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Discovered in Tanzawa and Oyama! What is Tokyo Nihonbashi Hanako?


Hello. I'm the active correspondent Hanes!
One year ago, I was running hard for the "Fruit Kingdom Higashine Sakurabo Marathon" to be held in Higashine City, Yamagata Prefecture, a friendship city in Chuo-ku in early June. .

This year, I have more opportunities to spend my holidays in the mountains to make a treran report.
Just the other day, I went to the mountain recommended by Toleran, Oyama (1252m, Isehara City, Kanagawa Prefecture) for training, and unexpectedly discovered an interesting connection with Chuo-ku.
So, this time, I would like to pay attention to the connection.

Discovered in Tanzawa and Oyama! What is Tokyo Nihonbashi Hanako?


It has already been spoiled with titles and top photos, but the connection with Chuo-ku was at Kido (pilgrimage gate) to the summit of Oyama, behind Ohyama-Afuri Jinja Shrine.
The character written on Kido is "Dedicated Tokyo Nihonbashi Hanako".

Discovered in Tanzawa and Oyama! What is Tokyo Nihonbashi Hanako?


I've heard and heard about Nihonbashi Ebisu-ko, which is familiar in Betta City, and "Fujiko", which was popular in the Edo period, but ashamed, I learned about "Ohana-ko" for the first time on this day!
Furthermore, when I checked the area around Kido, the names of honorary members and members of the Hanako, who seemed to have dedicated this Kido, were scattered.
Looking at the name of the contributor, I guess that Hanako is not an event like Ebisu-ko, but rather a gathering of people close to Fujiko.

Discovered in Tanzawa and Oyama! What is Tokyo Nihonbashi Hanako?


When I returned home and looked up immediately, I found that the "Flower Lecture" of "History and Culture-Thoughts of People Gathering in the Mountain of Faith-" of the Industrial Efficiency University Regional Management Research Institute "Tanzawa / Oyama Historical Road Monogatari Digital Archive" On the page, there was the following description that explained what a flower lecture was in an easy-to-understand manner.

"On the first day of Natsuyama (July 27)," Hanako ", organized mainly by craftsmen (fingers and furniture-related craftsmen) in the vicinity of Nihonbashikodenmacho, is an event to open the summit of Oyama as a summer mountain. Opening the door of Kido (climbing gate) to the gate. "

Furthermore, according to Kanagawa City, this is an event that has continued since the Genroku era, and Hanako stores the key to the door!
Now it is a door that is open outside of the Natsuyama period (22 days from July 27 to August 17), but when the Natsuyama opens, it is still traditional in the present day, and the worship gate door is open. (Click here for the opening of Natsuyama in 2022)

Discovered in Tanzawa and Oyama! What is Tokyo Nihonbashi Hanako?

(The letter "Tsukiji Market Oyamako" found on the grounds of Ohyama-Afuri Jinja Shrine)


Furthermore, during the Edo period, women could only enter the shrine of Ohyama-Afuri Jinja Shrine.
Since the Meiji era, the ban on women at the summit was lifted, but according to the Kanagawa City Tourism Association, it is surprising that the first female climber to be recorded is an Englishman in 1860!
I would like to investigate in detail how this British woman climbed Oyama and whether there is something related to the current Chuo-ku in the future. (We will make an article as soon as we know the details.)

At the same time, in order to know why Hanako came to manage the key of the worship gate in the first place, the desire to climb Oyama on the day of the opening of Natsuyama, when the Hanako opened, expanded.
I couldn't stand or stand, and when I checked this year's calendar immediately, that day was Saturday!
The schedule for July 27 this year has already been decided.♪