Annual Sanja festival held in Tokyo's Asakusa district

Annual Sanja festival held in Tokyo's Asakusa district

TOKYO, Japan - Portable shrines are carried in the Sensoji Temple precinct in Tokyo's Asakusa district May 20 during the annual Sanja festival, one of Tokyo's three main festivals.

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