Toka Ebisu Business Prosperity Festival in Kyoto

At the beginning of every year, a very important celebration takes place in Kyoto's Ebisu Shrine. Ebisu, the god of luck and workers, patron of business and shops is enshrined in the Shrine.
 
KYOTO, Japan - Jan. 16, 2014 - PRLog -- Toka Ebisu

The main day of the festivals celebrating Ebisu, god of merchant prosperity, falls on January 10, with festivities on the days before and after that as well. Toka Ebisu is a popular festival, with many people buying good luck bamboo branches and praying to Ebisu for prosperity in the new year. The shrines are open all night long for praying on the nights of the 9 and 10.

Toka Ebisu

January 9 to 11

Open hours

Kyoto Ebisu Shrine: Main Festival – 2 p.m., January 10

Horikawa Ebisu Shrine, Osaka: Lucky Rice Cake Conferment - 2 p.m., January 10

Imamiya Ebisu Shrine:

Admission

Kyoto Ebisu Shrine: No fee for admittance to the inner grounds

Horikawa Ebisu Shrine, Osaka: No fee for admittance to the inner grounds

Imamiya Ebisu Shrine: No fee for admittance to the inner grounds

Address

Kyoto Ebisu Shrine: 125 Komatsu-cho, Yamato Oji-dori 4-jo Sagaru, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto  map

Horikawa Ebisu Shrine, Osaka: Nishi Tenma 5-4-7, Kita-ku, Osaka  map

Imamiya Ebisu Shrine: Ebisu Nishi 1-6-10, Naniwa-ku, Osaka  map

Phone

Kyoto Ebisu Shrine: (075) 525-0005

Horikawa Ebisu Shrine, Osaka: (06) 6311-8626

Imamiya Ebisu Shrine: (06) 6643-0150

Access

Kyoto Ebisu Shrine: It is a six-minute walk from Gion Shijo Station on Keihan Electric Railway. Alternatively, it is an eight-minute walk from Kawaramachi Station on Keihan Electric Railway.

Horikawa Ebisu Shrine, Osaka: From Tenma or Kitahama Station on Keihan Electric Railway, transfer to the subway to Minami-morimachi Station. It is a five-minute walk.

Imamiya Ebisu Shrine: From Yodayabashi Station on Keihan Electric Railway, transfer to the subway to Daikokucho Station. It is a five-minute walk.

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