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

Date and time: December 17th (Wed), 18th (Thu), 19th (Fri), 2025, 10:00-19:30
Location: Sensoji Temple grounds

Until the mid-Edo period, New Year's markets were limited to Asakusa.Meanwhile, Sensoji Temple's festival day is the 18th of every month, and the 17th and 18th are the final festival days of the year, when people make their final pilgrimage to Kannon Bodhisattva to give thanks for the safety of the past year and pray for a good year ahead, making the temple even more lively and an annual event in Edo.It seems that samurai families and large businesses would have their retainers and servants carry baskets and chests, and would descend on Asakusa in large numbers, making their purchases at the same stores every year, and then stopping by a restaurant on their way home to show off their strength, a practice that was highly praised.After the Meiji period, people started to buy New Year's items at regular stores, and the image of the New Year's market gradually faded away. Nowadays, the focus has shifted to the Hagoita market, which became popular at the end of the Edo period and continues to thrive.

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