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Minatokko Diary imperial procession Festival for the first time in four years
Minatokko Diary Sunday, June 11 Rain and sometimes cloudy
Today is the Tsukiji Lion Festival, the first day of the Sennuki carrying of miniature shrines Festival in four years.
It was raining hard in the morning.
It's raining, I'm afraid I'm looking at the window.
I wonder if the clock hands point at 9:00 am and it's time to leave Tsukiji Namishi Inari Shrine.…And Minato kid begins to be swayed.
Open the window and listen…。 From Minato, even if you know you can't hear it far away, you'll just do so.
If you look at the route map, go along Namiki-dori, go to Shin-ohashi-dori St., and go to Harumi-dori St. in front of Tsukiji Honganji Temple. Enter Heisei-dori, graze Kyobashi Tsukiji Elementary School and go to Shin-ohashi-dori St. again.
Yeah…Shin-ohashi-dori St. called the name "Shijo-dori" again.
As a main street leading to Tsukiji Market, people have come to be called so much.
In 2018, the Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market Tsukiji Market moved to Koto-ku, but the bustle of the out-of-office market remains unchanged and is full of many customers.
Around noon, Minato-ko jumped out with an umbrella. Wow, I don't think I've come yet.…Not yet…Let's head while holding down the feeling of doing it.
On the way, I see a husband in happi coat.
It lets you know that the shrine is near.
And I feel that the Tsukiji Lion Festival imperial procession Festival has returned for the first time in four years.
Crossing the pedestrian crossing of the former Akatsuki Bridge in Tsukiji River Park, the sound of music and countless lively shouts came out.
I'm just here!
I'm going to start running.
Especially if you don't know that you like festivals, and you're not a festival kid enough to go to the side carrying the mikoshi, you'll not be able to stay still if you hear the sound of the festival for some reason.
I feel like I've met the town of Chuo-ku here.
You can feel festivals and seasonal events nearby.
And it is a town that has an attachment to the history and expression of the town.
I'm from Miya portable shrine!
The highest peak of Edo portable shrine, the ornamental mikoshi, Sennuki portable shrine!
It was full of people in happi coat, and I couldn't get close to him.
The heat and cheers, the feeling that they are united and whirlpooling.
And everyone is smiling.
He has a motivating face.
There are many neighbors with umbrellas.
In the tent, there are also the town council preparing drinks, and the women dressed in matching yukata.
Minato-ko looked for the lion. Are you behind Miya portable shrine?
I could barely find the phoenix of Miya portable shrine. Other than that, I can't see anything in the shadows.
After the break time at the old Bizen Bridge, I started to move again, and finally saw imperial procession.
On the roof of the music floats, there was a doll of Momotaro. It is protected with vinyl to prevent it from getting wet in the rain. On the side and back curtains, stunning embroidery such as dogs and pheasants is placed.
Well, the ceiling large lion or the tooth black lion, which one will come this year!
…Oh, I can't see the lion.
Minato kid was at a loss.
There was a Washizu-like person there.
"I'm sorry, do you have a lion head this year?"
I tried to listen carefully.
Then,
"How about it, it's Miya portable shrine who is coming now?"
"Isn't the lion coming?"
"I'm not here,"
"Thank you,"
Then he bowed his head.
Yeah…Are the lions answering at Namishi Inari Shrine?…。
It must have been a difficult decision from the viewpoint of protecting cultural properties so as not to get wet in the rain.
Also, if you think that you have enjoyed it until the next year, I'm glad.
Surrounded by so many people, Miya portable shrine turned around the intersection of Tsukiji 7-chome and headed for St. Luke's International Hospital.
There was a desire to keep up with me, but the encounter with the mikoshi was also once-in-a-lifetime encounter.
Minato kid was really happy to see the mikoshi.…With that in mind, I gently saw him off.
♪Greetings
Since the Edo period, the town of Minato at the mouth of the Sumida River has been called "Edo Minato", and is a town with a history of waterside, where all the blessings from countries gathered for this purpose.
The Minatokko Diary is a diary that spells out in a whim, hoping to tell everyone about the charm of Minato while touching on the wonderful events, history and culture found in the town of Minato and the surrounding area.
I love Minato! Minato kid walks well today!
Correspondent Minato kid, Chuo-ku Tourism Association
No. 182 June 12, 2023