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　October 22, Tsukiji·At Namiki Shrine, the "Hatsuho Festival" was held to thank the fruits of autumn.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Prior to the Niiname-no-Matsuri on November 23, Shinto ritual offered the first ears of the year at the shrine's sacred rice field (a rice field that produces rice to God in Tsurugi, Hakusan City, Ishikawa Prefecture), and thanked him for the successful completion of rice cultivation.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　One bundle of first ears per year from this day is offered to Kamimae as a tax suspension (from Kakechi: dedicated rice ears, "chikara" refers to tax and is considered to be an old tribute). You.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　From 10:00, on the precincts, as part of the food education transmitted from Tsukiji, a town of food, the Shijo-ryu kitchen knife type that handles fish without touching with bare hands, which has been practiced in the Imperial Palace since ancient times. Dedication was performed.　　　　　　　　　Eboshi, wearing a trowel, sitting in front of a large chopping board, holding a kitchen knife in the right hand and a fish chopsticks in the left hand, cutting, serving, and dedicated to God, without touching the ingredients directly. By the way, the fish that is handled is carp.　　　　　　　　　　　On this day, thanks to the fruits of autumn, there will be an award of "Fruit Conkonmori" made in Chirimen Crepe, Kyoto, and a vermilion seal stamp limited to the Hatsuho Festival.