Shake yourself… On the day of work thanks, “Pencil memorial” Tokyo, Katsushika-ku, November 23, 20:04
“Pencil memorial service” was held at a pencil manufacturing company in Katsushika-ku, Tokyo.
Katsushika City's pencil manufacturing company "Hokusei Pencil" opens a "pencil memorial service" every year to give away used pencils with gratitude at the end of the year.
Kotoshi meant to cut the “my body” and eliminate the pencil that worked for the people, and it was to be provided for the day of work thanks. Took part in the meditation.
A company employee offered a shortened pencil to a torii that resembled a pencil on the premises, and then a nearby shrine Miyaji read a congratulatory word and offered vegetables.
And the unburned cores of pencils that had been baked and served in advance were put together in the service tower.
Thanksgiving for pencils was also held at the venue, and many families participated in clay play made with wood scraps produced in the pencil manufacturing process and pencil grabbing competition.
A third grade boy (9) who participated in pencil grabbing said, “I still want to use the pencils carefully, because the pencils that my mother took last year still remain.”
North Star Pencil President Ryuichi Sugitani said, “I would like to continue to be an annual event thanks to the people who use pencils and pencils.”