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Festival-goers carry portable shrines, marching through Sensoji Temple during the annual Sanja Festival in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Saturday. The festival is one of the major Shinto festivals in the city.
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Chuichi Hashimura
Someday wanna carry a portable shrine on my shoulder at Sanja Festival!(^^)!
TheInterstat
This picture sums up everything that is the opposite of fun.
Maitake
ceremony is the merest husk of faith and loyalty; It is the beginning of all confusion and disorder.
Naoko Idesawa-Ito
I don't think "festival-goers" carried the mikoshi (portable shrine) ..aren't they "ujiko" (parishoners) ?
wtfjapan
@theinterstat LOL just what i was thinking, and it sucks even more when its the middle of summer, 50,000 people all crammed together in the stinking hot sun, pure excitement
Juju1
Wow I wish I knew about it. That would have been great to see!
Open Minded
When no packed in the metro system, packed in the street...!