New Year's Market (New Year's Kannon) and Hagoita Market

Date and time: December 17th (Tue), 18th (Wed), 19th (Thu), 2024, 10:00-19:30
Location: Sensoji Temple grounds

Until the mid-Edo period, New Year's markets were limited to Asakusa.On the other hand, Sensoji Temple's festival day is the 18th of each month, and the 17th and 18th are the final festival days of the year, when people make a final visit to the Kannon Bodhisattva to give thanks for the safety of the past year and pray for a good year ahead, making them even more lively and an annual event in Edo.Samurai and large stores would have their retainers and servants carry baskets and pouches, and flock to Asakusa in large numbers, making their purchases at the same stores every year, and then stopping by a restaurant on the way home to show off their strength, as this was apparently a popular way of showing off.After the Meiji period, people began to buy New Year's items at regular stores, and the image of the New Year's market gradually faded away. Today, the focus has shifted to the Hagoita Market, which became popular at the end of the Edo period, and it continues to thrive.

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