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Tokyo in the middle of the rainy season. This year, the “Summer Festival”, which is held this season, has been almost canceled, and I feel sorry that I am not familiar with the traditions, but now I will be patient and wait for the day when the world will return to normal.

On June eve, an event called "Natsukoshi's Exorcism" has been held since ancient times in order to remove the filth of the body for half a year and give the energy to confront the scorching heat. The "Chinowa Kuguri" is sometimes decorated like a symbol, and can be seen in several places at shrines in Chuo-ku.

Every year, "Chinowa" is set up at Tsukiji Temple. If you calm down your mind and pass through the circle, you will feel somewhat calm. The white banner is marked with the word "prevention of plague". Originally, during the rainy season, it was humid and susceptible to illness, so it meant to get rid of it.