Japanese spiritual dance Bon odori #6 : Tsukiji Hongwanji Bon odori 築地本願寺盆踊り Unexpected Tokyo #49

Don’t miss it!! Please subscribe! -- Japanese spiritual dance Bon odori #6 Dance Bon Odori! -- Tsukiji Hongan-ji (築地本願寺), sometimes archaically romanized Hongwan-ji, is a Jodo Shinshu Buddhist temple located in the Tsukiji district of Tokyo, Japan. Tsukiji Hongan-ji’s predecessor was the temple of Edo-Asakusa Gobo (江戸浅草御坊), built in Asakusa in 1617 at the behest of the 12th monshu, Junnyo Shōnin. “The temple burned during a city-wide fire in 1657, and the shogunate refused to allow it to be rebuilt in Asakusa due to a prior project there. Instead, the temple was moved to a new parcel of land being reclaimed by the Sumida River—today’s Tsukiji. This land was said to have been reclaimed by Jodo Shinshu followers themselves who lived at nearby Tsukudajima. The name Tsukiji comes from the kanj