祭概要

王朝装束の大行列が都心を練り歩く！盛大な神幸祭は、さすが日本三大祭の一角

京都の祇園祭、大阪の天神祭と並ぶ日本三大祭の一つ。江戸時代、江戸城内に入御した御神輿を歴代の将軍が上覧拝礼したことから、「天下祭」とも呼ばれています。2年に一度の本祭では「神幸祭」が行われ、東京都心を祭礼行列が練り歩きます。御鳳輦（ごほうれん）2基や宮神輿1基、山車6基とともに、華麗な王朝装束に身を包んだ総勢約500名が日枝神社を出発。国立劇場や皇居坂下門、日本橋日枝神社、銀座などを1日かけて巡幸する様は、まさに現代の王朝絵巻です。
祭礼行列は、天下泰平の象徴である「諫鼓鶏（かんこどり）」の山車を先頭に、花山車、美少年山車などが長さ300mにわたって盛大に続きます。


A parade of people dressed in elaborate court attire winds through the heart of the city. It should come as no surprise that it is counted amongst Japan's major three festivals!
Along with the Gion Festival of Kyoto and the Tenjin Festival of Osaka, this is one of Japan's three major festivals. It is also known as the Tenka Festival as a reference to the fact that the Edo-period shoguns watched the mikoshi portable shrines of this festival when they were brought into the city. Held every two years, this festival involves the parading of a shrine deity from its main location through Tokyo in a portable shrine. A total of 500 people wearing elaborate court attire depart Hie Shrine together with two phoenix images, one mikoshi portable shrine, and six other floats. This festival truly looks like the traditional painting of a royal procession, taking an entire day to wind through areas such as the National Theater, Imperial Palace Sakashitamon Gate, Nihonbashi Hie Shrine, Ginza, just to name a few.
The festival floats are lead by the kanko-dori (bird image) sitting atop a drum, a symbol of peace in the world, followed by the flower floats, a float occupied by young boys, among others, stretching some 300 meters in total.

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