Date and time:

Reiwa 6, March 2024
17th (Friday) 6:00pm - 7:30pm
18th (Sat) 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

place:

Sensoji Temple Precincts Asakusa Shrine Precincts

Sponsored by: Asakusa Tourism Federation/Asakusa Shrine Support Association

Sponsored by: Sensoji Temple/Asakusa Shrine

Sunday, March 17th
17:00 Shrine Mikoshi Ceremony to enclose the spirit
17:35 Three shrine mikoshi are removed from storage
17:50 Transfer procession departs from Asakusa Shrine precincts
18:00 Miya Mikoshi Sankido raising
6:30 p.m. Sensoji Ilsan-style sutra reading
18:40 Hand tightening

*For approximately 60 minutes from 5:45 pm on Sunday, March 17th, you will not be able to enter the front stairs and corridor of the main hall of Sensoji Temple due to the raising of the mikoshi to Sankido.

Monday, March 18th
9:00 Asakusa Shrine Priest Priest sings blessings
9:05 Sensoji Ilsan-style sutra reading
9:15am Lowering of the Mikoshi Shrine to the Sankido Hall
9:35 a.m. Shinto ritual Binzasara dance offering

9:45 a.m. Garden festival transfer to the city starts
10:15am Asakusa Shrine torii gate
10:30am Miyairi Togyo
11:00 Oteshime

13:45 Shrine Maiden Dance
14:30 Ohayashi performance
16:30 Three shrine mikoshi are put into storage
17:00 Shrine Mikoshi Ceremony to return the divine spirit

*For about 60 minutes from around 9:00 a.m. on March 18th (Monday), you will not be able to enter the front stairs and corridor of the main hall of Sensoji Temple due to the lowering of the mikoshi from Sankido.

【 Effect 】
The ``Sensoji Honzon Demonstration'' was held in the early morning of March 18th in the 36th year of Emperor Suiko's reign (628 AD) when the brothers Hinoki Hamanari and Takenari went fishing in Edoura (Miyato River downstream of the Sumida River). While searching for a statue, he discovered a Buddha statue in a casting net, and when Haji Manakachi worshiped it, he learned that it was a statue of Sho Kanzeon Bodhisattva, and together with his attendants, they enshrined the statue on the stump of an enju tree. This is an event based on the ``Sensoji Temple Auspiciousness.''According to the same engi, the ``Akaza no Sodo'' was built overnight, and the statue was enshrined in the Sodo by ten children.It is said that this was the beginning of Sensoji, and therefore, the ``Akaza no Sodo'' was built in one night. The Honzon Revival was held as an event to celebrate the birth of the town of Asakusa.
Also, until the Edo period, it was held in conjunction with the passing of the mikoshi as an integrated event with the Sanja Festival, but after the Meiji Restoration, due to the Separation of Shinto and Buddhism ordinance, the Sanja Festival was held in May. It has become easy to lose sight of the original meaning of the ``Sensoji Honzon Demonstration'' as shown on the right.

Even for those of us who are rooted in Asakusa, it has been a long-standing concern to make this ``Sensoji Temple Honzon Demonstration'' even more popular, and in 2000, as part of the ``Ancient Sansha Festival Funatogyo''. By recreating the event, it was carried out with the aim of disseminating the history of Asakusa's birth both within and outside the country, and ultimately to further develop the town of Asakusa.
Five years from this year (2028 AD), we will celebrate the 1400th anniversary of the Sensoji Vision.
I would like to ask all of you to know that the three deities enshrined at Asakusa Shrine are the local Asakusa people of meritorious service, Haji Manaka Tomomichi, Hinohama Shigemei, and Hinoshima Takeshige. We ask that you please understand the meaning of meeting Kannon in person, reaffirm the historical significance of the ``Sensoji Honzon Demonstration'', and support us so that this event can be carried out in a solemn and grand manner. .

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*This post automatically translated by google translator*