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• Venue:
  111-0032
  5-3-2 Asakusa, Taito-ku, Tokyo
  Access to the area around Asama Shrine
  ・Approximately 10 minutes on foot from each Asakusa Station
  ・2-minute walk from Asakusa 4-chome bus stop (Toei Bus)
  ・16-minute walk from Sumida Ward Office Station on the Tokyo Waterfront Line
  13-minute walk from the Nitenmon Gate of Senso-ji Temple
  ・14-minute walk from the Tokyo Metropolitan Tourist Steamship Asakusa Terminal

The "Ofuji-san Plant Market," a traditional summer event that has continued for 400 years behind Asakusa Kannon Temple, is said to have originated from the festival of Asakusa Sengen Shrine.Originally, the festival was held on the last day of May and the first day of June, but with the calendar reform in 1872, the opening of Mount Fuji to the public was changed to July 1st, and it is still held on the last Saturday and Sunday of May and June every year.Asakusa Sengen Shrine and the surrounding roads were lined with various vendors, including plant sellers. Because it was the rainy season, a good time for transplanting plants, the reputation spread that plants bought here took root well, and it gradually grew into a large market known as "Ofuji-san's Plant Market."At the current plant fair, Yanagi-dori, the main venue, is turned into a pedestrian zone, and plant vendors line the street.At night, the "matagi lanterns" are lit, creating an atmosphere reminiscent of the Edo period.The Asakusa Kannonura Promotion Association is at the forefront of our efforts to preserve the vibrant and traditional atmosphere of the "Ofuji-san Plant Market" and pass it on to future generations.