Honouring Daikoku, the deity of fortune, this annual January celebration at Kanda Shrine attracts Tokyoites looking to secure a helping of good luck for the year ahead, and it also puts on a few interesting 'performances'.
The hocho-shiki ritual (from 12noon on January 19) sees a master of the cutting arts demonstrate some serious kitchen knife skills in chopping up fish while a pre-Coming of Age classic will have 'new adults' soaked in cold water (January 18, from 10am). Old-school festival music accompanies the action.