Hanazono Shrine Tori no Ichi
Hanazono Shrine Tori no Ichi
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The Tori no Ichi market is held annually in November at Otori Shrines across Japan. With 600,000 visitors, Hanazono Shrine's Tori no Ichi is one of Edo's Big Three Tori no Ichi along with the Asakusa Tori no Ichi and Okunitama Shrine Tori no Ichi (in Fuchu). Stalls sell decorative kumade rakes for business prosperity and you can hear the sellers shouting and clapping good wishes for customers until late night. Once you buy a kumade rake, they say that you should buy a larger one each year. So it is best to buy a small one first. The shrine also has an unusual freak show theater.
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Neighborhood: Shinjuku
Shinjuku is the commuting capital of Tokyo, and contains the busiest train station in the world. To the west, there's an office district with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office at its center. To the east, there’s a district with long-established department stores, cinemas and theaters. Shinjuku Gyoen is a park originally built as the garden for the Imperial Household. It is quite famous as a venue for cherry-blossom viewing in March and April. In Shinjuku, many restaurants operate all night, and districts such as Omoide Yokocho (Memory Lane) or Shinjuku Golden Machi have back streets filled with tiny restaurants and bars that reflect each owner’s unique taste and style.
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Victoria, Australia321 contributions
Nov 2023 • Solo
Stumbled across this today and was trying to work out what was happening, people everywhere and the streets lined with food vendors. Great atmosphere and chance to grab some street food.
Written November 23, 2023
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MacACT
Canberra20 contributions
Nov 2018 • Couples
What an amazing festival to be in and a part of. A sea of bodies flowing in the streets past an intriguing array of foods and sweeping you up to the temple. Walls of lanterns and huge queues going up to the temple for blessings. A wonderful experience
Written November 13, 2018
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Kalun L
Arlington, VA24 contributions
Nov 2016 • Couples
Tokyo Tourism Bureau says that Tori no Ichi has been celebrated since the Edo Period. It's a festival that is celebrated on each Day of the Rooster in November (these days vary) at each Otari-jinja shrine. It's an opportunity for people to pray for good business, and the key feature for a tourist are the decorated kumade rakes, which are intended to rake in success. The designs of the rakes range from cheesy tcotchke to beautiful and ornate. One fun aspect of Tori no Ichi are the rhythmic hand-clapping between the seller and the buyer upon the sale of each rake.
Be forewarned, many of these rakes are hard to get back overseas in one piece, and even the smallest kumade rake is going to run you about 2,000Yen,
In addition to the rakes, there are loads of food vendors selling meals and snacks like yakisoba, grilled char, calamari, takoyaki, karaage, grilled rice cake, etc.
Also, it's crowded, VERY crowded. Like annoyingly crowded, and might have been the only time in Japan in which we were shoved without so much as a "sumimasen." Which, to be fair, is the same as any other crowded festival anywhere else in the world. If you go to the Tori no Ichi at Hanazono Shrine, you'll be able to stp by Golden Cai too ... if that's your thing.
Be forewarned, many of these rakes are hard to get back overseas in one piece, and even the smallest kumade rake is going to run you about 2,000Yen,
In addition to the rakes, there are loads of food vendors selling meals and snacks like yakisoba, grilled char, calamari, takoyaki, karaage, grilled rice cake, etc.
Also, it's crowded, VERY crowded. Like annoyingly crowded, and might have been the only time in Japan in which we were shoved without so much as a "sumimasen." Which, to be fair, is the same as any other crowded festival anywhere else in the world. If you go to the Tori no Ichi at Hanazono Shrine, you'll be able to stp by Golden Cai too ... if that's your thing.
Written December 6, 2016
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
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