1-1 Hiyoshicho, Fuchu 183-0024 Tokyo Prefecture

3-1 Miyamachi, Fuchu 183-0023 Tokyo Prefecture

6-32 Minamicho, Fuchu 183-0026 Tokyo Prefecture

1-3-1 Sengen-cho, Fuchu 183-0001 Tokyo Prefecture

1-3 Sengencho, Fuchu 183-0001 Tokyo Prefecture

4-628 Tama-cho, Fuchu 183-0002 Tokyo Prefecture

1-1 Hiyoshicho, Fuchu 183-8550 Tokyo Prefecture

5-chome, Wakamatsucho, Fuchu 183-0005 Tokyo Prefecture

3-5-12 Asahicho, Fuchu 183-0003 Tokyo Prefecture

Miyamachi, Fuchu 183-0023 Tokyo Prefecture

3-1 Miyamachi, Fuchu 183-0023 Tokyo Prefecture

4-10 Harumicho, Fuchu 183-8523 Tokyo Prefecture

Kanagawa-Tokyo Prefecture Road No.9 Kawasakifuchusen, Fuchu Tokyo Prefecture

4-11 Koremasa, Fuchu 183-0014 Tokyo Prefecture

3-1 Miyamachi Okunitama Shrine, Fuchu Tokyo Prefecture

An Intangible Folk Cultural Property of Tokyo, Kurayami Matsuri is the most important festival of Okunitama Shrine that has a history of over 1,000 years. The festival kicks off on April 30th when shrine priests purify themselves at a ceremony on the ocean at Shinagawa. On the evening of May 3rd, six horses gallop through the Kyu-Koshu-Kaido boulevard for the Horse Competition Ceremony. The festival continues on the evening of May 4th when ornate traditional floats are paraded. The climax is on May 5th when eight portable shrines are raucously carried around in the evening. The festival was originally held in total darkness late in the night when they turned off all the street lights. Hence the name, "Kurayami Matsuri" (Festival of Total Darkness). However, many paper lanterns came to be used, so it was nicknamed the "Paper Lantern Festival." Also, since the portable shrines meet up at the Otabisho rest place, the festival is also called the "Meet-up Festival."