Tokyo's Sanja festival draws huge crowds

Tokyo's Sanja festival draws huge crowds

TOKYO, Japan - Tourists and locals pack the streets of Tokyo's Asakusa district as portable shrines are carried through the Kaminarimon Gate in the annual Sanja festival processionon May 21.

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