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A customer pays for a hozuki Chinese lantern plant during the annual Hozuki-ichi fair at Sensoji temple in Asakusa, Tokyo, on July 9. (Photo / The Yomiuri Shimbun) |
About 120 stalls were set up during the Hozuki-ichi festival, which dates back to the Edo period (1603-1867).
Tradition says eating the plant’s orange flesh at the auunal fair can help heal diseases. “I came here to buy [hozuki] as a lucky charm,” said a 76-year-old visitor from Misato, Saitama Prefecture.
