I went to 酉の市（とりのいち）Tori
no Ichi, which is a famous annual event in Asakusa last Saturday.(11/26)

gate






On the way of  the Tori no ichi Fair

on the street


Tori, which means ‘rooster’, is one of the
Chinese zodiacs. Tori no Ichi is always held at Ootori jinja(shrines) around
Japan on the day of rooster （酉の日、ToriNoHi）in November. This annual event is the first celebration for
welcoming New Year and has continued to today since the Edo period(1603~1867).

Many people come to Jinja to pray for a
good fortune, health and good business.

 


According to the calendar, there are 3 days
of “tori nohi” this year. I am glad that I got the chance to join this
fantastic event on the last days of Tori no Ichi。

In the fair
black white


Kumade ‘Bamboo Rake for good luck’

There are more than 100 stores in the fair
to sail the Kumade.

You can only buy this lucky charm on the
day of rooster. So many people come here to find their good fortunes.

It is said that if you want to keep luck
with you, you have to change to a bigger kumade year by year. The bigger the
Kumade , the more expensive it is. So my Japanese friend said, you can tell
that this person is rich or not by seeing how big the Kumade he has!

熊手キラキラ、おじさんの頭もテカテカ



令人目不暇給各式華麗的熊手，在?人前爭奇鬥艷。

Part of the kumade is made from 90 year old lady.
九十歳のおばちゃんが作ってくれた。



有祭典就有夜市!     屋台＊vendor


金魚掬い＊Goldfish scooping



ベビーカステラ　＊Making the cakes


熊手を載せている容器。　昔は本当の竹を使っていましたが、運ぶが不便だし、壊れやすいし。。。なので、今では殆どの店はステンレス製を使っています。店の人によると、いまでも三割の人が竹を使っているそう
だ。
ステンレス製でも、竹の形にするのがいいですね！
酉の市は夜１２時から仕舞います。
店のお兄さん、お疲れさまでした！！！

遙想江戶時代  ã€€ã€€ã€€æ±Ÿæˆ¸æ™‚代の思い ＊Image of Eido period 



酉の市是江戶時代流傳下來的日本傳統行事，主要在鷲神社、大鳥神社等各大神社舉行。民?會前往市集採買幸運物熊手，主要目的是祈求生意興隆開運招福。在此，數百家的熊手商家聚集在一起，可說是迎接新年來臨前的第一個祭典!

 

今年的酉の市共有三天。

(根據曆法的時間差，每年會有兩次或三次的酉の市)

上星期六１１・２６是酉の市的最後一天。被稱為三の酉

 

 

僅限三天! æ±‚得福運與財氣的熊手

熊手 åŽŸæ˜¯æŒ‡è¾²å…·è€™å­ã€‚江戶時代在農村舉行的收穫祭上，商家會把各式農具拿來販賣，其中又以一口氣把落葉掃起的耙子最受歡迎(在日文中有的意思)，被視為江戶時代的流行物，由此逐漸演變成耙子上裝滿了金銀財寶與吉祥開運象徵物的模樣。求到熊手後還得記得隔年要還願，買更大的熊手以表感謝。

這讓我想到了近年在台灣很流行的“發財金“，不同的是發財金要神明同意才能求得，熊手是只要?有錢，就可以買來求幸運。但大熊手可是所費不貲，隨便一個比臉大的可能就要好幾萬甚至幾十萬。也難怪日本朋友說看到拿大熊手的人就知道是賺錢賺很大的店家，お金持ち（有錢人）來著。看來，「錢滾錢」這句話是古今不變的道理?!!

有機會十一月造訪東京的話，不妨安排個酉市之行，為自己博得好運☆



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