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Commerce god festival in Osaka

Colorful palanquins are paraded through the streets of downtown Osaka on Jan. 10, 2026, the main day of the annual Toka Ebisu Festival, during which people pray to Ebisu, the patron deity of commerce, for business prosperity.

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Commerce god festival in Osaka

Colorful palanquins are paraded through the streets of downtown Osaka on Jan. 10, 2026, the main day of the annual Toka Ebisu Festival, during which people pray to Ebisu, the patron deity of commerce, for business prosperity.

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[Breaking News]Baseball: Tigers clinch CL pennant

OSAKA, Japan, Sept. 8 Kyodo - People are surrounded by police officers as they gather at Ebisu bridge in Osaka's Minami district after the Hanshin Tigers baseball club won the Central League pennant on Sept. 7, 2025. (Kyodo)

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Baseball: Tigers clinch CL pennant

People are surrounded by police officers as they gather at Ebisu bridge in Osaka's Minami district after the Hanshin Tigers baseball club won the Central League pennant on Sept. 7, 2025.

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Tuna offered to western Japan shrine

NISHINOMIYA, Japan, Jan. 8 Kyodo - People press coins and banknotes on a tuna offered at Nishinomiya shrine in the western Japan city of Nishinomiya on Jan. 8, 2020, praying for good fortune. The shrine is dedicated to Ebisu, a deity of fishing and business prosperity. (Kyodo)

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Commerce god festival in Osaka

Colorful palanquins are paraded through the streets of downtown Osaka on Jan. 10, 2025, the main day of the annual Toka Ebisu Festival, during which people pray to Ebisu, the patron deity of commerce, for business prosperity.

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Festival to wish for business success in Osaka

Visitors pack Imamiya Ebisu Shrine in Osaka, western Japan, on Jan. 9, 2025, the opening day of the annual three-day Toka Ebisu Festival, where people pray to Ebisu, the deity of commerce, for business success.

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Festival to wish for business success in Osaka

Visitors pack Imamiya Ebisu Shrine in Osaka, western Japan, on Jan. 9, 2025, the opening day of the annual three-day Toka Ebisu Festival, where people pray to Ebisu, the deity of commerce, for business success.

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JAPAN-TOKYO-CHRISTMAS

(231224) -- TOKYO, Dec. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People take photos of a Christmas tree at a square in Ebisu, Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 21, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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Baseball: Hanshin wins Japan Series

A fan jumps into the Dotonbori River in Osaka's Minami district on Nov. 5, 2023, after local baseball team Hanshin Tigers won the Japan Series championship. (Kyodo)

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Baseball: Hanshin wins Japan Series

Fans go wild near the Ebisu bridge in Osaka's Minami district on Nov. 5, 2023, after local baseball team Hanshin Tigers won the Japan Series championship.

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JAPAN-TOKYO-CHRISTMAS-CELEBRATION

(221225) -- TOKYO, Dec. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People take selfies under a tree with Christmas lights at the Ebisu Garden Place in Ebisu, Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 25, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-CHRISTMAS-CELEBRATION

(221225) -- TOKYO, Dec. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People visit the Ebisu Garden Place on the Christmas Day in Ebisu, Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 25, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-CHRISTMAS-CELEBRATION

(221225) -- TOKYO, Dec. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People rest under trees with Christmas lights at the Ebisu Garden Place in Ebisu, Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 25, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-CHRISTMAS-CELEBRATION

(221225) -- TOKYO, Dec. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People take selfies under trees with Christmas lights at the Ebisu Garden Place in Ebisu, Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 25, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-CHRISTMAS-CELEBRATION

(221225) -- TOKYO, Dec. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People enjoy a music show to celebrate Christmas and upcoming new year at the Ebisu Garden Place in Ebisu, Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 25, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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Hiroshima in ruins after U.S. atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - This file photo shows a store, Odamasa Shoten, whose frame was twisted by the blast from the U.S. atomic bombing. Standing next to it is the exterior of the Chugoku Shimbun newspaper building. The photo was taken in Ebisu, Hiroshima City, sometime between Aug. 10 and Aug. 11, 1945.

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Celebrities, geisha parade at annual 'Ebisu' festival

OSAKA, Japan - A dazzling good luck palanquin parade, featuring kabuki actor Nakamura Ganjiro (C) and other celebrities as well as geisha female entertainers, march through downtown Osaka in western Japan on Jan. 10, 2015, the main day of the annual "Toka Ebisu" festival, during which people pray to Ebisu, the patron deity of commerce, for business success.

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Annual 'Ebisu' festival for business success begins

OSAKA, Japan - "Fuku musume," or good luck girls, clad in kimono and donning golden headwear resembling those of ancient Japanese court nobles hand out lucky charms of bamboo branches to visitors at Imamiya Ebisu Shrine in Osaka, western Japan, on Jan. 9, 2015. The "Yoi Ebisu" (Eve of Ebisu) event preludes the main "Toka Ebisu" festival held annually through Jan. 11 during which people pray to Ebisu, the patron deity of commerce, for business success.

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Annual 'Ebisu' festival for business success begins

OSAKA, Japan - Imamiya Ebisu Shrine in Osaka, western Japan, is packed with visitors for the "Yoi Ebisu" (Eve of Ebisu) event on Jan. 9, 2015, ahead of the main "Toka Ebisu" festival held annually through Jan. 11 during which people pray to Ebisu, the patron deity of commerce, for business success.

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People wish for growth of business at Nishinomiya Shrine

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Visitors place coins onto a large whole tuna offered at Nishinomiya Shrine, known as the head shrine of the deity of good fortune, Ebisu, in the city of Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 8, 2015, ahead of a three-day festival starting the following day. People visit the annual event to pray for the success of their businesses by placing coins on the body of a tuna.

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People pray for prosperity before tuna at shrine

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - A large frozen tuna is offered at Nishinomiya Shrine, known as the head shrine for the "Ebisu" deity of good fortune, in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, during a ceremony to pray for a year of prosperity for businesses on Jan. 8, 2015. People attach coins to the tuna in a traditional manner said to bring economic fortune.

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People wish for growth of business at Nishinomiya Shrine

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Visitors place coins onto a large whole tuna offered at Nishinomiya Shrine, known as the head shrine of the deity of good fortune, Ebisu, in the city of Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 8, 2015, ahead of a three-day festival starting the following day. People visit the annual event to pray for the success of their businesses by placing coins on the body of a tuna.

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Pure gold Ebisu statuette displayed at Osaka jewelry shop

OSAKA, Japan - A 130-million-yen pure gold statuette of Ebisu, a Japanese deity known as the guardian of commerce, measuring around 40 centimeters in height and 32 centimeters in width, is displayed on Dec. 26, 2014, at jewelry shop Ginza Tanaka in Osaka's Shinsaibashi shopping district, western Japan. The display started the same day and will run until Jan. 12, 2015.

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Pure gold Ebisu statuette displayed at Osaka jewelry shop

OSAKA, Japan - A 130-million-yen pure gold statuette of Ebisu, a Japanese deity known as the guardian of commerce, measuring around 40 centimeters in height and 32 centimeters in width, is displayed on Dec. 26, 2014, at jewelry shop Ginza Tanaka in Osaka's Shinsaibashi shopping district, western Japan. The display started the same day and will run until Jan. 12, 2015.

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Women's entry into Shinto priesthood increasing

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 6, 2014 shows Nobuyo Otagaki, a female chief priest at the Amagasaki Ebisu Shrine, in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, performing a purification rite in the city in front of businesspeople to pray for prosperity in their businesses.

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Wishing for prosperity

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Visitors wishing for prosperity put coins on tuna offered by a local fishery cooperative at Nishinomiya Shrine, a Shinto shrine dedicated to Ebisu, the god of commerce, in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 8, 2014.

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Bankers count money offered at Osaka shrine

OSAKA, Japan - Female bank staffers wearing traditional Japanese happi coats count money given as offerings during the annual ''Toka Ebisu'' festival at Imamiya Ebisu Shrine in Osaka on Jan. 12, 2012. During the festival that took place Jan. 9-11, some 940,000 people visited the shrine and gave offerings totaling an estimated 45 million yen.

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Bankers count money offered at Osaka shrine

OSAKA, Japan - Female bank staffers wearing traditional Japanese happi coats count money given as offerings during the annual ''Toka Ebisu'' festival at Imamiya Ebisu Shrine in Osaka on Jan. 12, 2012. During the festival that took place Jan. 9-11, some 940,000 people visited the shrine and gave offerings totaling an estimated 45 million yen.

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Japan's K-pop fans turn to promising new faces

TOKYO, Japan - Excited Japanese women shake hands with members of Apeace, a recently formed pop group consisting of 21 young South Korean men, after seeing them dance and sing at K Theater Tokyo in the Japanese capital's Ebisu district on July 21, 2011.

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Police raid barbecue chain outlet over food poisoning

FUKUI, Japan - Police investigators bring out boxes of confiscated materials from an outlet of the Yakiniku-zakaya Ebisu restaurant chain in Fukui on May 6, 2011, over a fatal food poisoning case following the deaths of four people who ate raw meat dishes at the restaurants.

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Fatal food poisoning at barbecue chain

KANAZAWA, Japan - Yasuhiro Kanzaka, president of Foods Forus Co., the operator of the Yakiniku-zakaya Ebisu chain, bows in apology in front of the company's head office in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, on May 5, 2011, over the fatal food poisoning cases. The death toll in a string of food poisoning cases believed to be caused by consuming raw meat at the barbecue restaurant chain rose to four on the day.

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Fatal food poisoning at barbecue chain

KANAZAWA, Japan - Yasuhiro Kanzaka (L, front), president of Foods Forus Co., prostrates himself in apology in front of the company's head office in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, on May 5, 2011, over fatal food poisoning cases at the company's Yakiniku-zakaya Ebisu chain. The death toll from food poisoning believed to be caused by raw meat served at the ''yakiniku'' barbecue restaurant chain rose to four that day.

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Deadly food poisoning at 'yakiniku' chain

KANAZAWA, Japan - Yasuhiro Kanzaka, president of Foods Forus Co., which operates the Yakiniku-zakaya Ebisu barbecue restaurant chain, speaks during a press conference on May 2, 2011, in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, following a string of food poisoning cases that arose among customers of the chain. The death toll from the cases reached three on May 4.

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Raw meat sushi bar in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A group of women are seen at restaurant Nikuzushi (meat sushi), which specializes in raw meat, including beef, chicken, pork, deer and horse meat, in Tokyo's Ebisu district on Jan. 28, 2011. At least 60 percent of customers at the restaurant, which opened in May 2010, are women, with many of them around 30 years old, according to its operator Spice Works.

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Osaka commerce god festival

OSAKA, Japan - ''Lucky girls'' put lucky items on the bamboos of visitors as the Toka Ebisu festival featuring a commerce god begins at Imamiya Ebisu Shrine in Osaka on Jan. 9, 2011.

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Osaka commerce god festival

OSAKA, Japan - Men carry a woman in a palanquin on a street as the Toka Ebisu festival featuring a commerce god begins in Osaka on Jan. 9, 2011.

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Bankers count money offered at shrine

OSAKA, Japan - Female bank staffers wearing traditional Japanese happi coats count money given as offerings during the annual ''Toka Ebisu'' festival at Imamiya Ebisu Shrine in Osaka, on Jan. 12, 2010. During the festival that took place Jan. 9 through 11, some 1 million people visited the shrine, about 70,000 more than last year due to the three-day weekend, and gave offerings totaling around 45 million yen, about the same amount as last year.

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Bankers count money offered at shrine

OSAKA, Japan - Female bank staffers wearing traditional Japanese happi coats hold money given as offerings during the annual ''Toka Ebisu'' festival at Imamiya Ebisu Shrine in Osaka, on Jan. 12, 2010. Eleven bankers counted the offerings, estimated to total 45 million yen, that were collected during the three-day event at the shrine held Jan. 9 through 11 which drew about 1 million people.

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Bankers count money offered at shrine

OSAKA, Japan - Female bank staffers wearing traditional Japanese happi coats count money given as offerings during the annual ''Toka Ebisu'' festival at Imamiya Ebisu Shrine in Osaka, on Jan. 12, 2010. During the festival that took place Jan. 9 through 11, some 1 million people visited the shrine, about 70,000 more than last year due to the three-day weekend, and gave offerings totaling around 45 million yen, about the same amount as last year.

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Narita Express scrapes maintenance vehicle, no injuries reported

TOKYO, Japan - An express train (L) bound for Narita international airport scrapes a conveyer belt of a railway track maintenance vehicle on Sept. 3 in Tokyo, but no injuries were reported. East Japan Railway Co. said both vehicles scraped each other when the conveyer belt stuck out over a fence separating the tracks between JR's Shibuya and Ebisu Station.

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Gold figure of god of business prosperity unveiled

OSAKA, Japan - Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewelry K.K. unveils a pure gold ''Ebisu'' figure, or god of business prosperity, for sale on Dec. 26 in Osaka. The figure, 40 centimeters high and 15 kilograms in weight, will be put on sale starting Jan. 2 at 80 million yen.

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(5)Tigers win Central League pennant for 1st time in 18 years

OSAKA, Japan - An exuberant Hanshin Tigers fan dives into the Dodombori River from Ebisu Bridge in Osaka on Sept. 15 after the baseball club won the Central League pennant for the first time in 18 years.

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Brewery execs attend campaign against happoshu tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Top executives of Japan's four largest breweries -- Kirin Brewery Co., Asahi Breweries Ltd., Sapporo Breweries Ltd. and Suntory Ltd. -- gather Dec. 6 at Tokyo's Ebisu Garden Place to petition government plans to increase the tax on ''happoshu,'' an increasingly popular low-malt, beer-like beverage in Japan.

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Russian wayfinding sign in Tokyo uncovered after criticism

A wayfinding sign in Russian (R) is shown at JR Ebisu Station in Tokyo on April 15, 2022, after previously being covered up following complaints from passengers upset at Russia's invasion of Ukraine. East Japan Railway Co. reversed its decision to cover the sign after criticism that the move could be considered discriminatory.

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Russian wayfinding sign in Tokyo uncovered after criticism

A wayfinding sign in Russian is shown at JR Ebisu Station in Tokyo on April 15, 2022, after previously being covered up following complaints from passengers upset at Russia's invasion of Ukraine. East Japan Railway Co. reversed its decision to cover the sign after criticism that the move could be considered discriminatory.

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Festival to wish for business success in Osaka

Visitors crowd Imamiya Ebisu Shrine in Osaka, western Japan, for the "Yoi Ebisu" (Eve of Ebisu) event on Jan. 9, 2022, the first day of the annual three-day Toka Ebisu Festival at which people pray to Ebisu, the deity of commerce, for success in business.

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Festival to wish for business success in Osaka

Visitors crowd Imamiya Ebisu Shrine in Osaka, western Japan, for the "Yoi Ebisu" (Eve of Ebisu) event on Jan. 9, 2022, the first day of the annual three-day Toka Ebisu Festival at which people pray to Ebisu, the deity of commerce, for success in business.

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Festival to wish for business success in Osaka

"Fuku musume" (lucky girls) put lucky charms on visitors' bamboo branches at the Imamiya Ebisu Shrine in Osaka, western Japan, on Jan. 9, 2022, the first day of the annual three-day Toka Ebisu Festival at which people pray to Ebisu, the deity of commerce, for success in business.

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Festival to wish for business success in Osaka

Visitors crowd Imamiya Ebisu Shrine in Osaka, western Japan, for the "Yoi Ebisu" (Eve of Ebisu) event on Jan. 9, 2022, the first day of the annual three-day Toka Ebisu Festival at which people pray to Ebisu, the deity of commerce, for success in business.