There Are Traditional Lucky Lakes Showing Sightseeing Spots In Tokyo!

In my previous post on November 26th, I introduced food stalls at "Torinoichi Market" which is a traditional lucky charm market held a couple of times during November. Many people buy "lucky lakes" at the markets to collect lucks for the next year.

Plain type of the lucky lakes looks like the one in the second photo from the left end on the upper row and you can tell it is a small lake. However, most of lakes on sale at the market has lots of decorations on it as shown on the third photo from the left end on the upper row so that they don't look like lakes. The decorations are usually traditional lucky items such as gold coins, rice years, a beckoning cat, and so on. 

However it can be something out of the ordinary. Then, Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office building located in Shinjuku has nice examples of it at their travel information corner on the ground floor. Many lucky lakes are displayed there representing major areas in Tokyo. The decorations on each lucky lake are showing famous landmark in the area. 

For example, the lucky lake for Ryougoku area where the "Hall of Sumo Wrestling in Tokyo" is located shows a figure of a Sumo wrestler, hot pots called "Chanko-nabe" which are Sumo wrestlers' typical meal, and the special fan for Sumo judges. In the same way, the lucky lake for Shibuya and Harajuku area has the Hachikou-dog statue and famous shopping mall "Shibuya 109". The one for Roppongi is showing "Tokyo Tower" and The Diet Building.

How many travel spots on the decorated lucky lakes can you recognize?