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The Tokyo Traveler

May 15th, 2008

Sanja Matsuri Festival This Weekend

The number three in Japanense is “san” and the Sanja Matsuri is a festival that honors the three men who founded the Asakusa Shrine in Tokyo.  Two of the men were said to have found a Kannon (Goddess of Mercy) statuette caught in their fishing net around this time in the year 628.  A wealthy […]

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