祭り
Sumiyoshi Shrine Reitaisai (Tsukuda Matsuri)
住吉神社例大祭(佃祭)
📅The smaller kagematsuri is held August 6-7; once every three years an expanded hon-matsuri runs for four days from the Friday around August 6 through Monday🏙Chuo City, Tokyo📍Sumiyoshi Shrine🗺 View on Google MapsOfficial page
The annual festival of Sumiyoshi Shrine, dedicated to the guardian deity of maritime and sea-crossing safety, celebrated by the shrine parishioners of the Tsukuda and Tsukishima area. Once every three years, the expanded hon-matsuri features the ceremonial bringing-out of lion-head effigies (shishigashira) and an octagonal mikoshi, a boat procession (funatogyo) carrying the mikoshi through the parish area, and six tall banners (onobori) raised on Tsukuda Island.