Schedule 2025/26 the main event starts on the evening of december 31 and continues until january 1, finishing around 1:30 a.m On the last evening of 2019, hundreds of us gathered near oji station, not for fireworks, but to follow a procession of foxes to shozoku inari shrine During the day (from 1 p.m
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To 3 p.m.), children have a stamp rally in fox costumes around the area (registration required)
The oji fox parade, which began in 1993, recreates the scene from that woodblock print
At night on new year's eve, roughly 300 participants wearing traditional japanese clothing and fox masks walk from shozoku inari shrine to oji inari shrine, carrying yellow paper lanterns that represent the “foxfire.” Right after the new year's eve midnight countdown, the fox procession starts, moving from the abovementioned shozoku inari shrine to oji inari shrine The entourage is expected to arrive at the. According to legend, foxes (messengers of the deity inari) once gathered at oji to visit the local shrine
Today, people don fox masks and join the parade that winds through the northern tokyo neighborhood. One of the most iconic features of these shrines is the fox—or “kitsune”—believed to be the divine messenger of inari, the shinto deity of agriculture and commerce But on new year’s eve in tokyo, this mystical association comes alive in an. This special procession that starts at night on december 31st and ends past midnight on january 1st with a solemn blessing at the oji inari shrine, where participants celebrate their first shrine visit of the year.
In the oji neighborhood, kitsune no gyoretsu is the only japanese traditional festival held in tokyo during new year's eve.
Most new year’s eves find me cozied up at home, but an ancient legend brought me into the chilly tokyo night
