Saturday, December 9, 2023
Held for the first time in 4 years
Summit Corporation and Omiya Hachiman Shrine will hold the 30th Omiya Hachiman Shrine “Suginami Hanagasa Festival” on Saturday, December 9, 2023.
This festival was started in 1990 (Heisei 2) as a cultural activity and a contribution to the local community where the headquarters is located, borrowing the approach to Omiya Hachimangu Shrine, together with local government organizations, volunteer groups, shopping associations, and private companies, and has become a local early winter tradition welcoming many visitors. The event has become a local early winter tradition, welcoming many visitors.
On the day of the event, we will make efforts to promote environmentally friendly trash recycling activities by distributing original eco bags and separating and collecting trash generated at the venue.
In addition, Chinese cabbage planted with customers and harvested by employees at Summit Farm in Tambayama Village, Yamanashi Prefecture, will be distributed for charity.
Main Events
(1) Hanagasa Odori Parade (about 200 people in total)
Our president and other executives will join dancers from the Tokyo Hanagasa Association, local shopping associations, and business partners in a hanagasa dance parade through the Nishi-Nagafuku shopping district and Omotesando of Omiya Hachiman Shrine. To make it easy for the general public to jump in and join the dance, placards saying “jump-in welcome” and in-field announcements will be made to appeal to the public.
(2) Charity distribution
Donation boxes are placed at each charity distribution corner, and all collected donations are donated to the Suginami Ward Council of Social Welfare every year (amount of donation in ’19: 564,727 yen). (Donation amount in ’19: 564,727 yen)
Major Charity Distributions (quantity is based on the previous year’s results)
(1) Potato stew (approx. 3,300 servings)
Oden (approx. 3,000 servings)
Pork buns (approx. 2,000)
(4) Lamb loin steak (approx. 2,000 servings)
(5) Curry (approx. 1,500 servings)
6) Yamagata local sake (approx. 1,000 cups)
(7) Draft beer (approx. 500 pints)
(3) Food, beverage and goods sales
Stalls (about 50 stores) of our company and other suppliers who cooperate with this festival will line the Omotesando of Omiya Hachimangu Shrine and offer their products at special prices. In particular, JA Zen-Noh Yamagata’s “Yamagata Product Sale” has been well received every year.
Yamagata products for sale (fruits, pickles, buckwheat noodles, fungi, etc.)
(2) Fried chicken, franks on skewers, beverages, confectionery, etc.
(iii) Clothing sales, etc.
(4) Other major events
1) Talk show by Sfida Setagaya FC players
(2) Balloon performance show
(iii) Grand Drawing
4) Coloring plaza
(5) Fire truck display and commemorative photo
(6) Yuru-kyara (loose characters)
*Photographs will be taken with children on the approach and in front of the main shrine.
Event SummaryOutline
| Location | Omotesando, Omiya Hachimangu Shrine 《Address: 2-3-1 Omiya, Suginami-ku, Tokyo |
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| Access |
Bus: Shinjuku Station (West Exit, platform 17): Get off at “Omiya-cho” bus stop bound for “Eifukucho” station. Bus: Nakano Station (South Exit, platform No. 3): Get off at “Omiya-cho” bus stop bound for “Eifukucho” station. Bus: From Honancho Station (in front of Summit Store Izumi Store), get off at “Omiya-cho” bus stop bound for “Eifukucho Station”. Bus: Koenji Station (South Exit) – Get off at Omiya Hachiman-mae bus stop on the way to Eifukucho Station. Train / 10 min. walk from Eifukucho Sta. on the Inokashira Line Train/7 min. walk from Nishi-Eifuku Sta. on the Inokashira Line |
| Holding period |
Saturday, December 9, 2023 Rain or shine (but cancelled in case of heavy rain) |
| Opening Hours | 10:00 – 15:00 |
