TOKYO-2019

Hikawa Shrine Omikoshi 氷川神社御神輿

  • Photographer
    Gigi Chung
  • Technical Info
    Hasselblad X1d
  • Photo Date
    September 2019

The annual Hikawa Shrine Omikoshi 氷川神社御神輿 took place on September 15, 2019 in Ebisu area in Tokyo. Participants carried the portable shrine or mikoshi and paraded down the surrounding streets in the neighborhood. Rocking the shrine is believed to amuse the deity and to ward off evils. Participants celebrated the festival as a sign of good harvest and good health for all.

Gigi Chung is a fine-art photographer specializing in abstract architecture and portraiture. Her first solo exhibition at Hasselblad Japan Tokyo Store Gallery In February 2019. Her works have been curated into the inaugural Monochrome exhibition at The Glasgow Gallery Of Photography in 2019. She has exhibited in Athens, Chania, Cormons,San Francisco, Vermont, Portland, Greensville, Taipei, London and New York. Her "Emergence" series has been curated into Kyotographie KG+2020 featured exhibition. She is a contributing writer to Medium Format Magazine Tagree magazine and a Hasselblad Heroine.