The Tenno Festival

The Tenno Festival

Event Overview

The portable shrine's carrying poles are often assembled in a square shape with four or six poles, but at Susanoo Shrine, it is carried with only two poles. The shrine features the magnificent "Niten no Mikoshi-buri," where the phoenix on the roof tilts the portable shrine so much that it touches the ground, swinging it vigorously from side to side. In the year Reiwa 8 (2026), the grand festival (main festival) occurs every three years, leading with the Chikkan-gū portable shrine carried on a 4.5-meter (8.1m) Niten pole, followed by three portable shrines of large, medium, and small sizes, parading through the 61 towns of the parish area, including Minamisenju, Minowa, Mikawashima, and Machiya.

Info

  • Event Location:   
  • Susanoo Shrine
  • Address:   
  • 6-60-1 Minamisenju, Arakawa, Tokyo
  • Public Transportation:   
JR Minami-Senju Station → 8-minute walk; or Tokyo Metro Minami-Senju Station/Tsukuba Express Minami-Senju Station → 8-minute walk
  • Phone Number:   
  • 03-3891-8281 (Susanoto Shrine/* 9 ~ 17 o'clock)

Event Period

  • Evening festival: June 2, 2026 (Tuesday), Grand festival: June 3, 2026 (Wednesday), Shrine departure: June 6, 2026 (Saturday), Shrine return: June 7, 2026 (Sunday)

Price

Free

Event Category

Mikoshi (portable shrines), festival floats, etc.

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