Old Tokyo Tour: Buddhist Fire Ceremony and Traditional Food and Craft Shops
Tokyo, Japan
Trip Type: Cultural Tours
Duration: 3 hours
Enjoy old Edo Tokyo culture with a dramatic purification ceremony at a 300 year old temple, Fukagawa Fudodo, and shopping at traditional small stores nearby.
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Enjoy old Edo Tokyo culture with a dramatic purification ceremony at a 300 year old temple, Fukagawa Fudodo, and shopping at traditional small stores nearby.Our morning starts with a visit to Fukagawa Fudodo, a Buddhist temple founded in 1703 in an old part of Tokyo. We will briefly tour the temple and watch up close a dramatic purification ceremony with powerful drumming, chanting and a bonfire. You can even have your bag blessed over the healing smoke.
Purified and energized by the ceremony, we will move by taxi or train to a neighborhood, Ningyocho, with old shops selling tea, scissors and knives, a wholesaler of colorful tenugui hand towels, a craftsman’s studio, street snacks, fans and more. Enjoy the traditional atmosphere, great gift shopping and some delicious snacks!
Purified and energized by the ceremony, we will move by taxi or train to a neighborhood, Ningyocho, with old shops selling tea, scissors and knives, a wholesaler of colorful tenugui hand towels, a craftsman’s studio, street snacks, fans and more. Enjoy the traditional atmosphere, great gift shopping and some delicious snacks!
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