SANJA MATSURI is one of the Three Great Festivals of EDO (now Tokyo)
and is held on the third Saturday and Sunday every May by the Ujiko (
inhabitants of the neighbouring community) at Asakusa Shirne. The
presentday festival was established in the Edo period (1603-1868). The
parade of the portable shrines is conducted primarily for the mutual
amity of the Ujiko and the prosperity of the community but also enjoyed
by people other than the Ujiko.
Nikon D300 18-70mm ED Zoom
May 17, 2008