Let's enjoy Kiyosumi Gardens🦆+Exciting O-EDO MIKOSHI🎉CONTEST 神輿 & Modern Art!

JAPANESE FESTIVAL, GARDEN & ART LOVERS, THIS WILL BE GREAT!
It's the 24th Annual O-Edo Mikoshi Competition Matsuri / Festival!
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12 Mikoshi carry teams & finely decorated portable shrines from around the Kanto area will be joining this contest. Competing teams will show their strength & skill in handling gorgeous shrines in which Shinto gods or "Kami" are carried during Omatsuri (Shinto festivals) throughout Japan!
The Mikoshi Matsuri will also feature singing, local celebrities, food stalls & much more!
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This may be like the GRAND PRIX, or OLYMPICS of MIKOSHI contests!
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Before attending the great Oedo Mikoshi Festival, let's get acquainted while taking a refreshing stroll through Kiyosumi Gardents & along the paths of historic Fukagawa!
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In Tokyo's TOP traditional, Edo-Period garden, KIYOSUMI TEIEN, the beauty of the trees & stones, koi, ducks & other wildlife may inspire and delight you!
(Admission for adults is just 150-en!
https://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/kiyosumi/
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Also, at the awesome Tokyo Museum of Contemporary Arts:
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TADA MINAMI'S, "STILL SHIMMERING"
https://www.mot-art-museum.jp/en/exhibitions/Tada-Minami/

"The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo is pleased to present a major solo exhibition of TADA Minami (1924–2014), a leading abstract artist whose work spans sculpture, design, and architecture in postwar Japan."

IT'S NOT A PART OF THE MEETUP, BUT YOU'RE WELCOME TO ATTEND THIS EXHIBIT SINCE IT'S NEAR THE MIKOSHI EVENT.
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(We may enjoy exploring the public (unpaid) areas of this amazing museum during some Mikoshi event breaks!)

Combining outdoor adventures & indoor fun, this event is a great opportunity to meet new friends & improve your language skills in a friendly, relaxed & enjoyable environment!
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The Kiba-Kiyosumi area isn't well known to many outsiders, (more peaceful than bustling Tokyo) yet it's rich in historical sites, with numerous parks, gardens, temples, museums and vintage neighborhood shops of all kinds!
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KIBA PARK is a big, gorgeous, green space in Koto Ward, which is also home to "MOCA", the superb, modernistic Tokyo Museum of Contemporary Art!
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We'll visit the Historical Landmark & grave of renowned JapaneseExplorer Rinzo Mamiya, & stroll through lovely Fukutomi-gawa Park on our way to the Mikoshi Festival.
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O-Edo Mikoshi Competition organizer: Japan Mikoshi Association

Participating mikoshi groups:
Omiya Hyoyukai, Lion's Club, Gifu Mutsumi,
Yoshikawa Yasaka Matsuri Seinenkai, Chiba Higashi Mutsumi, Edo Mikoshi Kiteru Rengo, Itabashi Mutsumi, Edo Mikoshi Kiteru Rengo, Itabashi Group, Matsuri Mamoru Rengo, Sakura Rengo Mikoshi Koukoukai, Kanto Nakakomikai, Chiba Prefecture Mikoshi Preservation League, Chiba Prefecture Mikoshi Preservation Federation, and the Seven Mikoshi Fellowship!
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The contest schedule:
11:00 Opening Ceremony
11:20-12:20 Oedo Mikoshi Contest (12 portable shrines)
12:20-15:20 Various entertainment & song shows (entertainment stage)
14:30-15:30 United parade of portable shrines
15:30-15:55 Oedo Mikoshi Contest Awards
16:00 End of event
Edo traditional culture exhibition booths are open from 11:00 to 16:00.
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The event will be cancelled in case of seriously RAINY weather.
(NOTE: (Our Meetup will end at 3:30pm, but you're welcome to stay until the very end)

WHERE AND WHEN?
Meet us outside at the ->A3 exit of Kiyosumi-Shirakawa station at 9:30AM!
(Accessible by both Tokyo Metro Hanzomon & Tokyo Metro Oedo Lines.)
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The Oedo Mikoshi Contest: FREE ADMISSION
Admission to Kiyosumi Gardens, Adults: ￥150, Seniors: ￥70
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We work hard to plan interesting events & to guide you to the best places, so please give generously!
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We suggest: Students, Seniors, Underemployed:￥500-1000, others please pay:￥2000-￥3000, if you can!

This is an all-ages Meetup, so kids are FREE, but babes-in arms are discouraged due to possible noise & other factors. (Sorry!)
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YOU MAY BRING A GUEST OR TWO, but we'd prefer to have your friends join our group as regular members!
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THIS MEETUP WILL BE FUN, SO LET'S ALL GO!!

Thanks, KERRY D. 😎