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👣😓PILGRIMAGE TO THE 'SEVEN GODS OF FORTUNE'🙏📿
Over the centuries the shrines and temples included in the Kyōto Shichifukujin Mairi (都七福神まいり) has changed numerous times, but this is the current route.
Let's begin with the only native god on the list, Ebisu (恵比寿).
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Tokyo’s “coolest” neighborhood is subjective and constantly shifting, as the city’s appeal lies in its diversity of areas, each offering a unique mix of trends, culture and hidden gems. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/03/is-there-coolest-neighborhood-in-tokyo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #jimbocho #shimokitazawa #koenji #kichijoji #daikanyama #nakameguro #roppongi #odaiba #toyosu #ueno #nishishinjuku #shibuya #yoyogikoen #daikanyama #aoyama #omotesando #ebisu #tokyo #harajuku
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In the Meiji period businesses used the festival as an excuse to improve the post-New Year slowdown by holding special 'seimonbarai' (誓文払い) 'bargain sales' on the same days.
The sales in Ōsaka and Kyōto were known as 'Ebisukō Ōuridashi' (えびす講大売り出し).
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Hanging from Ebisu-jinja's gate is an image of Ebisu attached to a kumade (garden rake). It is customary for visitors to toss coins up, hoping they falls in the rake. Kumade (熊手) are symbols of 'raking in' good fortune, and you often see small versions as charms.
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On the south side of Ebisu-jinja's (ゑびす神社) main shrine building is a worn board. After praying before the shrine it is customary to knock on the board (to wake the somewhat hard of hearing Ebisu) and repeat the request to ensure it is answered.
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The Tōka Ebisu faith (十日えびす信仰) spread to Kyōto from Imamiya-jinja (今宮神社) in Ōsaka in the mid-Edo period, but it was Kyōto's merchants that helped to popularize the festival nationwide.
So crowded is the festival that the shrine's bell ropes are often removed🔕
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Ebisu-jinja's 'Tōka Ebisu Matsuri' (十日えびす祭 'Ebisu’s Festival on the 10th Day') is held around Ebisu's birthday on January 10th (he was born in the Year of the Tiger).
As he god of business prosperity, fisherman, and good fortune, Ebisu is one of the most popular of the '7 Gods of Fortune' (七福神).
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Kyōto's Ebisu-jinja (ゑびす神社), known familiarly as 'Ebessan' (えべっさん), is 1 of Japan's 3 most popular Ebisu shrines.
The other 2 are Ōsaka’s Imamiya Ebisu-jinja (今宮戎神社) & Nishinomiya-jinja (西宮神社), head of the Ebisu sect.Ebisu (恵比寿) is the god of business prosperity, successful crops, and abundance.
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🥳THE FIRST BIG FESTIVAL OF THE YEAR🎉
After the New Year celebrations there is barely time to catch your breath before Kyōto's first big festival arrives, and this one is particularly important for businesses and those hoping for a prosperous year ahead.
The 'Tōka Ebisu Matsuri' (十日えびす祭) runs for 3 days from January 8th.
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Gods that miss the gathering are known as 'rusu-gami' (留守神 'absent gods').
Perhaps the most famous rusu-gami is Ebisu (恵比寿), one of the only gods to skip the annual event. Because he remains at home, many communities hold festivities during this time at his shrines.
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The 11th edition of the annual blues, jazz and roots festival will also be its last, at least in its current form, but the core concept of the event will live on. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2024/10/11/music/peter-barakan-live-magic-finale/ #culture #music #peterbarakan #musicfestivals #livemagic #worldmusic #ebisu #shibuyaward #tokyo
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Why is Ebisu named after a beer? Why does the beer spell "Ebisu" with a "Y"? And why did it take so long for a real brewery to return to the beating heart of Tokyo beer culture? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2024/06/01/food-drink/lee-food-ebisu-beer-neighborhood-culture/ #life #fooddrink #ebisu #beer #tokyo #brewery
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Sapporo Beer opened Yebisu Brewery Tokyo on Wednesday, a brand experience center with brewing facilities in Tokyo’s Ebisu district, the birthplace of Yebisu Beer. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/04/03/companies/yebisu-brewery-tokyo-opens/ #business #companies #beer #ebisu #tokyo #sapporobeer
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The fast growing grass is strong and hardy, qualities people wish to pass on to their own businesses. As the leaves aged and yellowed they were thought to look like old coins.
It was the shrine's 30th head that struck upon the idea of selling auspicious objects to adorn the bamboo.
Ebisu-jinja's 30th head priest was also the first to invite vendors to set up stalls, creating a carnival-like atmosphere that survives to this day.
#Japan #Kyoto #京都 #Ebisu #Ebisujinja #恵比寿神社 #えびす #恵比寿 #十日えびす祭
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Ebisu (恵比寿) is the god of business prosperity, successful crops, and abundance...and is quite possibly the most popular of the '7 Gods of Fortune' (七福神).
In the Muromachi period the idea of celebrating the '7 Gods of Fortune' began in Kyōto, and it is likely that the first Shichifukujin Mairi pilgrimage (都七福神まいり) originated at Ebisu-jinja (えびす神社).
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😇👋A MONTH OF NO GODS🧳⛩️
There is a quaint belief that in the 10th month the gods of Japan congregate for a great gathering to discuss matchmaking at Izumo-taisha (出雲大社) in Shimane Prefecture.
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At any self-respecting sushi joint, it is the vinegared rice that underpins everything. Chef Marco Garcia puts just the same degree of care into his tortillas. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2023/07/17/food/tokyo-food-file-tacos-bar-ebisu/?utm_content=bufferc752b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #life #fooddrink #tokyo #mexicancuisine #seafood #shibuyaward #ebisu #omakase
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In-N-Out's reluctance to put firms roots down in Tokyo may have nothing to do with any kind of freshness pledge. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2023/07/07/food/in-n-out-burger-trademark-japan/?utm_content=buffer98a33&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #life #fooddrink #fastfood #burger #ebisu #popup #innout #animalstyle
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It was raining cats and dogs all day today, so #Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography in #Ebisu it was!
#NoguchiRika’s Small Miracles exhibition and a recurring contemporary Japanese #photography exhibition called “seeing as though touching”
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My #oilpainting, part of my 7 #lucky gods Shichifukujin series as #women. #Ebisu 36x48 oil on canvas.
DM for inquiries.
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She's inspired by Ama #pearl #divers & wears a long boro skirt in wave design. The #Japanese smiley pin etym. is river, & #Ebisu is a river god. Ebisu is #disabled #deaf, abandoned & rejected, thrown to the water & later seen to be a bringer of blessings.
#art #artist #painting #goddess #japan #artwork #mastoart #disability #figurativeart #FineArt #spiritualart -
Ebisu from Dorohedoro
This show was quite fun. Hope there'll be a season two, soon.#Ebisu #dorohedoro #DorohedoroArt #EbisuDorohedoro #DigitalArt #MastoArt #MopaniArt #Art
