noun
Tori-no-machi festival (archaic spelling)
Archaic name for the festival now known as 酉の市, held at Ōtori Shrine on each day of the Rooster in November. The modern term 酉の市 is used in contemporary Japanese.
See also: 酉の市
江戸時代の文献には「酉の待」と記されている。
In Edo-period documents, it is written as '酉の待'.
Modern standard term for the same festival; 酉の待 and 酉の町 are archaic spellings no longer in common use.
The historical derivation is uncertain; the spellings 酉の待 and 酉の町 are archaic variants of the festival name, later standardized as 酉の市.