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Ōtori Shrine’s Tori no Ichi is one of the largest and busiest, with rows of stalls stretching out of the shrine grounds to line the surrounding streets of Asakusa, Tokyo.
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Tori no Ichi are famous for the spirited clapping from kumade vendors.
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Kumade can include all kinds of additional auspicious designs, from the cheerful Okame (or Otafuku) to “lucky cats” (manekineko), crane-and-turtle motifs, bales of rice, koban coins, pine trees, and shimenawa ropes like those seen at shrines.
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Kumade for display start at around ¥1,000 but can command prices well into six figures. The most popular range from around ¥20,000 to ¥50,000.
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