The harvest festival held by the residents of neighboring towns and villages, who worshiped the Otori Daimyojin in Hanamata as ubusuna-gami (the guardian deity of one's birthplace), is said to be the origin of Tori no ichi in Edo.
この花又鷲大明神を産土神とする近在住民の収穫祭が江戸酉の市の発端といわれている。