Kanda Festival for the first time in 4 years in 2023·Affiliated Festival
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The Kanda festival, the main festival of Kanda Myojin Shrine, which is held once every two years, is being held from May 11 to 17 for the first time in four years after the COVID-19 disaster. This year is a festival commemorating the 150th anniversary of the worship of the so-called "Ebisu-sama", the god of business prosperity, and "Ninomiya portable shrine", which carries the Ebisu-sama, was held in 1973 to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store. On the 13th, there was a splendid procession of shrine parishioner, which was dressed in peace costumes, such as Ichinomiya Horai (Daikoku-sama), Ninomiya portable shrine, Sannomiya Horai (Taira no Masakado Life),divine spirit, and the lion head floats, and so on. In the Edo period, it was more elaborate than each town.·Dance stand·The "Appendix Festival" is said to have attracted many people with around 45 disguise lines of 36 programs. This time, the 150th anniversary of the worship of Shohiko Meimei, "Ebisu-sama".·At 16:40, Dai-Kagura, Soma Nomaoi Equestrian Warriors, Urashima Taro, Hanasaki Kayasan, etc. participated in the event, and at 16:40, the Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store joined the "Shinko Festival" in front of the main store of Nihonbashi.
In front of the Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store, there is a "Mikariya" where the portable shrine of the Muromachi 1-chome Association is enshrined, and a display of Kamo Nojin Katachiyama car, 800 Japanese lantern and banners of the Kanda festival celebrationKanda festivalemakimono are displayed.·It's on display.