◆ 333 koinobori carp streamers and a giant sanmanobori streamer will be “swimming” with Tokyo Tower in the background ◆
Springtime sights! 333 koinobori and a giant sanmanobori ♪
One six-meter sanmanobori will be “swimming” solo among koinobori in a variety of colors.
This sanmanobori is displayed during the Sanriku Ofunato Tokyo Tower Sanma Festival, a good-will event that takes place in fall each year for the reconstruction to Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, from the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster, with which the event has an amicable relationship.
333 colorful koinobori and a six-meter-long sanmanobori have become an established Tokyo attraction.
Come to see this magnificent display of koinobori “swimming” against the blue skies and red steel frame of Tokyo Tower.
※ What are koinobori (carp streamer) ?
Children’s Day is celebrated on May 5th each year in Japan.
On this day, in the wish that their boys will grow up healthy, it is customary to display carp-shaped streamers made from cloth in the garden of each home.
Based on a legend about a carp that swam up a waterfall and became a dragon, each family wishes for their boys to grown up strong, just like this carp.
Display schedule
From Friday April 3rd until Wednesday May 6th (substitute holiday)
※During the six days from Wednesday April 8th until Monday 13th, this display will be temporarily suspended due to the scheduling of another event.
Display times: 24 hours
Location: in front of the front entrance, Tokyo Tower
※Between 5:30 p.m. and 11:00 p.m., enjoy the wires suspending the 333 koinobori glittering in seven colors ♪
Official website http://www.tokyotower.co.jp/index.html
