# Usokae Bullfinch Exchange at Kameido Tenjin
_亀戸天神社 鷽替神事_

- **When:** Sun, Jan 24, 2027 – Mon, Jan 25, 2027 (JST)
- **Where:** 亀戸天神社, 江東区 — 東京都江東区亀戸3-6-1
- **Map:** https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=35.702053,139.820358
- **Price:** Free entry
- **Category:** Matsuri & Festivals
- **Official site:** https://www.city.koto.lg.jp/kuse/koho/houdou/r07/r0801/r080115usokae.html
- **On Tokyo Events:** https://eventstokyo.com/en/events/usokae-bullfinch-exchange-at-kameido-tenjin

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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Source: Tokyo Events — https://eventstokyo.com/en/events/usokae-bullfinch-exchange-at-kameido-tenjin