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What's this? Fukagawa Hachiman Festival photos by Philbert Ono. Held in mid-August in Koto Ward, Tokyo, this is the festival's full-scale version held once every three years (1996, 1999, 2002, etc.).
Joint Procession of Portable Shrines
Aug. 18, 1996
A total of 54 portable shrines from the different parishes followed the same 8-kilometer parade route. Each portable shrine belongs to a parish near the Tomioka Hachimangu Shrine. The parish is identified by its address or block (called chome).
People in the same parish wear the same happi coat and take turns carrying their portable shrine. They also get splashed with water by bystanders to be purified and to cool off. Each portable shrine is led by lantern bearers (pictured above).
The 54 portable shrines proceeded in the following order (the numbers indicate the chome or block): Miya-moto, Toyo 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5, Sengoku 1, Ogibashi 1, Ishijima, Shinkawa 1 Kita, Shinkawa 1 Minami, Shinkawa 2 Rei 1, Hakozaki, Shinkawa 1 Higashi, Shinkawa 2 Etsu 1, Shinkawa 2 Etsu 2, Shinkawa 1 Nishi, Miyoshi 1, 2, & 3/4, Shirakawa 1, 2, & 3, Hirano 1, 2, & 3, Kiyosumi 2, Kiyosumi 3 Kita, Kiyosumi 3 Chu, Toyosu, Edagawa, Botan 1, Furu-ishiba Kotohira, Furu-ishiba 1 Higashi, Etchujima, Furu-ishiba 1 Nishi, Botan 2/3, Furu-ishiba 2, Fukagawa 2 Minami, Fukagawa 2 Kita, Fukagawa 1, Fuyuki, Kiba 5, Naka Kiba, Shimo Kiba, Saga, Fukusumi, Eitai 2 Kita, Eitai 1, Monzen Nakacho 1, Tomioka 2, Eitai 2 Minami, Monzen Nakacho 2, and Fukahama.
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