\uff3bContents\uff3d<\/h2>\n\n- When is the T\u014dka Ebisu Festival Held? <\/a><\/li>\n
- What is T\u014dka Ebisu? History and Tradition<\/a><\/li>\n
- How do you Celebrate the Ebisu Festival? <\/a><\/li>\n
- Where to Go for T\u014dka Ebisu\u2014Ebisu Shrines in Osaka <\/a><\/li>\n
- Mail Order Fukusasa <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
\u25a0When is the T\u014dka Ebisu Festival Held?<\/h2>\n
It\u2019s all in the name\u2014T\u014dka literally means the tenth day of the month. Held during January in Kansai, this is the first big celebration after New Year\u2019s. Some people actually wait until the Ebisu festival to get their omikuji (new year fortunes) from the shrine.
\n![\"crowds](\"https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2022\/01\/osaka-ebisu-img07.jpg\")
\n\u25b2 Crowds gathering on Imamiya Ebisu Shrine grounds<\/p>\n
T\u014dka Ebisu is celebrated for three days:
\nJan. 9 <\/strong>(yoi-ebisu) Pre-ebisu, this day is for planners. Get ahead of the crowd and get your good fortune early.
\nJan. 10 <\/strong>(hon-ebisu) Main ebisu, this is the real deal. Although the festival is perfectly enjoyable on the other days, this is technically the main day for festivities.
\nJan. 11<\/strong> (nokori-ebisu) Remaining luck. You get an extra day to make it down to the shrine and pray for prosperity in the new year.<\/p>\n\u25a0What is T\u014dka Ebisu? History and Tradition<\/h2>\nEbisu<\/h3>\n
Ebisu<\/strong><\/em> is one of the group of deities known as the 7 Lucky Gods (shichifukunin<\/em>) and is depicted as a round figure with a smiling face and large ears. Even with those big droopy ears he is believed to be hard of hearing. He is the god of prosperity, which has at certain times and regions has meant he is also affiliated with agriculture and the seas. Ebisu is also an amazing fisherman! You\u2019ll often see him holding a fishing pole and is usually accompanied by a large sea bream, which is considered a good-luck fish because of its name\u2014–tai<\/em>. Tai<\/em> is also the suffix in the word omedetai<\/em>, indicating something special or happy.
\n![\"Ebisu's](\"https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2022\/01\/osaka-ebisu-img16.jpg\")
\n\u25b2Ebisu’s red and gold sea bream surrounded by lanterns and bamboo during the celebrations<\/p>\nT\u014dka Ebisu is a celebration of Ebisu, and the festival itself is believed to bring prosperity and good fortune in business to those who attend. The festival is colloquially known as Ebessan<\/em> and has been an ongoing annual festival for centuries at Ebisu shrines, especially in the Kansai region. <\/p>\nFukusasa<\/h3>\n
Fukusasa<\/em><\/strong> are lucky bamboo branches that are either given out or purchased by festival-goers, depending on which shrine you visit. Usually there is a tag attached to the branch stating the shrine\u2019s name and you can purchase additional charms each with symbolic meaning—Ebisu\u2019s smiling face, a red sea bream, bails of rice, bags of money, etc. The more luck you need, the more charms you should attach to your branch.
\n![\"fukusasa](\"https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2022\/01\/osaka-ebisu-img13.jpg\")
\n\u25b2Fukusasa and other T\u014dka Ebisu decorations lined up and ready for sale <\/p>\nTake your fukusasa home and display it in a high place for the whole year. Bring the fukusasa and any other decorations you have from last year\u2019s festival back to the shrine the following year and place it in the collection bin. The shrine will burn it in an annual ceremony.<\/p>\n
Kumade<\/h3>\n
Kumade<\/em><\/strong> and Fukumino<\/em><\/strong> are other lucky decorations that you’ll see for sale at the festival booths. In addition to the bamboo branches, these are considered good luck and very symbolic. The kumade (rake) does just what you might imagine a rake could do—it represents gathering money and raking it in. The fukumino (lucky winnowing fan) in the shape of an agricultural tool for gathering and separating grains, is a symbolic vessel for gathering money.
\n![\"fukunomi](\"https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2022\/01\/osaka-ebisu-img01.jpg\")
\n\u25b2Kumade and Fukumino decorations with Ebisu\u2019s cheerful face<\/p>\nFukumusume<\/h3>\n
Fukumusume<\/strong> are a select group of young ladies chosen each year to help with the festival. It is considered a great honor to be selected as one of these lucky maidens. They are beautifully adorned in special kimonos and a tall golden hat known as eboshi<\/em>. During the festival, they work tirelessly in the festival traditions, the most impressive of which may be the palanquin parade, where you can see fukumusume carried through the streets in colorful litters near Imamiya Ebisu Shrine.
\n![\"women](\"https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2022\/01\/osaka-ebisu-img23.jpg\")
\n\u25b2Fukumusume in ceremonial attire<\/p>\nOther shrines may not have a parade, but they do select fukumusume to staff the fukusasa sales counters. When you make a purchase, the fukumusume attach charms to your fukusasa branch and shake shrine bells to get the attention of the gods and shower you with good luck.
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2022\/01\/osaka-ebisu-img06.jpg\")
\n\u25b2Fukumusume attaching good luck charms to a bamboo branch<\/p>\n
\u25a0How do you Celebrate?<\/h2>\n
You know the saying \u201cyou have to spend money to make money,\u201d well that\u2019s definitely the mood at this festival. Whenever you visit a Shinto shrine, it\u2019s custom to pay a greeting to the kami enshrined there. Head to the main worship hall and make a monetary offering before you greet the gods with two bows, two claps, and one bow.
\n![\"cash](\"https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2022\/01\/osaka-ebisu-img19.jpg\")
\n\u25b2Cash offerings can be pretty substantial. Here you see people holding \u00a510,000 notes to put in the donation box. <\/p>\n
Festival-goers put cash offerings in the saisen-bako<\/em>, a large box that is often lined in netting to catch stray-donations at the big temples and shrines. Since Ebisu crowds can get pretty sizeable, people throw cash from far back in the crowd, generally aiming for the offertory box. If their aim is off, hopefully the nets will catch it.
\n![\"barrel](\"https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2022\/01\/osaka-ebisu-img14.jpg\")
\n\u25b2The inside of a large barrel for collecting donations at Noda Ebisu Shrine. Some people throw in their whole wallet!<\/p>\nThere are usually smaller offertory boxes on the shrine grounds as well.
\n![\"saisen-bako](\"https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2022\/01\/osaka-ebisu-img22.jpg\")
\n\u25b2Horikawa Ebisu Shrine offertory box <\/p>\n
In the past, worshippers would bring their own bamboo branches and only the charms would be attached at the shrine. Thus the phrase \u201csh\u014dbai hanj\u014d de sasa motte koi\u201d which is interpreted two ways; bring a bamboo branch and we will make your business successful (by attaching charms and luck), and if you\u2019re successful in business bring your bamboo branch back next year and replace it with a new one. When you visit an Ebisu festival, you will hear this phrase shouted over the crowds.
\n![\"festival](\"https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2022\/01\/osaka-ebisu-img12.jpg\")
\n\u25b2Blessings being performed as a festival-goer gets his year’s worth of good luck<\/p>\n
Each shrine is a little different, with slightly different traditions. Many shrines have whole fish, tuna or sea breams, offered to the gods in a visible place for worshippers place coins on. Some offer hot sake and the fukusasa could be real or plastic. Imamiya Ebisu has a large drum that visitors pound by hand to get the god\u2019s attention.<\/p>\n
\u25a0Where to Go for T\u014dka Ebisu\u2014Ebisu Shrines in Osaka<\/h2>\n
Nationwide there are over 3,000 Ebisu shrines. And there a handful of shrines in Osaka that are dedicated to Ebisu and hold T\u014dka Ebisu festivals.
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2022\/01\/osaka-ebisu-img05.jpg\")
\n\u25b2Streets near Imamiya Ebisu Shrine lined with stands selling festival decorations<\/p>\n
The most well-known and best attended is Imamiya Ebisu Shrine<\/a>, located in the southern part of the city (Minami). It sees over one million visitors during the 3-day festival. It has an amazing variety of food stalls and souvenir stands lining the streets around the shrine. They\u2019re usually open late into the night so it\u2019s an excellent place to stop for a snack and drink on your way home after a night out.
\n![\"food](\"https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2022\/01\/osaka-ebisu-img03.jpg\")
\n\u25b2Food stands outside Imamiya Ebisu Shrine sell everything from grilled shellfish to hot sake to oden.<\/p>\nHorikawa Ebisu<\/a><\/strong>, located in the northern part of the city between Umeda and Tenjinbashisuji Shopping Street, is another fun place to enjoy the festivities. If you go early in the day, the crowds are usually manageable, but it does get fairly crowded as the day goes on. For reference, when I went in the evening I waited for about 20 minutes before I could enter the shrine grounds. Outside the shrine, street stalls stretch for blocks so there\u2019s lots of fun to be had with food and games after you’ve secured your fukusasa.
\n![\"Horikawa](\"https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2022\/01\/osaka-ebisu-img21.jpg\")
\n\u25b2Rub the Fukk\u014d Ebisu statue at Horikawa Ebisu for good luck<\/p>\nAlso near Tenjinbashisuji Shopping Street<\/a>, Osaka Tenmangu Shrine <\/a>(known for its huge summer festival, Tenjinmatsuri) celebrates T\u014dka Ebisu. It had a long tradition of celebrating prior to 1945 and passed out fukusasa and good luck charms, however it halted celebrations for decades. Finally in 2006, it began its Ebisu traditions again and now you can pop into this major Osaka Shrine for your fukusasa and charms during the festival period.
\n![\"Osaka](\"https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2022\/01\/osaka-ebisu-img20.jpg\")
\n\u25b2This is where you get your fukusasa & good luck charms <\/p>\nA much smaller Ebisu shrine, Noda Ebisu holds a fun, yet low-key Ebisu celebration that\u2019s great for families or people hoping to avoid the big crowds.
\n![\"Toka](\"https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2022\/01\/osaka-ebisu-img11.jpg\")
\n\u25b2Noda Ebisu visitors entering the shrine<\/p>\n
There is one street leading up to the shrine entrance that’s lined with game stands and food stalls. The atmosphere is full of laid-back festival fun without being overwhelming. Be sure to bring cash because some of the stands will only accept physical currency.<\/p>\n
![\"mario](\"https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2022\/01\/osaka-ebisu-img15.jpg\")
\n\u25b2Festival games like smart-ball cost a few hundred yen<\/p>\n
The food selection is varied, with festival favorites like fried chicken, ebi-sen crackers topped in egg and sauce, french fries, frankfurters, and all manner of sweets.
\n![\"dipped](\"https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2022\/01\/osaka-ebisu-img08.jpg\")
\n\u25b2Dipped bananas
\n![\"taiyaki,](\"https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2022\/01\/osaka-ebisu-img17.jpg\")
\n\u25b2Taiyaki (a fish-shaped cake filled with sweet bean paste or custard, considered good luck especially during Toka Ebisu)<\/p>\n
Elaborately carved wooden danjiri floats are utterly impressive and on display for visitors to see during the festival. Although they are only paraded through the neighborhood during the shrine’s summer festival, just looking at them is impressive. At night they are pulled out of their warehouses and the air fills with the sound of festival drums. Cups of hot sake, or for kids juice and snacks, are passed out to visitors.
\n![\"danjiri](\"https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2022\/01\/osaka-ebisu-img09.jpg\")
\n\u25b2Danjiri floats at Noda Ebisu<\/p>\n
Hattori Tenjin Shrine<\/a><\/strong> in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, holds its own festival called Toyonaka Ebisu. This T\u014dka Ebisu festival started in 1951 after a nearby Inari Shrine was moved to the Hattori Tenjin shrine grounds. It is well-attended by people living in the northern part of the prefecture and usually sees about 350,000 festival-goers. If you visit, be sure to get one of the popular \u00a5100,000,000 decorations.
\n![\"ten](\"https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2022\/01\/osaka-ebisu-img24.jpg\")
\n\u25b2Hang your \u00a5100,000,000 note upside down to represent money falling. This is believed to bring good financial luck.<\/p>\nMiyukimori Tenjingu Shrine<\/a><\/strong>, Hoshida Jinja Shrine<\/a><\/a><\/strong>, and Tamatsukuri Yasaka Jinja Shrine<\/a><\/strong> are other shrines in Osaka Prefecture that hold smaller T\u014dka Ebisu festivals. These are great choices if you’d like to check out the festival traditions in a more relaxed atmosphere.<\/p>\n\u25a0Mail Order Fukusasa<\/h2>\n
This festival is huge in Kansai, especially in Osaka. It’s so important to locals that they found a way to make it happen during the pandemic. In 2021, I purchased a fukusasa for delivery from Imamiya Ebisu Shrine so I could stay home and avoid the crowds. This is still an option for people who can’t make it to the shrine this year.
\n![\"mail](\"https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2022\/01\/osaka-ebisu-img02.jpg\")
\n\u25b2Mail order fukusasa <\/p>\n
If you plan to order yours online, please visit this page<\/a> on the Imamiya Ebisu Shrine website. Instructions are available in Japanese only.<\/p>\nI hope you can take part in this fun early January festival. Wishing you all lots of prosperity this year!<\/p>\n
\u25a0When is the T\u014dka Ebisu Festival Held?<\/h2>\n
It\u2019s all in the name\u2014T\u014dka literally means the tenth day of the month. Held during January in Kansai, this is the first big celebration after New Year\u2019s. Some people actually wait until the Ebisu festival to get their omikuji (new year fortunes) from the shrine.
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\n\u25b2 Crowds gathering on Imamiya Ebisu Shrine grounds<\/p>\n
T\u014dka Ebisu is celebrated for three days: Ebisu<\/strong><\/em> is one of the group of deities known as the 7 Lucky Gods (shichifukunin<\/em>) and is depicted as a round figure with a smiling face and large ears. Even with those big droopy ears he is believed to be hard of hearing. He is the god of prosperity, which has at certain times and regions has meant he is also affiliated with agriculture and the seas. Ebisu is also an amazing fisherman! You\u2019ll often see him holding a fishing pole and is usually accompanied by a large sea bream, which is considered a good-luck fish because of its name\u2014–tai<\/em>. Tai<\/em> is also the suffix in the word omedetai<\/em>, indicating something special or happy. T\u014dka Ebisu is a celebration of Ebisu, and the festival itself is believed to bring prosperity and good fortune in business to those who attend. The festival is colloquially known as Ebessan<\/em> and has been an ongoing annual festival for centuries at Ebisu shrines, especially in the Kansai region. <\/p>\n Fukusasa<\/em><\/strong> are lucky bamboo branches that are either given out or purchased by festival-goers, depending on which shrine you visit. Usually there is a tag attached to the branch stating the shrine\u2019s name and you can purchase additional charms each with symbolic meaning—Ebisu\u2019s smiling face, a red sea bream, bails of rice, bags of money, etc. The more luck you need, the more charms you should attach to your branch. Take your fukusasa home and display it in a high place for the whole year. Bring the fukusasa and any other decorations you have from last year\u2019s festival back to the shrine the following year and place it in the collection bin. The shrine will burn it in an annual ceremony.<\/p>\n Kumade<\/em><\/strong> and Fukumino<\/em><\/strong> are other lucky decorations that you’ll see for sale at the festival booths. In addition to the bamboo branches, these are considered good luck and very symbolic. The kumade (rake) does just what you might imagine a rake could do—it represents gathering money and raking it in. The fukumino (lucky winnowing fan) in the shape of an agricultural tool for gathering and separating grains, is a symbolic vessel for gathering money. Fukumusume<\/strong> are a select group of young ladies chosen each year to help with the festival. It is considered a great honor to be selected as one of these lucky maidens. They are beautifully adorned in special kimonos and a tall golden hat known as eboshi<\/em>. During the festival, they work tirelessly in the festival traditions, the most impressive of which may be the palanquin parade, where you can see fukumusume carried through the streets in colorful litters near Imamiya Ebisu Shrine. Other shrines may not have a parade, but they do select fukumusume to staff the fukusasa sales counters. When you make a purchase, the fukumusume attach charms to your fukusasa branch and shake shrine bells to get the attention of the gods and shower you with good luck. You know the saying \u201cyou have to spend money to make money,\u201d well that\u2019s definitely the mood at this festival. Whenever you visit a Shinto shrine, it\u2019s custom to pay a greeting to the kami enshrined there. Head to the main worship hall and make a monetary offering before you greet the gods with two bows, two claps, and one bow. Festival-goers put cash offerings in the saisen-bako<\/em>, a large box that is often lined in netting to catch stray-donations at the big temples and shrines. Since Ebisu crowds can get pretty sizeable, people throw cash from far back in the crowd, generally aiming for the offertory box. If their aim is off, hopefully the nets will catch it. There are usually smaller offertory boxes on the shrine grounds as well. In the past, worshippers would bring their own bamboo branches and only the charms would be attached at the shrine. Thus the phrase \u201csh\u014dbai hanj\u014d de sasa motte koi\u201d which is interpreted two ways; bring a bamboo branch and we will make your business successful (by attaching charms and luck), and if you\u2019re successful in business bring your bamboo branch back next year and replace it with a new one. When you visit an Ebisu festival, you will hear this phrase shouted over the crowds. Each shrine is a little different, with slightly different traditions. Many shrines have whole fish, tuna or sea breams, offered to the gods in a visible place for worshippers place coins on. Some offer hot sake and the fukusasa could be real or plastic. Imamiya Ebisu has a large drum that visitors pound by hand to get the god\u2019s attention.<\/p>\n Nationwide there are over 3,000 Ebisu shrines. And there a handful of shrines in Osaka that are dedicated to Ebisu and hold T\u014dka Ebisu festivals. The most well-known and best attended is Imamiya Ebisu Shrine<\/a>, located in the southern part of the city (Minami). It sees over one million visitors during the 3-day festival. It has an amazing variety of food stalls and souvenir stands lining the streets around the shrine. They\u2019re usually open late into the night so it\u2019s an excellent place to stop for a snack and drink on your way home after a night out. Horikawa Ebisu<\/a><\/strong>, located in the northern part of the city between Umeda and Tenjinbashisuji Shopping Street, is another fun place to enjoy the festivities. If you go early in the day, the crowds are usually manageable, but it does get fairly crowded as the day goes on. For reference, when I went in the evening I waited for about 20 minutes before I could enter the shrine grounds. Outside the shrine, street stalls stretch for blocks so there\u2019s lots of fun to be had with food and games after you’ve secured your fukusasa. Also near Tenjinbashisuji Shopping Street<\/a>, Osaka Tenmangu Shrine <\/a>(known for its huge summer festival, Tenjinmatsuri) celebrates T\u014dka Ebisu. It had a long tradition of celebrating prior to 1945 and passed out fukusasa and good luck charms, however it halted celebrations for decades. Finally in 2006, it began its Ebisu traditions again and now you can pop into this major Osaka Shrine for your fukusasa and charms during the festival period. A much smaller Ebisu shrine, Noda Ebisu holds a fun, yet low-key Ebisu celebration that\u2019s great for families or people hoping to avoid the big crowds. There is one street leading up to the shrine entrance that’s lined with game stands and food stalls. The atmosphere is full of laid-back festival fun without being overwhelming. Be sure to bring cash because some of the stands will only accept physical currency.<\/p>\n The food selection is varied, with festival favorites like fried chicken, ebi-sen crackers topped in egg and sauce, french fries, frankfurters, and all manner of sweets. Elaborately carved wooden danjiri floats are utterly impressive and on display for visitors to see during the festival. Although they are only paraded through the neighborhood during the shrine’s summer festival, just looking at them is impressive. At night they are pulled out of their warehouses and the air fills with the sound of festival drums. Cups of hot sake, or for kids juice and snacks, are passed out to visitors. Hattori Tenjin Shrine<\/a><\/strong> in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, holds its own festival called Toyonaka Ebisu. This T\u014dka Ebisu festival started in 1951 after a nearby Inari Shrine was moved to the Hattori Tenjin shrine grounds. It is well-attended by people living in the northern part of the prefecture and usually sees about 350,000 festival-goers. If you visit, be sure to get one of the popular \u00a5100,000,000 decorations. Miyukimori Tenjingu Shrine<\/a><\/strong>, Hoshida Jinja Shrine<\/a><\/a><\/strong>, and Tamatsukuri Yasaka Jinja Shrine<\/a><\/strong> are other shrines in Osaka Prefecture that hold smaller T\u014dka Ebisu festivals. These are great choices if you’d like to check out the festival traditions in a more relaxed atmosphere.<\/p>\n This festival is huge in Kansai, especially in Osaka. It’s so important to locals that they found a way to make it happen during the pandemic. In 2021, I purchased a fukusasa for delivery from Imamiya Ebisu Shrine so I could stay home and avoid the crowds. This is still an option for people who can’t make it to the shrine this year. If you plan to order yours online, please visit this page<\/a> on the Imamiya Ebisu Shrine website. Instructions are available in Japanese only.<\/p>\n I hope you can take part in this fun early January festival. Wishing you all lots of prosperity this year!<\/p>\n
\nJan. 9 <\/strong>(yoi-ebisu) Pre-ebisu, this day is for planners. Get ahead of the crowd and get your good fortune early.
\nJan. 10 <\/strong>(hon-ebisu) Main ebisu, this is the real deal. Although the festival is perfectly enjoyable on the other days, this is technically the main day for festivities.
\nJan. 11<\/strong> (nokori-ebisu) Remaining luck. You get an extra day to make it down to the shrine and pray for prosperity in the new year.<\/p>\n\u25a0What is T\u014dka Ebisu? History and Tradition<\/h2>\n
Ebisu<\/h3>\n
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\n\u25b2Ebisu’s red and gold sea bream surrounded by lanterns and bamboo during the celebrations<\/p>\nFukusasa<\/h3>\n
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\n\u25b2Fukusasa and other T\u014dka Ebisu decorations lined up and ready for sale <\/p>\nKumade<\/h3>\n
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\n\u25b2Kumade and Fukumino decorations with Ebisu\u2019s cheerful face<\/p>\nFukumusume<\/h3>\n
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\n\u25b2Fukumusume in ceremonial attire<\/p>\n
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\n\u25b2Fukumusume attaching good luck charms to a bamboo branch<\/p>\n\u25a0How do you Celebrate?<\/h2>\n
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\n\u25b2Cash offerings can be pretty substantial. Here you see people holding \u00a510,000 notes to put in the donation box. <\/p>\n
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\n\u25b2The inside of a large barrel for collecting donations at Noda Ebisu Shrine. Some people throw in their whole wallet!<\/p>\n
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\n\u25b2Horikawa Ebisu Shrine offertory box <\/p>\n
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\n\u25b2Blessings being performed as a festival-goer gets his year’s worth of good luck<\/p>\n\u25a0Where to Go for T\u014dka Ebisu\u2014Ebisu Shrines in Osaka<\/h2>\n
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\n\u25b2Streets near Imamiya Ebisu Shrine lined with stands selling festival decorations<\/p>\n
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\n\u25b2Food stands outside Imamiya Ebisu Shrine sell everything from grilled shellfish to hot sake to oden.<\/p>\n
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\n\u25b2Rub the Fukk\u014d Ebisu statue at Horikawa Ebisu for good luck<\/p>\n
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\n\u25b2This is where you get your fukusasa & good luck charms <\/p>\n
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\n\u25b2Noda Ebisu visitors entering the shrine<\/p>\n
\n\u25b2Festival games like smart-ball cost a few hundred yen<\/p>\n
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\n\u25b2Dipped bananas
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\n\u25b2Taiyaki (a fish-shaped cake filled with sweet bean paste or custard, considered good luck especially during Toka Ebisu)<\/p>\n
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\n\u25b2Danjiri floats at Noda Ebisu<\/p>\n
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\n\u25b2Hang your \u00a5100,000,000 note upside down to represent money falling. This is believed to bring good financial luck.<\/p>\n\u25a0Mail Order Fukusasa<\/h2>\n
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\n\u25b2Mail order fukusasa <\/p>\n
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