festivals & rites

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Tôkyô festivals
東京の祭り tôkyô-no-matsuri

» Hagoita-ichi / Toshi-no-ichi
- battledore and shuttlecock market
» Meiji-jingû-chinza-kinensai - Meiji Shrine enshrinement anniversary
» Sanja-matsuri - festival of three shrines
» Setsubun-mamemaki - seasonal division - throwing beans
» Tôkyô-jidai-matsuri - Tôkyô festival of the ages
» Tôkyô-nihonbashi-paredo
- parade from Nihonbashi to Kyôbashi
» Tori-no-ichi - open air market / day of the rooster



Hagoita-ichi / Toshi-no-ichi
羽子板市 / 歳の市
battledore and shuttlecock market




Meiji-jingû-hinza-kinensai

明 治神宮鎮座記念祭
Meiji Shrine enshrinement anniversary



Sanja-matsuri

三社祭
three shrines festival





Setsubun-mamemaki

節 分豆まき
seasonal division - throwing  beans






Tôkyô-jidai-matsuri

東 京時代祭
Tôkyô festival of the ages






Tôkyô-kyôbashi-matsuri
日本橋京橋祭
parade from Nihonbashi to Kyôbashi





Tori-no-ichi

酉 の市
open air market - day of the rooster