Our next free volunteer-guided walking tours will be held on May 28, Saturday.
It's a beautiful season in Tokyo. Enjoy tours, have a glimpse of Shitamachi (Tokyo’s old town) and discover a local traditional Japanese culture with your friends. (Inquire about custom tours and days.)
【Course A】
“See the mysterious Ritual of Fire, find the difference between Shinto shrines & Buddhist temples.”
Tour dates & time : May 28, Saturday, 2:00 pm– 4:00 pm (2 hours)
Visit: Tomioka Hachimangu Shrine and Fukagawa Fudoson Temple
Meet at: Torii gate of Tomioka Hachimangu Shrine (3 minute-walk from Monzen nakacho station on the Tozai Subway Line: see the map)
Tour fee: Free of charge
【Course B】
“Learn about Basho, the founder of Haiku, the world’s shortest poems; See a Japanese Garden.”
Tour date & time: May 28, Saturday, 1:00 -3:00 pm
Visit: Basho Kinen-kan Memorial Museum and Kiyosumi Garden Park
Meet at: Basho Memorial Museum(7minute-walk from Morishita Station on Toei Shinjuku-Line or Oedo Subway Lines : see the map)
Admission: 100 yen for Basho Memorial Museum and 150 yen for Kiyosumi Garden Park (pay at the gate)
Tour fee: Free of charge
For application: Please select your desired course and e-mail to : koto.guide (a) gmail.com -- replace (a) with @--, with the subject "Koto City Walking Tour", and your name, gender, nationality, number of participants and your contact number in message body. We will reply to your e-mail as soon as possible.
May 20, 2011
May 11, 2011
Why cancel the Fukagawa Festival?
Soon after the big earthquake on 3.11, Tomioka Hachimangu shrine in Koto-ku, Tokyo, decided to cancel this year's Fukagawa Festival, which is one of the big three festivals in Tokyo and held only once every three years.
But local people are not convinced why it has to be cancelled. Cancellation doesn't make sense, they think.
As the Festival attracts half a million onlookers, we could use the chance to help such activities as fundraising for the people affected and also to help revitalising the economy, their website says.
They have started collecting signatures appealing for holding the Festival. If you agree with them, you can contribute by sending e-mail to : fukagawa_2011@mail.goo.ne.jp, with the subject "Kaisai Sando"(in favor of holding the festival) , and your name and address (only state / prefecture is OK) in message body.
Fukagawa Festival: Held every three years in August, also called "water-throwing festival", as spectators throw water on the mikoshi carriers. More than 50 spectacular Mikoshis, or mobile shrines, parade through the town with Tokyo's traditional calling out "Wa-sshoi". The water helps both cooling them down and making people more and more excited.
But local people are not convinced why it has to be cancelled. Cancellation doesn't make sense, they think.
As the Festival attracts half a million onlookers, we could use the chance to help such activities as fundraising for the people affected and also to help revitalising the economy, their website says.
They have started collecting signatures appealing for holding the Festival. If you agree with them, you can contribute by sending e-mail to : fukagawa_2011@mail.goo.ne.jp, with the subject "Kaisai Sando"(in favor of holding the festival) , and your name and address (only state / prefecture is OK) in message body.
Fukagawa Festival: Held every three years in August, also called "water-throwing festival", as spectators throw water on the mikoshi carriers. More than 50 spectacular Mikoshis, or mobile shrines, parade through the town with Tokyo's traditional calling out "Wa-sshoi". The water helps both cooling them down and making people more and more excited.
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