Asakusa is home to a number of festivals and events. A very important one takes place on the day of the rooster in November (usually it occurs twice, 12 days apart): the tori-no-ichi (酉の市, rooster market). What is sold is not roosters, but lucky rakes made from bamboo, the kumade (熊手), heavily decorated with various symbols of good luck. The rakes are meant to rake in good fortune. Common decorations are cats (money, business), coins, the mask of the goddess of mirth (happiness), goldfishes (money), cranes (longevity), frogs etc. But beyond that, it seems that anything that could possibly strike your fancy is allowed.
Lucky rakes at the Tori-no-ichi
