Tōka Ebisu
10 January 2026 — May the year be generous and your work blessed!
Tōka Ebisu (“the tenth day of Ebisu”) is held in Japan from 9 to 11 January, with 10 January as the main day, most strongly in Osaka and western Japan. Ebisu is a deity of commerce, good fortune and fishing in Japanese folk and Shinto tradition, and one of the Seven Lucky Gods. On this day merchants and workers visit shrines to pray for prosperity and success in the coming year. Among the best-known sites is Imamiya Ebisu Shrine in Osaka, while the head shrine of Ebisu is Nishinomiya Shrine in neighbouring Hyōgo Prefecture. Lucky charms are sold there on bamboo branches, and the red sea bream (tai) is the festival’s emblem. The festival follows the solar calendar with a fixed date, so it always falls in deep winter, shortly after New Year. The festival is lively and crowded, with throngs of visitors and cheerful calls for thriving business, yet at its heart lies a prayer for a good year. In the clear winter night sky, bright stars and constellations such as Orion are especially easy to see.
Flying across the sky: An ethereal, bluish-silver constellation-like figure made of luminous dots and thin connecting lines: a graceful sea bream swimming slowly across the night sky
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