Festival of the Rooster (Torinoichi)

The Festival of the Rooster (Torinoichi) is held at Shinto shrines on November 26. In our tour, at Course A, you can see lots of stalls selling colorfully decorated bamboo rakes (Kumade) in the compound of Tomioka Hachimangu Shrine. Bamboo rakes are said to rake in money and good fortune. It’s fun to walk around the stalls, hearing lively negotiation between a Kumade seller and a customer.