{"id":38435,"date":"2023-01-18T18:01:51","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T18:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agatajapan.com\/no-category-1\/lmn"},"modified":"2023-01-18T18:01:51","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T18:01:51","slug":"lmn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agatajapan.com\/en\/events-en\/lmn","title":{"rendered":"seasonal court banquet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"update\">\n<th scope=\"row\">Holding period<\/th>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2023.02.03\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<h1>\u7bc0\u5206\u4f1a<\/h1>\n\n --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/agatajapan.com\/tokyo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/%E7%AF%80%E5%88%866.jpg\" title=\"\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/agatajapan.com\/tokyo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/re%E7%AF%80%E5%88%86.jpg\" title=\"\" width=\"720\"><!--<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/agatajapan.com\/tokyo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/%E7%AF%80%E5%88%866.jpg\" title=\"\" width=\"720\">--><!--<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/agatajapan.com\/tokyo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/re%E7%AF%80%E5%88%86.jpg\" title=\"\" width=\"720\">--><\/p>\n<h2>Traditional event held on the day before the first day of spring to ward off bad luck and pray for a happy new year<\/h2>\n<p>\nSetsubunkai is a traditional event held on the day before Risshun (the first day of spring) to ward off bad luck and pray for a happy new year. It is said that Senso-ji Temple was the first temple to hold Setsubunkai on a large scale during the Edo period. In the Setsubunkai held at Sensoji Temple today, the chief priest and selected New Year&#8217;s men parade in a procession from the Denboin to the main hall, after which beans are scattered from a stage set up on the east side of the main hall in the hope that misfortune and bad luck will be averted. At Sensoji Temple, instead of saying &#8220;Oni wa soto (demons do not exist in front of Kannon-sama),&#8221; they say &#8220;Senshu banzai (Senju banzai), Fuku wa uchi (Fuku wa uchi)&#8221; as they scatter the beans.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Dance of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune&#8221; is then performed. This dance is performed to praise the good fortune of Kannon (Goddess of Mercy) and is performed by people imitating the seven gods of good fortune: Ebisu, Daikoku, Bishamon, Benten, Jurokujin, Jurokujin, and Hotei (a god of wealth). The origin of this dance began in April 1964 as the &#8220;Dance of the Treasure&#8221; to commemorate the inauguration of the Hozomon Gate, along with the &#8220;Dance of the Treasure&#8221; performed on the Boys&#8217; Festival. In addition to the dance of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune, other events such as bean-throwing by Sensoji Kindergarten students and the &#8220;Asakusa Kannon Cultural Entertainers&#8217; Setsubun Kai&#8221; are also held. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"57\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/assets\/images\/obj-illust_27.png\" title=\"\" width=\"199\"><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"js-way\"><span class=\"ja\"><span>Event Summary<\/span><\/span><span class=\"en\">Outline<\/span><\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Location<\/th>\n<td>\nSenso-ji Temple 2-3-1 Asakusa, Taito-ku, Tokyo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Access<\/th>\n<td>\n5 minutes walk from Asakusa Station on Tokyo Skytree Line, Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, Toei Subway Asakusa Line, Tsukuba Express<\/p>\n<div class=\"elem-sec_01 mrg-style_21\">\n<iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" height=\"350\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/maps.google.co.jp\/maps?output=embed&#038;q=35.714765,139.796655&#038;z=15\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Holding period<\/th>\n<td>\nFriday, February 3, 2023<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Opening Hours<\/th>\n<td>\n14:40-17:15 (Asakusa Kannon Cultural Entertainers Setsubun Kai)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Contact Us<\/th>\n<td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t03-3910-0394\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Related Links<\/th>\n<td>\n<a class=\"link-style_03\" href=\"https:\/\/www.senso-ji.jp\/annual_event\/05.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Official Site<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Holding period 2023.02.03 Traditional event held on the day before the first day of spring to ward off bad luck and pray for a happy new year Setsubunkai is a traditional event held on the day before Risshun (the first day of spring) to ward off bad luck and pray for a happy new year. It is said that Senso-ji Temple was the first temple to hold Setsubunkai on a large scale during the Edo period. In the Setsubunkai held at Sensoji Temple today, the chief priest and selected New Year&#8217;s men parade in a procession from the Denboin to the main hall, after which beans are scattered from a [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3997],"tags":[4176,4197,5212,5252],"area":[3991,3992],"class_list":["post-38435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events-en","tag-asakusa-en","tag-traditional-events-en","tag-senso-ji-en","tag-setsubun-e-en","area-tokyo-en","area-taito-ward-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agatajapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agatajapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agatajapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agatajapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agatajapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/agatajapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agatajapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agatajapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agatajapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agatajapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38435"},{"taxonomy":"area","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agatajapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/area?post=38435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}