四(し)万(まん)六(ろく)千日(せんにち)は東京都(とうきょうと)台東区(たいとうく)の浅草寺(せんそうじ)の本尊(ほんぞん)である観世音(かんぜおん)菩薩(ぼさつ)の縁日(えんにち)で、４６，０００日分(にちぶん)の功徳(くどく)がある縁日(えんにち)という意味(いみ)で、毎年(まいとし)７月(がつ)９，１０日(にち)の日(ひ)にあたります。この日(ひ)に参拝(さんぱい)すれば、百(ひゃく)日分(にちぶん)の参拝(さんぱい)に相当(そうとう)するご利益(りえき)（功徳(くどく)）が得(え)られると信仰(しんこう)されてきたものです。
また、この日(ひ)に伴(ともな)ってほおずき市(し)が催(もよお)されます。ほおずきの実(み)を水(みず)で丸(まる)飲(の)みすれば、「大人(おとな)は癪(しゃく)を切(き)り、子供(こども)は虫(むし)気(き)を去(さ)る」という民間(みんかん)信仰(しんこう)があり、ほおずき を求(もと)める人(ひと)で賑(にぎ)わったそうです。今(いま)でも、両日(りょうじつ)に赤(あか)く実(みの)りかけた ほおずきの鉢(はち)植(う)えが境内(けいだい)に並(なら)べられ、参拝(さんぱい)客(きゃく)に販売(はんばい)されています。

Shimanrokusen nichi wa Tōkyōto Taitōku no Sensōji no honzon de aru kanzeonbosatsu no ennichi de, yon man roku sen nichibun no kudoku ga aru ennichi toiu imi de, maitoshi shichigatsu kyū, jū nichi no hini atarimasu. Kono hini sanpaisureba, hyaku nichibun no sanpai ni sōtōsuru goriyaku (kudoku) ga erareru to shinkōsaretekita mono desu.
Mata, kono hini tomonatte hōzuki shi ga moyoosaremasu. Hōzuki no mi o mizu de maru nomi sureba, “otona wa shaku o kiri, kodomo wa mushike o saru” toiu minkan shinkō ga ari, hōzuki o motomeru hito de nigiwatta sō desu. Ima demo, ryōjitsu ni akaku minorikaketa hōzuki no hachiue ga keidai ni naraberare, sanpai kyaku ni hanbaisareteimasu.

“Shimanrokusen’nichi” is the anniversary of the auspicious day of Kannon Bosatsu, the principal deity of Sensoji Temple in Taito-ku, Tokyo, which means the auspicious day holds 46,000 days' worth of merit, and it falls on July 9 or 10 each year. It has been believed that worshipping on these days will bring benefits equivalent to 100 days of worship.
A hozuki (Japanese hollyhock) market is also held on this day. It is said that if you drink a hozuki fruit with water, it will "for adults, end a type of chronic illness and for children, stop abdominal pain caused by insects," a folk belief that has attracted many people seeking hozuki. Nowadays, red-ripe hozuki plants are lined up in the precincts of the shrine and sold to visitors on both days.



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