe.

They would have enjoyed the New Year's Day in the Hamarikyu Garden, which is full of Japanese atmosphere.

A lot of dragonflies were flying over the sky, as if to support the hawks.

It was a really calm and refreshing New Year event, and the beginning of 2016 was full of happiness.

This year, we will send you the information you care about Chuo-ku little by little, so thank you.

Suwa style hawk art: One of the two groups of falconers held by the Shogun family of the Edo period, derived from the Shinto ritual of Shinshu Suwa-jinja Shrine.

　　　　　　　　　　

"great exorcism New Year's Eve-The event will be held at Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine from 5:00 pm on December 31st." I always pay "dolls" in advance because I can't attend easily, but I'm going to take some time, so I decided to attend for the first time. When we arrived about ten minutes ago, there were still a few people around Mr. chief priest and about 40 people near five o'clock. At the end of the congratulatory speech, the white cloth was split into eight, and the attendees disaster became Chirijiri and the exorcism was over. Please visit sacred wine one by one. This year's disaster feels as refreshing as if he had left.

―"The New Year's Exorcism" was a ritual held on the eve of December old calendar, and used to be an event to purify the sins and filth of all people at the Imperial Palace. It is said that at the time of the rooster (around 6 o'clock), exorcism, such as a form that treats the evil of the body, was taken out and a ceremony was held. ("Japanese calendar and annual events" from Takanori Shintani)

"great exorcism" is held twice a year, and on June 30, "Summer Exorcism" is known for its Chinowa tour. It is held twice a year at shrines around the country, so you know well, but when you actually attend, you feel very good and feel like a new year will be greeted comfortably.

As I grew older, I often felt that old events still have meaning. Please enjoy the "clean feeling" at a shrine near you.

Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine was a fisherman in Tsukuda Village in 1646 (1646), when Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine was separated from Tsukuda Village, Settsu Country. The basin on the precincts and the ceramic flats are also well known.

On the night of December 31st, I went to the nearby Tsukiji Honganji night removal party.

At 22:45, when we arrived in front of the main gate, a bonfire was already lit on the premises, and the ancient Indian style architecture, the main hall (completed in 1934), a national important cultural property, is lit up as bright as daytime. "amazake and Cocoa are"

How about it! "Would you like to serve hot drinks for free. While warming up in amazake for a while, you will see the lights of candle art and peace depicting the Tsukiji Honganji logo and the letters 2016 PEACE.

The calm music of the pipe organ that had been flowing until then is over, and Buddhist memorial service by manners begins at 23:00 "Sambutsuge". After the performance of Gagaku and the statement lasted for about 30 minutes, Yugen Yasunaga, chief of the affairs department of Tsukiji Honganji, spoke. Mr. Yasunaga has not always been to the Buddhist gate, but after graduating from university, worked for a city bank for 22 years and launched a management consulting company, and was selected as the chief of the sect of Tsukiji Honganji in July 2015. Person who was done. I was able to listen to easy-to-understand stories based on my experience in the real world.

The countdown is over and it is finally 2016. This year's character "Kokorozashi" was shown by Mr. Yasunaga. "I want to make great progress if I notice it by solving small issues one by one while firmly holding" aspirations (= goals) ". [Tsukiji Honganji]

Location 3-15-1 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, 104-8435, Japan

Phone: 03－3541－1131

Visiting time in main hall: 6:00 to 17:00 (from April to September to 17:30) 

  At the Hamarikyu Garden, a demonstration of Suwa style hawk art is held every year on the 2nd and 3rd of New Year's Day.

On both days, it will be held twice at 11:00 and 14:00.

　Based on the instructions given earlier,

"Edo style hawk art" means that during the Edo period, there were two groups of hawkers belonging to the Shogun family, and they were called "Yoshida style" and "Suwa style". The name "Suwa-ryu" comes from the Shinto ritual, which offers birds caught by hawks at Shinshu Suwa Taisha Shrine, to the shrine.

The details of the demonstrations held in the garden are:

"Setting up" ... To stop the hawk stably on a horizontal fist.

"Transfer (review)" ... Fly the hawk from the falconer's fist to another falconer's fist and adapt to others.

"Watari": Call the hawk on the tree back to the fist.

"Furibato" ... One falconer swings a pigeon with a thin string (sometimes using pseudo-bait) and calls a hawk from a tree or from another falconer's fist.

"Suekae" ... Let the fist of a person other than the falconer stop the hawk.

One of the highlights is the demonstration of releasing a hawk from the rooftop of the Dentsu Building and descending directly to the falconer waiting in the Hamarikyu Garden.

Recently, it is very popular among foreigners living in Japan and tourists visiting on bus tours.

Demonstration of traditional Japanese hawk art, it will cool down from your feet, so please take measures to prevent cold.

Click here for information on Hamarikyu Garden. http://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/format/index028.html

＊They may fly in unexpected directions, being stimulated by natural conditions, hawk's condition, dragonflies, crows, etc. That's interesting again.

 　Demonstration may be canceled if it takes time for hawks to fly and find.