2022.08.14
One of the three major festivals in Edo. The vigorous portable shrine is a sight to behold.
The Fukagawa Hachiman Festival is one of the “Three Great Festivals of Edo” along with the Sanno Festival at Hie Shrine in Akasaka and the Kanda Festival at Kanda Myojin. During the main festival, which is held once every three years, a portable shrine parades through the town, and water is poured over the mikoshi bearers as a purification ceremony.
The highlight of the festival is a combined procession of 53 large mikoshi (portable shrines), which attracts spectators with its vigorous “wasshoi” (shouts of encouragement) echoing throughout the town and the spiritedness of its bearers shaking the earth.
The grounds are also home to the Ichinomiya mikoshi, which is said to be the largest mikoshi in Japan, with its gorgeous decorations of pure gold and precious stones, and the Ninomiya mikoshi, which is one size smaller. 2022 is the year the Ninomiya mikoshi will be carried, so it is a must-see.
Due to the spread of the new coronavirus, the parade of the mikoshi by carriers was cancelled. The procession will be carried by cars.
Event SummaryOutline
| Location | Tomioka Hachimangu 1-20-3 Tomioka, Koto-ku, Tokyo |
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| Access |
7 minutes from Monzennakacho Station on the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line and Toei Oedo Line
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| Holding period | August 14, 2022 (Sun.) Shinko Matsuri (Ninomiya Mikoshi Procession) |
| Opening Hours | Mikoshi Festival 8:00, Entrance 13:30 |
| Contact Us | 03-3642-1315 |
| admission fee | free |
| Related Links | Official Site |
