#Teppozu Inari Shrine

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寒中禊水浴大会 - 鉄砲洲稲荷神社, 湊, 中央区, 東京 Winter purificatory bath - Teppozu Inari Shrine, Minato, Chūō/Chūō-ku, Tokyo

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Traditional ice-cold bathing in the courtyard of the Teppozu Inari Shinto Shrine in Tokyo

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Weekend treat: try to have a tour of Toyosu Market and revisit the place where I stayed before my study abroad at age 16 on our way to the temple and an aquarium shop in Tsukiji!

4/5/2024（Day3 during the Golden Week）

Having walked from the subway station to Toyosu Fish Market in the blazing sun despite May, my parents and I were already exhausted even before we arrived. However, I found the sky this area grander for some reason and felt refreshed myself. Even though I've lived in Japan since I was born, I had never been to Tsukiji nor Toyosu Fish Markets, which I had been feeling sort of inferior to. That was why I came here. Yet, unfortunately, the market was being closed on the day; I should have confirmed its opening time beforehand. Collecting myself, I decided to explore a newer facility next to the market called Senkyakubanrai（千客万来）, a seafood and hot-spring complex themed Edo period, instead.

After we split up for their lunch at a certain restaurant, I hung around the facility for an hour alone. It was really packed to the brim with people from around the world inside, and every single restaurant including a food court had a huge line; I speculated that most of the people lining up in there had to wait more than an hour. The proximity in terms of space and relationship between customers and shopkeepers did bring about a lively atmosphere like I expected the fish market to throughout this complex. I totally enjoyed that although I didn't eat there.

No sooner had I met up with my parents around noon than we headed over to an area which I had been keen to revisit. This waterfront relies on many bridges, which I regard as one of the charms. Dad and I were pleased with the view from Toyosu Bridge and had fun waving people on deck.

The accommodation above is mostly for training sessions and little known; but I still do remember the few days when I stayed here for the pre-departure orientation in my high school days（almost a decade ago）although that turned out a nightmare. At any rate, it was so satisfactory that I could recall how hard I would exert myself to pursue my dream then and feel the days glorious enough to make me energetic again.

In addition, I asked my folks to accompany me there. This place is a mere mall next to the accommodation, yet also one of my retrospective spots in Tokyo regarding my study abroad. Before heading to the hotel for the orientation, I said farewell to mom at the mall. Once I entered the building, all my fragmented memories as to this were put together, and feelings that I couldn't name were evoked. Compared to the touristy spot I mentioned first, this local shopping place wasn't that prosperous, but I took to the quietness, a mix of a metropolis and a suburb, and its European design including a garden, which I could see a strong commitment by everyone involved through.

Next up, I went to Tsukiji Hongwanji Temple, a Buddhist temple belonging to the Jodo Shinshu, founded by the monk Shinran, located in the heart of Tokyo since 1679, because I was curious about its famous architecture. At the time, the event featuring Tibet was being held.

In place of Toyosu Fish Market, I managed to feel a certain atmosphere and make the best out of a fish market through Tsukiji Outer Market. There seemed chaos in a good way, and all my senses were vigorously activated like catching fishy smell while passing through the streets to the point where I felt like I wasn't in Japan anymore.

After that, we bumped into a kind of religious parade/festival and its participants carrying a mikoshi, a portable mini shrine that houses a god, on our way to an aquarium shop in the neighborhood. Actually, that was my very first time to see a mikoshi in person（side note: according to the official website, the festival was held by Teppozu Inari Shrine）.

Last but not least, I finally arrived at Paupau Aqua Garden（パウパウアクアガーデン）, a large-scale aquarium shop in Ginza. I've been fond of goldfish since I was in high school somehow and tend to be more excited at tropical fish than penguins of some kind in aquariums. Then, I learned several species through its display, such as celestial eye goldfish and humpback grouper. Overall, I think I did experience Toyosu area to the fullest by walking across bridges, looking out to the ocean, feeling the light breeze, smelling fish or monja, and encountering the so-called matsuri.

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Inari Bridge and Minato Shrine, Teppozu, No. 77 from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, Utagawa Hiroshige, 2nd month of 1857, Brooklyn Museum: Asian Art

This particular place, where the Kyobashi River entered Hatchobori (Eight-Cho Canal) was where the large ships from western Japan were anchored and their cargoes were transformed into small lighters for distribution to the quays and storehouses that lined the canals. In the foreground are the masts of two cargo ships and in the background are the lighters heading into the warehouse-lined canal. The Minato (Harbor) Inari Shrine lies half-hidden at the left behind a red fence and was one of the oldest shrines in Edo. It survives today as well as Inari Bridge. Blue "bokashi" covers much of the sky and there is overprinting on the foreground masts. In the center there is a narrow strip of blue "bokashi" on the water. Size: Sheet: 14 3/16 x 9 1/4 in. (36 x 23.5 cm) Image: 13 3/8 x 8 3/4 in. (34 x 22.2 cm) Medium: Woodblock print

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/121691

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Inari Bridge and Minato Shrine, Teppozu (Teppozu Inaribashi Minato Jinja), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)", Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857, Art Institute of Chicago: Asian Art

Frederick W. Gookin Collection Medium: Color woodblock print; oban

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/34308/

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Teppozu-inari shrine, Minato

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Participants wearing protective face masks amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, pray as they take an ice-cold bath during a ceremony to purify their souls and to wish for overcoming the pandemic at the Teppozu Inari shrine in Tokyo, Japan, January 10, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Restrictions such as shorter business hours for restaurants and bars have helped reduce new daily cases…

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寒中禊水浴大会 - 鉄砲洲稲荷神社, 湊, 中央区, 東京 Winter purificatory bath - Teppozu Inari Shrine, Minato, Chūō/Chūō-ku, Tokyo

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Some hundred participants took part in this ice water endurance purification ceremony at Teppozu Inari Shrine in Tokyo. The ceremony is an effort to purify the body and soul for the new year. 📷 Christopher Jue, European Pressphoto Agency https://usat.ly/2D48sqb #newyear #purification #tokyo #japan #prayer http://ift.tt/2EH2Oe3

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Picture of the Day › Chilly dip

Picture of the Day › Chilly dip

People wearing loin cloths pray as they bathe in ice-cold water outside the Teppozu Inari shrine in Tokyo on Sunday. The temperature was 7 degrees in Tokyo on Sunday. According to organizers, about 100 participants took part in the Shinto ceremony to purify their souls and wish for good health… Source: japantoday

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[su_label type=”info”]The gallery of “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo”[/su_label]

In 1853, Utagawa Hiroshige began to draw the new series of landscape ukiyo-e. He already held the position of pupular ukiyo-e artist by the succuess of “Fifty-Three Stages on the Tokaido“. His new work was on the theme of sights in various parts of the Edo.

  As its name suggests, “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo” consists of more than 100 paintings(and table of contents). And the they are divided into four seasons.

  Table of contents

  Spring

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Clearing Weather after Snow at Nihonbashi

Kasumigaseki

Yamashita-chō and Outer Sakurada Gate

Tsukuda Island from Eitai Bridge

Ekōin, the Ryōgoku District, and Moto-Yanagi Bridge

Hatsune Riding Grounds, Bakuro-chō

Cotton goods shops, Ōdenma-chō

Suruga-chō

Yatsukōji, inside Sujikai Gate

Dawn at Kanda Myōjin Shrine

Kiyomizu Hall and Shinobazu Pond at Ueno

Yamashita (“Beneath the Mountain”) District, Ueno

Hirokoji Street in Shitaya

Temple Gardens, Nippori

Suwa Bluff, Nippori

Flower Pavilion, Dango Slope, Sendagi

View to the North from Asukayama

Ōji Inari Shrine

Dam on the Otonashi River at Ōji

The Kawaguchi Ferry, Zenkōji Temple

Mount Atago, Shiba

Furukawa River, Hiroo

Chiyogaike Pond, Meguro

New Fuji, Meguro

Moto Fuji, Meguro

Armor-Hanging Pine, Hakkeisaka

Plum Garden, Kamata

Palace Hill, Shinagawa

Moto-Hachiman Shrine, Sunamura

Plum Estate, Kameido

Azuma Shrine and the Entwined Camphor

Yanagishima

Towboats Along the Yotsugi-dōri Canal

Night View of Matsuchiyama and San’ya Canal

Suijin Shrine and Massaki on the Sumida River

View from Massaki of Suijin Shrine, Uchigawa Inlet, and Sekiya

Tile Kilns and Hashiba Ferry, Sumida River

Dawn Inside the Yoshiwara

Distant View of Kinryūzan Temple and Azuma Bridge

Bashō’s Hermitage and Camellia Hill on the Kanda Aqueduct at Sekiguchi

Ichigaya Hachiman Shrine

Blossoms on the Tama River Embankment

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  Summer

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Nihon and Edo Bridges

View of Nihonbashi Road 1-chōme

Yoroi Ferry and Koami-chō

Seidō Hall and Kanda River from Shōhei Bridge

Fūdo Falls, Ōji

Paulownia Plantation, Akasaka

Zōjōji Pagoda and Akabane

Sumiyoshi Festival, Tsukuda Island

Mannen Bridge, Fukagawa River

Sudden Shower Over Ōhashi Bridge and Atake

Ryōgoku Bridge and the Great Riverbank

Rendezvous Pine near the Asakusa River and the Onmaya Bank of the Sumida River

Komagata Hall and Azuma Bridge

Horikiri Iris Garden

Precincts of the Tenjin Shrine, Kameido

Sasakai Ferry

Open Garden at Fukagawa Hachiman Shrine

Mouth of the Naka River

Scattered Pines beside the Tone River.

Eight-view Bridge

Suido Bridge and Suruga Hill

Twelve Kumano Shrines at Tsunohazu

Entrance of the Sanno Festival Procession to Kōjimachi

Kōjimachi and the Benkei Moat at Soto-Sakurada

The Parting Waters at Mitsumata

The Asakusa River, Miyato River, and the Banks of the Sumida River

Ayase River and Kanegafuchi

The Snail Hall at the Temple of the Five Hundred Arhats

Hall of Thirty-Three Bays, Fukagawa

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  Autumn

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Prosperity Throughout the City during the Tanabata Festival

Clothing Shop, Odenmacho

he Dyers’ District in Kanda

Kyobashi Bridge and Bamboo Yards

The Harbor Shrine and Inari Bridge at Teppozu

Teppōzu and Tsukiji Honganji Temple

Shinmei Shrine and Zōjōji Temple in Shiba

Kanasugi Bridge and Shibaura

Ushimachi, Takanawa

Moon-Viewing Point

Susaki and Shinagawa

Grandfather’s Teahouse, Meguro

Distant View of Akasaka Pond from Kinokuni Slope

The New Station of Naitō at Yotsuya

Benten Shrine and Inokashira Pond

River of waterfalls, Ōji

The Moon Pine on the Temple Precincts at Ueno

Night view of Saruwaka-chō

Inside Akiba Shrine, Ukechi

Mokubōji Temple and Vegetable Fields by the Uchi River

Nījuku Ferry

Maple Leaves, the Tekona Shrine, and Bridge at Mama

View of Goose Hill and the Tone River

Horie and Nekozane

Five Pines, Onagi River

Fireworks at Ryōgoku

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  Winter

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Kinryūzan Temple, Asakusa

Nihon Embankment, Yoshiwara

Asakusa rice fields and Torinomachi Festival

Mikawa Island, Kanasugi, and Minowa

The Great Bridge at Senju

Koume (“small plum”) Embankment

Onmayagashi

Fukagawa Lumberyards

Susaki and the Jūmantsubo Plain near Fukagawa

View of the Bay at Shiba

Minami-Shinagawa and Samezu Coast

Robe-Hanging Pine, Senzoku Pond

Drum Bridge and Sunset Hill, Meguro

Yabu Lane Below Atago

Aoi Slope, Outside Toranomon Gate

Bikuni Bridge in the Snow

Takada Riding Grounds

Sugatami Bridge, Omokage Bridge, and Jariba at Takada

Hilltop View, Yushima Tenjin Shrine

New Year’s Eve Foxfires at the Changing Tree

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Hiroshige’s “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo” The gallery of "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo" In 1853, Utagawa Hiroshige began to draw the new series of landscape…

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Hundreds Seek Good Health in Ice Bath During Tokyo’s Annual Shinto Ritual

Reuters, Jan. 11, 2016

Men wearing traditional loin cloths and women clothed in white robes chant before entering an ice water bath during a Shinto ritual at the Teppozu Inari Shrine to purify the soul and wish for good health in the New Year.

Hundreds took part in the annual event, now in its 61st year, which is held on the second Sunday of each year.

“I bathe in this ice water every year to dispel evil thoughts,” said Tomio Hashimoto, who took part in the ritual for the fourth consecutive year.

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寒中禊水浴大会 - 鉄砲洲稲荷神社, 湊, 中央区, 東京 Winter purificatory bath - Teppozu Inari Shrine, Minato, Chūō/Chūō-ku, Tōkyō

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寒中禊水浴大会 - 鉄砲洲稲荷神社, 湊, 中央区, 東京 Winter purificatory bath - Teppozu Inari Shrine, Minato, Chūō/Chūō-ku, Tōkyō

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寒中禊水浴大会 - 鉄砲洲稲荷神社, 湊, 中央区, 東京 Winter purificatory bath - Teppozu Inari Shrine, Minato, Chūō/Chūō-ku, Tokyo