[5/11・12]　Shitaya Shrine Festival - Seeking participants to carry the mikoshi

The Shitaya Shrine Festival has a history of over 1,000 years, and is known as the earliest summer festival in the Tokyo shitamachi area. The Shitaya Shrine Festival is celebrated on alternating years with the "true festival" which features a parade of the shrine's mikoshi portable shrine and the "shadow festival" which features the town council's mikoshi. 2024 is a year of the true festival, and the streets will be bustling with a lively crowd of attendees.

The streets around the shrine will be lined with countless colorful street stalls, but the star attraction is the grand mikoshi paraded on the shoulders of a vigorous throng of carriers.

Thanks to the cooperation of the local Kurumazaka Town Council, guests of NOHGA HOTEL UENO TOKYO can join as mikoshi carriers! (limited to first 10 guests only)

Why not take the opportunity to put on a NOHGA HOTEL happi coat and have a priceless, first-hand experience carrying a mikoshi in a traditional Japanese festival?

[Last year's mikoshi carrying experience]

Please inquire at the hotel if you are interested in joining. TEL: 03-5816-0211 (hotel reception)

Target audience: NOHGA HOTEL UENO Stay guests

Mikoshi Schedule

◆May 11 (Saturday)

Child Mikoshi
13:00 Gather at the front desk
13:20 Leave the hotel and head to the Kurumazaka Town Council Mikisyo Gathering Point
13:30 Mikoshi carriers gather
14:00 The child mikoshi (Dashi) leaves the mikisyo gathering point
16:00 Event ends (planned)
* You may leave the event at any time freely

Adult mikoshi
16:30 Gather at the front desk
16:50 Leave the hotel and head to the Kurumazaka Town Council Mikisyo Gathering Point
17:00 Mikoshi carriers gather
17:30 The adult mikoshi (Yoimiya) leaves the mikisyo gathering point
20:00 Event ends (planned)
* You may leave the event at any time freely

◆May 12 (Sunday)

Child Mikoshi
12:30 Gather at the front desk
12:50 Leave the hotel and head to the Kurumazaka Town Council Mikisyo Gathering Point
13:00 Mikoshi carriers gather
13:30 The child mikoshi (Dashi) leaves the mikisyo gathering point
15:30 Event ends (planned)
* You may leave the event at any time freely

Adult mikoshi
14:00 Gather at the front desk
14:20 Leave the hotel and head to the Kurumazaka Town Council Mikisyo Gathering Point
14:30 The adult mikoshi (Yoimiya) carriers gather and leave the mikisyo gathering point
16:30 Event ends (planned)
* You may leave the event at any time freely

• Please wear the Nohga Hotel happi coat when carrying the mikoshi.
• All participants must wear tabi split toed socks for safety. Please inform the hotel of your shoe size the tabi socks will be provided.
  (Happi coat and tabi socks are not available for children. They may participate in their own clothes)
• Please wear clothes that are easy to move in on the day such as a t-shirt and pants (jeans, shorts, etc.).
• You can join and stop carrying the mikoshi at any time. Please do not over-exert yourself.

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