Hanazono Jinja Shrine: Lanterns, stalls and rakes at annual Tori no Ichi cock festival in Tokyo soranews24.com

▼ Overlooking Golden Gai is Hanazono Jinja, or Hanazono Shrine, which translates to Flower Garden Shrine.
Image: Wikipedia/nnhFounded in the mid-1600s, when it was once surrounded by land that belonged to the Imperial Gardens, Hanazono Jinja has been renovated and rebuilt over the years due to fire and war damage.
Today it remains an important site for one of Tokyo’s most impressive annual festivals: the Tori no Ichi, which translates to cock (or rooster) market.
And then we arrived at the plaza in front of the main shrine building.
These rakes offer wealth, prosperity, and well-being, and are particularly used to wish for good luck and prosperity in business.