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Usokae Bullfinch Exchange at Kameido Tenjin

◇ When

January 24–25, 2027

Sunday – Monday

◈ Price

Free entry

⌖ Where · 江東区

亀戸天神社

東京都江東区亀戸3-6-1 ⌖ Open in Maps ↗
Every year on January 24 and 25, visitors return last year's carved wooden bullfinch (uso) and receive a new one, turning past bad luck into good fortune. The shrine priests hand-paint around 30,000 birds for the event, a custom dating from 1820.
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