ICHI

Ichi: translation

Fair or market, many of which are held at shrines or Buddhist temples. Examples in Tokyo include the Ninomiya-no-shoga ichi (ginger fair) at the Ninomiya jinja, Akikawa-shi on September 9th, the Bettara (radish pickle) fair at the Takarada Ebisu-jinja, Chuo-ku, October 19-20th, the Tori-no-ichi (lucky 'rake fair') held on tori-no-hi (rooster day, tenth day of the Chinese calendar) in November at the Otori jinja, Tokyo.