Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

　It's finally started.

 

　The picture is before 17:00.

 

　Even so it's hot!

　　　　

　　　　

　　　　

 

 

 

　

　Tsukiji Honganji's Noryo Bon Dance Festival began on July 29.

　I'm going to the venue with a low head.

　There were many shops outside Tsukiji, and there was a line of people buying delicious food.

　Everyone seemed to be very happy. Please refer to the report of another correspondent for photos of the fun scene.

Today, I studied, so I was forced to disappear in the dark.

I'd like to know you soon.

 

 

Soon we took a walk around Tsukuda Island, where the Reitaisai festival of Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine is located.

　

As you may know this time, I would like to introduce Tsukuda Tendai guardian of children and travelers.

　

The entrance is a narrow alley, where you may pass by inadvertently.

　

Yes, there is. It is famous for its ginkgo tree that runs through the roof.

　

          

It was well-cleaned, protected by the beliefs of the locals.

Nearby, there is also a museum decorated with mikoshi, where you can study the history of Tsukuda Island.

　

 

By the way, Reitaisai festival began on July 31, followed by a lion head shrine on August 1 and a boat imperial procession on August 2.

Will be done.

 

 

　It's at the height of summer.

In various parts of Chuo-ku, summer festivals and Bon Odori competitions are held, and the heat is full of seasonal and atmosphere.

　This weekend, the Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine Grand Festival, one of the best traditional events in the city, will be held. Because it is a festival once every three years, the locals are waiting for the day by pulling their hands.

　This time, in particular, "Ieyasu Tokugawa's 400th Anniversary Festival (a commemorative project commemorating the 400th anniversary of the death)" Thank you for the peace of this area that has continued since the Edo era, and Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine was set in Settsu. In honor of Ieyasu, the country, Tsukuda (currently Osaka City), will be held in large respect.

　Of particular note is that not only the newly-built tour of Miya portable shrine, but also the pre-preserved Miya portable shrine (octagonal portable shrine, Tenpo era), will travel around the town. This may be the first and last time that two large mikoshis are traveling together. Don't miss it!

　The schedule is July 31, as described in the event information of the Chuo-ku Tourism Association (http://www.chuo-kanko.or.jp/event/monthly.php?year=2015 & month=08#event1). It starts on Friday. After the ceremony was held on this day, in the evening, a ceremony will be held in which ritual officials from each town in the Tsukishima district prepare themselves in their yukatas and walk in the shrine to pray for the safety of the festival.

　Saturday, August 1 is the Union imperial procession of each town. A number of portable shrines run out of each town and set up in front of the shrine. The powerful voice of the men carrying the portable shrine fills Tsukuda Island.

　On the 2nd, the Maritime Festival and the Ship imperial procession will be held in the morning. I used to carry the portable shrine and enter the Sumida River, but now I put portable shrine on a boat and pray for the well-being of the district from the water. And during the day it is a tour of Miya portable shrine. Miya Mikoshi, who left Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine, travels around each town, arrives at the inn in Kachidoki, and spends the night.

　On the 3rd (Monday), Miya Mikoshi will leave Kachidoki this time and return to Tsukuda's headquarters in the form of delivery in each town. The enthusiasm continues until the finale of the festival, "Miyairi".

　In addition to these general schedules, the whole area will be full of festival mode for four days, with its own portable shrine and floats cruising, music and drums being unveiled in each town. During periods when there are no cruises in portable shrine, portable shrines are displayed in temporary houses called "Okariya" in each town. If you look closely, there are features one by one, so it is interesting to see and go around in order.

　We look forward to this festival, also known as the Water Festival, where the rhythm and shout of portable shrine resonate in midsummer alleys, splashes with rainbows, and smiles of people.

 

 

This year, Tsukuda Island is home to Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine, where the main festival is held once every three years.

 

When you look at Tsukuda digging from the top of Tsukuda Kobashi, you can see the following precautions.

"This place is buried with large banner pillars and hugs that were allowed to be built by Tokugawa shogunate in the late Edo period (1798), so please do not enter or dig up. Sumiyoshi Tsukuda

 

It is said that the "pillars" of large banners drawn by Hiroshige, which can be set up at the main festival once every three years, and the "daki" that supports it are buried in the water like a time capsule.

 

Every time I come here to Tsukuda Island and see this note

"Isn't the tree going to rot because it's buried in the water?"

Yeah

"Isn't it okay until now, but it's rotten and gone this year?"

I don't think about it.

　

That's why the work of digging this pillar and holding tree, which only happens once every three years. I was a little interested, so I saw it (Sunday, July 5).

　

Unfortunately, it was raining on the day.

This digging starts with digging mud until you can see the buried trees, but just looking at getting your feet off the mud, you can see that it is quite hard work.

　
Then, the buried trees begin to appear and move on to the work of removing them.

A crane is used to remove the tree. Once the mud is dropped in the moat water, it is lifted to Hashigami.

It's repeated many times.

　

On the other hand, the work of drilling with pillars is performed separately. There are six large banners, which can be set up in six places, but there is a place where three holes can be drilled per place in advance.

I'll dig up the hole.

　

After the tree, which was the part of the holding tree, was taken out, the six pillars were removed. It is said that the length is close to 20m.

　

The young people carry that pillar.

This traditional work, the interval of once every three years may be just right to take over.

　

And finally, a tree was assembled to make a large banner.

As a result, the buried trees were dug out safely this time, and they were ready to set up a large banner.

　

　

According to various research, it seems that the tree needs oxygen to rot, and filling the tree in the water does not let it touch the oxygen.

I don't think old people knew such a theory, but it may have been a very natural knowledge from experience.

　

Walking along Tsukishima's Nishinaka-dori (Monja-dori) toward Kachidoki, there is a bridge called "Nishinakabashi", which was replaced last year.

It seems that dozens of pine stakes were embedded under the previous bridge, strengthening the ground and supporting the bridge.

The pine stake was dug out during the replacement without rotten, and is now displayed beside this bridge or reused as a wooden bench.

You know that thousands of pine stakes were used under the previous Maru Building in Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, and more than 10,000 pine stakes were used as foundation solidification under the station building of Tokyo Station. You may come. It is said that a wooden stake is also hit under the torii gate of Itsukushima-jinja Shrine.

　

It is called the story of this pine stake, the story of the pillar of the large banner of Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine, and the head of the "power of wood" and "wisdom of the predecessor" drops.

　

Recently, liquefaction has become a problem in Great East Japan Earthquake, but the "power of wood" has been reviewed, "thinned wood" has not been used, and it has begun to be used as a countermeasure against liquefaction.

　

　

By the way, at the main festival of Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine, I think that a large banner will finally be set up on the 26th and the festival mood will increase.

I'm really looking forward to it because I haven't seen the big banner yet.

　

 

 

 On July 19, when the Kanto region began the rainy season, one of the Japan Meteorological Agency's biological seasonal observation information, "Tokyo District Minminzemi First Squealing" was announced.

It is said that two days earlier than normal and three days earlier than last year.

As the name suggests, it is known for the sound of "Menminminminminminminminminminminminminminminminminmin ...", and is often heard on TV images as "sound effects during the summer."

It is one of the most famous cicadas that live in Japan.

The wings are transparent and feature a series of dark crests, black body color and blue-green patches.

It is only male to squeal, but the identification point of male and female of an individual that does not squeal is different in the structure of the abdomen.

Females are identified by having a protrusion that becomes a spawning tube at the tip of the abdomen, and males are identified by the development of the abdominal valve.

Even at Tsukuda Park, Minminzemi's "Cicada Time Rain" announces midsummer production.

I am surprised at the size of the squeal for the size of the body.

I hear that the pronunciation membrane of the abdomen is vibrated, amplified in the cavity (resonance room), and makes a loud noise.

The belly valve seems to play a role in adjusting the strength and tone of the sound.

Often once it sounds, it jumps off a few seconds later and moves to another tree (squealing).

Compared to the sound of Higurashi, which has a cool and elegant sound, the impression of being hot and doubled under the scorching sun cannot be wiped out, but this is also an environmental sound and feature that can only be tasted in summer.