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Sanja festival in Tokyo's Asakusa

TOKYO, Japan, May 17 Kyodo - People participate in the Sanja festival near Kaminari-mon gate at Senso-ji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa area despite the rain on May 17, 2025. (Kyodo)

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Sanja festival in Tokyo's Asakusa

Sanja festival in Tokyo's Asakusa

People participate in the Sanja festival near Kaminari-mon gate at Senso-ji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa area despite the rain on May 17, 2025.

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Sanja festival in Tokyo's Asakusa

Sanja festival in Tokyo's Asakusa

People participate in the Sanja festival near Kaminari-mon gate at Senso-ji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa area despite the rain on May 17, 2025.

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Sanja festival in Tokyo's Asakusa

Sanja festival in Tokyo's Asakusa

People participate in the Sanja festival near Kaminari-mon gate at Senso-ji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa area despite the rain on May 17, 2025.

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Biden Host Reception With NATO Allies - Washington

Biden Host Reception With NATO Allies - Washington

Sanja Music Milanovic, wife of Zoran Milanovic, from left Zoran Milanovic, Croatia’s president, Agata Kornhauser-Duda, wife of Andrzej Duda, Andrzej Duda, Poland's president, Ingrid Schulerud, wife of Jens Stoltenberg, Jens Stoltenberg, secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), US President Joe Biden, First Lady Jill Biden, Emmanuel Macron, France's president, Gitanas Nauseda, Lithuania's president, and his wife Diana Nausediene during an arrival ceremony at the South Portico of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. NATO leaders, who are meeting for a three-day NATO summit in Washington, will send five long-range air-defense systems for Ukraine, after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy asked for more help in the wake of stepped-up Russian strikes on his country. Photo by Graeme Sloan/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sanja festival in Tokyo's Asakusa

Sanja festival in Tokyo's Asakusa

People participate in the Sanja festival near Kaminari-mon gate at Senso-ji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa area on May 18, 2024.

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Sanja festival in Tokyo's Asakusa

Sanja festival in Tokyo's Asakusa

People participate in the Sanja festival near Kaminari-mon gate at Senso-ji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa area on May 18, 2024.

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(SP)CHINA-SHANGHAI-OLYMPIC QUALIFIER SERIES SHANGHAI-BREAKING-B-GIRLS-PRE-SELECTION (CN)

(SP)CHINA-SHANGHAI-OLYMPIC QUALIFIER SERIES SHANGHAI-BREAKING-B-GIRLS-PRE-SELECTION (CN)

(240518) -- SHANGHAI, May 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Sanja Jilwan Rasul of Germany competes during the B-Girls pre-selection of breaking at the Olympic Qualifier Series Shanghai in east China's Shanghai, May 18, 2024. (Xinhua/Wang Kaiyan)

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SUMMER SOUNDS

SUMMER SOUNDS, Sanja Festival, Asakusa, Sensoji Temple, Nakamise Street, masks, mikoshi, portable shrine=Date:June 1, 1994, Place:Asakusa,Tokyo,JAPAN

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Sanja Festival in Tokyo's Asakusa

Sanja Festival in Tokyo's Asakusa

People carry a portable shrine called mikoshi at the Sanja Festival near the Asakusa Shrine in Tokyo on May 20, 2023. The festival had been held in a restricted manner from 2020 to 2022 due to the coronavius pandemic.

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Sanja Festival in Tokyo's Asakusa

Sanja Festival in Tokyo's Asakusa

People carry a portable shrine called mikoshi at the Sanja Festival near the Asakusa Shrine in Tokyo on May 20, 2023. The festival had been held in a restricted manner from 2020 to 2022 due to the coronavius pandemic.

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Sanja Festival in Tokyo's Asakusa

Sanja Festival in Tokyo's Asakusa

People carry a portable shrine called mikoshi at the Sanja Festival near the Asakusa Shrine in Tokyo on May 20, 2023. The festival had been held in a restricted manner from 2020 to 2022 due to the coronavius pandemic.

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Sanja Festival in Tokyo's Asakusa

Sanja Festival in Tokyo's Asakusa

TOKYO, Japan - Local people carry a mikoshi (portable shrine) through the Nakamise Dori shopping street in Tokyo's Asakusa district on May 17, 2014, the second day of the annual Sanja Matsuri (Sanja Festival), which has a history of about 700 years and is one of the three-biggest festivals in Japan. Some 100 portable shrines from the district's 44 neighborhoods were paraded in the district.

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Sanja Festival in Tokyo's Asakusa

Sanja Festival in Tokyo's Asakusa

TOKYO, Japan - A mikoshi (portable shrine) carried by local people is paraded under the Kaminari Gate of Sensoji Temple in Asakusa in central Tokyo on May 17, 2014, during the annual Sanja Matsuri (Sanja Festival) on May 17, 2014. About 100 portable shrines from the district's 44 neighborhoods were carried through the area on the second day of the three-day festival, which has a history of about 700 years and is one of the three-biggest festivals in Japan.

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Sanja Festival in Tokyo's Asakusa

Sanja Festival in Tokyo's Asakusa

TOKYO, Japan - The Nakamise Dori shopping street in Tokyo's Asakusa is packed with local people carrying mikoshi (portable shrines) and visitors during the annual Sanja Matsuri (Sanja Festival) on May 17, 2014. About 100 portable shrines from the district's 44 neighborhoods were carried on the second day of the three-day festival, which has a history of about 700 years and is one of the three-biggest festivals in Japan.

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Sanja festival in Asakusa

Sanja festival in Asakusa

TOKYO, Japan - Portable shrines pass through Kaminari gate of Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on May 18, 2013, during the annual Sanja Matsuri, one of Japan's biggest festivals.

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Sanja festival in Asakusa

Sanja festival in Asakusa

TOKYO, Japan - A portable shrine is carried in the Sensoji temple precinct in Tokyo's Asakusa district on May 18, 2013, during the annual Sanja Matsuri, one of Japan's biggest festivals.

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Sanja festival in Asakusa

Sanja festival in Asakusa

TOKYO, Japan - A portable shrine is carried in the Sensoji temple precinct in Tokyo's Asakusa district on May 18, 2013, during the annual Sanja Matsuri, one of Japan's biggest festivals.

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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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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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Sanja Festival in Tokyo's Asakusa

Sanja Festival in Tokyo's Asakusa

TOKYO, Japan - People crowd the premises of Sensoji Temple in Tokyo's Asakusa on May 15 as the annual Sanja Festival, one of the metropols' three major festivals dating back to the Edo period (1600-1865), climaxes with a parade of some 100 mikoshi (portable shrines).

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(2) Big crowds enjoy Sanja Festival in Tokyo

(2) Big crowds enjoy Sanja Festival in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Locals and visitors pack the main street leading to Sensoji Temple in Tokyo's Taito Ward on May 17 as the annual Sanja Matsuri (festival) begins. The two-day event features a parade of about 100 portable shrines (mikoshi).

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(1)Big crowds enjoy Sanja Festival in Tokyo

(1)Big crowds enjoy Sanja Festival in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Both locals and visitors are in a festive mood May 17 as portable shrines (mikoshi) parade through the streets of Asakusa in the annual Sanja Matsuri, one of the three major festivals in Tokyo along with the Kanda Matsuri and Sanno Matsuri. Sanja Matsuri is a festival of Asakusa Shrine located adjacent to Sensoji Temple in Tokyo's Taito Ward.

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Portable shrine paraded through streets in Sanja Matsuri

Portable shrine paraded through streets in Sanja Matsuri

TOKYO, Japan - Crowds flock around a portable shrine being carried through the streets of Asakusa in Tokyo's Taito Ward on May 19, the last day of the three-day Sanja Matsuri festival of Asakusa Shrine.

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World of Robots exhibition held in Zagreb

STORY: World of robots exhibition held in Zagreb DATELINE: Oct. 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:28 LOCATION: Zagreb CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1. various of robots and visitors in a museum 2. SOUNDBITE (English): SANJA AJDINOVSKI, Marketing agency Outbox 3. various of robots 4. various of kids playing with robots STORYLINE: The World of Robots exhibition, the first of its kind in Croatia, is attracting thousands of visitors in Zagreb. The exhibition displays the latest developments in humanoid robotics, robotic toys, transformers and other innovations related to digital culture. SOUNDBITE (English): SANJA AJDINOVSKI, Marketing agency Outbox "This is an exhibition about the future. We brought this touring exhibition from Budapest and we want to show people what our future will look like in Croatia, because in some other countries, like China or Japan, those robots are already in use at airports, in elevators, medical facilities, but this is not something that Croatian people or even European people are used to."

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(BEIJING 2022)BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA-SARAJEVO-BiH OLYMPIC TEAM FOR BEIJING 2022

(BEIJING 2022)BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA-SARAJEVO-BiH OLYMPIC TEAM FOR BEIJING 2022

(220129) -- SARAJEVO, Jan. 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- The Bosnian Olympic team for Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games pose for group photos during a press conference in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on Jan. 28, 2022. A press conference was held on Friday in BiH's capital Sarajevo, at which the Olympic team that will represent BiH at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics was presented. The Bosnian Olympic team includes six athletes, namely Elvedina Muzaferija (alpine skiing), Emir Lokmic (alpine skiing), Strahinja Eric (cross-country skiing), Sanja Kusmuk (cross-country skiing), Mirza Nikolajev (sledding) and Esma Alic (alpine skiing). (Xinhua/Nedim Grabovica)

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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. (Kyodo)

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(2) Big crowds enjoy Sanja Festival in Tokyo

(2) Big crowds enjoy Sanja Festival in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Locals and visitors pack the main street leading to Sensoji Temple in Tokyo's Taito Ward on May 17 as the annual Sanja Matsuri (festival) begins. The two-day event features a parade of about 100 portable shrines (mikoshi). (Kyodo)

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Sanja Festival in Tokyo

Sanja Festival in Tokyo

A mikoshi (portable shrine) carried by local people is paraded through the premises of Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on May 16, 2015, during the annual Sanja Festival. About 100 portable shrines from the district's 44 neighborhoods were carried through the area on the second day of the three-day festival, which has a history of about 700 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sanja Festival in Tokyo

Sanja Festival in Tokyo

A mikoshi (portable shrine) carried by local people is paraded through the premises of Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on May 16, 2015, during the annual Sanja Festival. About 100 portable shrines from the district's 44 neighborhoods were carried through the area on the second day of the three-day festival, which has a history of about 700 years. Tokyo Skytree tower is visible in the background to the left. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sanja Festival in Tokyo

Sanja Festival in Tokyo

A mikoshi (portable shrine) carried by local people is paraded through the premises of Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on May 16, 2015, during the annual Sanja Festival. About 100 portable shrines from the district's 44 neighborhoods were carried through the area on the second day of the three-day festival, which has a history of about 700 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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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. (Kyodo)

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Greta Kacsor, Katarina Kostelna, Sanja Radosavljevic

Greta Kacsor, Katarina Kostelna, Sanja Radosavljevic

L-R Greta Kacsor (Vaci), Katarina Kostelna (Most) and Sanja Radosavljevic (Vaci) in action during the Banik Most vs Vaci NKSE match of women's handball Europe League qualifier, 3rd round, on November 21, 2020, in Most, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Hajek)

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Sanja Festival in Tokyo amid pandemic

Sanja Festival in Tokyo amid pandemic

People watch a portable shrine being carried by a truck during the annual Sanja Festival in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Oct. 18, 2020. The festival, which normally takes place in May, took place in different ways this year, with the portable shrine being carried by the truck, rather than by a number of people, in an effort to prevent the spread of coronavirus infections.

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Sanja Festival in Tokyo amid pandemic

Sanja Festival in Tokyo amid pandemic

A portable shrine is carried by a truck during the annual Sanja Festival in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Oct. 18, 2020. The festival, which normally takes place in May, took place in different ways this year, with the portable shrine being carried by the truck, rather than by a number of people, in an effort to prevent the spread of coronavirus infections.

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Sanja Festival in Tokyo amid pandemic

Sanja Festival in Tokyo amid pandemic

A portable shrine is carried by a truck during the annual Sanja Festival in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Oct. 18, 2020. The festival, which normally takes place in May, took place in different ways this year, with the portable shrine being carried by the truck, rather than by a number of people, in an effort to prevent the spread of coronavirus infections.

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Sanja Festival in Tokyo amid pandemic

Sanja Festival in Tokyo amid pandemic

A portable shrine is carried by a truck in Tokyo's Asakusa district during the annual Sanja Festival on Oct. 18, 2020. The festival, which normally takes place in May, took place in different ways this year, with the portable shrine being carried by the truck, rather than by a number of people, in an effort to prevent the spread of coronavirus infections.

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Sanja Festival in Tokyo's Asakusa

Sanja Festival in Tokyo's Asakusa

Participants in the Sanja Festival parade through the streets of Tokyo's Asakusa district, carrying a "mikoshi" portable shrine on their shoulders on May 18, 2019. The festival is held in celebration of the three founders of Sensoji Temple in Asakusa, who are enshrined in Asakusa Shrine next to the temple. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sanja festival in Asakusa

Sanja festival in Asakusa

A portable shrine is carried in the Sensoji temple precinct in Tokyo's Asakusa district on May 18, 2019, during the annual Sanja festival. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sanja festival in Asakusa

Sanja festival in Asakusa

A portable shrine is carried in the Sensoji temple precinct in Tokyo's Asakusa district on May 18, 2019, during the annual Sanja festival. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sanja festival in Asakusa

Sanja festival in Asakusa

A portable shrine is carried in the Sensoji temple precinct in Tokyo's Asakusa district on May 18, 2019, during the annual Sanja festival. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sanja festival in Asakusa

Sanja festival in Asakusa

A portable shrine is carried in the Sensoji temple precinct in Tokyo's Asakusa district on May 18, 2019, during the annual Sanja festival. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sanja festival in Asakusa

Sanja festival in Asakusa

A portable shrine is carried in the Sensoji temple precinct in Tokyo's Asakusa district on May 18, 2019, during the annual Sanja festival. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Portable shrines carried at Sanja Festival

Portable shrines carried at Sanja Festival

People carry portable shrines called mikoshi at the Sanja Festival held near the Asakusa Shrine in Tokyo on May 20, 2017. At the festival dating back some 700 years, local residents carried about 100 shrines around the area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Portable shrines carried at Sanja Festival

Portable shrines carried at Sanja Festival

People carry portable shrines called mikoshi at the Sanja Festival held near the Asakusa Shrine in Tokyo on May 20, 2017. At the festival dating back some 700 years, local residents carried about 100 shrines around the area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Portable shrines carried at Sanja Festival

Portable shrines carried at Sanja Festival

People carry portable shrines called mikoshi at the Sanja Festival held near the Asakusa Shrine in Tokyo on May 20, 2017. At the festival dating back some 700 years, local residents carried about 100 shrines around the area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sanja Festival in Tokyo's Asakusa

Sanja Festival in Tokyo's Asakusa

TOKYO, Japan - People crowd the premises of Sensoji Temple in Tokyo's Asakusa on May 15 as the annual Sanja Festival, one of the metropols' three major festivals dating back to the Edo period (1600-1865), climaxes with a parade of some 100 mikoshi (portable shrines). (Kyodo)

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(1)Big crowds enjoy Sanja Festival in Tokyo

(1)Big crowds enjoy Sanja Festival in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Both locals and visitors are in a festive mood May 17 as portable shrines (mikoshi) parade through the streets of Asakusa in the annual Sanja Matsuri, one of the three major festivals in Tokyo along with the Kanda Matsuri and Sanno Matsuri. Sanja Matsuri is a festival of Asakusa Shrine located adjacent to Sensoji Temple in Tokyo's Taito Ward. (Kyodo)

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Portable shrine paraded through streets in Sanja Matsuri

Portable shrine paraded through streets in Sanja Matsuri

TOKYO, Japan - Crowds flock around a portable shrine being carried through the streets of Asakusa in Tokyo's Taito Ward on May 19, the last day of the three-day Sanja Matsuri festival of Asakusa Shrine.

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