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New Year's Day in Tokyo

New Year's Day in Tokyo

A police officer directs people at Kaminari-mon gate at Senso-ji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa area on Jan. 1, 2026.

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New Year's Day in Tokyo

New Year's Day in Tokyo

A police officer directs people at Kaminari-mon gate at Senso-ji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa area on Jan. 1, 2026.

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New Year's Day in Tokyo

New Year's Day in Tokyo

Police officers stand guard around Kaminari-mon gate at Senso-ji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa area on Jan. 1, 2026.

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New Year's Day in Tokyo

New Year's Day in Tokyo

A street leading to Senso-ji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa area is crowded with people on Jan. 1, 2026.

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New Year's Day in Tokyo

New Year's Day in Tokyo

A shopping street leading to Senso-ji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa area is crowded with people on Jan. 1, 2026.

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New Year's Day in Tokyo

New Year's Day in Tokyo

A street leading to Senso-ji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa area is crowded with people on Jan. 1, 2026.

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New Year's Day in Tokyo

New Year's Day in Tokyo

A street leading to Senso-ji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa area is crowded with people on Jan. 1, 2026.

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New Year's Day in Tokyo

New Year's Day in Tokyo

A street leading to Senso-ji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa area is crowded with people on Jan. 1, 2026.

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New Year's Day in Tokyo

New Year's Day in Tokyo

A street leading to Senso-ji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa area is crowded with people on Jan. 1, 2026.

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Illustration - Surtourisme

Illustration - Surtourisme

JAPAN. TOKYO. JAPAN. TOKYO. ASAKUSA. CROWD AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE SENSO-JI TEMPLE DEDICATED TO THE GODDESS KANNON. Photo by Antoine Lorgnier/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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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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New Year's Day in Tokyo

New Year's Day in Tokyo

Senso-ji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa area is crowded with people on Jan. 1, 2025.

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New Year's Day in Tokyo

New Year's Day in Tokyo

A shopping street leading to Senso-ji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa area is crowded with people on Jan. 1, 2025.

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New Year's Day in Tokyo

New Year's Day in Tokyo

A shopping street leading to Senso-ji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa area is crowded with people on Jan. 1, 2025.

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New Year's Day in Tokyo

New Year's Day in Tokyo

A shopping street leading to Senso-ji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa area is crowded with people on Jan. 1, 2025.

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Senso-ji temple in Tokyo

Senso-ji temple in Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 5, 2024 shows Senso-ji temple, Tokyo's oldest Buddhist temple, in the Asakusa district of the Japanese capital.

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Senso-ji temple in Tokyo

Senso-ji temple in Tokyo

Photo taken on June 26, 2024, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Kaminarimon gate at Senso-ji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district.

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Senso-ji temple in Tokyo

Senso-ji temple in Tokyo

Photo taken on June 26, 2024, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Kaminarimon gate at Senso-ji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district.

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Senso-ji temple in Tokyo

Senso-ji temple in Tokyo

Photo taken on June 26, 2024, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Kaminarimon gate at Senso-ji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district.

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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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Golden Week begins in Japan

Golden Week begins in Japan

A shopping street at Senso-ji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa area is crowded with people on April 27, 2024, as Japan enters the Golden Week holiday season.

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Golden Week begins in Japan

Golden Week begins in Japan

A street leading to Kaminari-mon gate at Senso-ji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa area is crowded with people on April 27, 2024, as Japan enters the Golden Week holiday season.

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Golden Week begins in Japan

Golden Week begins in Japan

Kaminari-mon gate at Senso-ji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa area is crowded with people on April 29, 2023, as Japan enters the Golden Week holiday season.

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Golden Week begins in Japan

Golden Week begins in Japan

Kaminari-mon gate at Senso-ji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa area is crowded with people on April 29, 2023, as Japan enters the Golden Week holiday season.

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Travelers to Japan top 10 mil. in Jan.-June

Travelers to Japan top 10 mil. in Jan.-June

The Nakamise shopping street running to Senso-ji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district is crowded with foreign tourists on July 19, 2023. Government data shows foreign arrivals to Japan from January to June topped 10 million for the first time since the same period in 2019 before the coronavirus pandemic.

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Travelers to Japan top 10 mil. in Jan.-June

Travelers to Japan top 10 mil. in Jan.-June

The Nakamise shopping street running to Senso-ji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district is crowded with foreign tourists on July 19, 2023. Government data shows foreign arrivals to Japan from January to June topped 10 million for the first time since the same period in 2019 before the coronavirus pandemic.

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Travelers to Japan top 10 mil. in Jan.-June

Travelers to Japan top 10 mil. in Jan.-June

Senso-ji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district is crowded with tourists on July 19, 2023. Government data shows foreign arrivals to Japan from January to June topped 10 million for the first time since the same period in 2019 before the coronavirus pandemic.

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Golden Week begins in Japan

Golden Week begins in Japan

Kaminari-mon gate at Senso-ji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa area is crowded with people on April 29, 2023, as Japan enters the Golden Week holiday season.

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Golden Week begins in Japan

Golden Week begins in Japan

Kaminari-mon gate at Senso-ji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa area is crowded with people on April 29, 2023, as Japan enters the Golden Week holiday season.

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Tourists visit Senso-ji temple in Asakusa under heavy snow

Tourists visit Senso-ji temple in Asakusa under heavy snow

TOKYO, Japan - A woman poses for a photo at the Kaminarimon (Thunder Gate) of the Senso-ji temple in Asakusa, Tokyo, under a record-breaking heavy fall of snow on Feb. 8, 2014, with other tourists passing by.

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Kabuki actors pray at temple for April performance's success

Kabuki actors pray at temple for April performance's success

Kabuki actor Nakamura Ganjiro (C) and fellow actors pose in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Feb. 27, 2015, after praying at Senso-ji Temple for the success of their performance at the Kabukiza theater in the Japanese capital in April celebrating his succession to the kabuki name taken from his predecessor. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kabuki actor Ganjiro responds to fans in Tokyo's Asakusa district

Kabuki actor Ganjiro responds to fans in Tokyo's Asakusa district

Kabuki actor Nakamura Ganjiro (C) acknowledges cheers from well-wishers during a traditional procession in the shop-lined approach to Senso-ji Temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Feb. 27, 2015, after praying for the success of his name-taking performance at the Kabukiza theater in the Japanese capital in April. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1st Nov. snowfall in 54 years as cold air grips Tokyo

1st Nov. snowfall in 54 years as cold air grips Tokyo

People walk along Nakamise-dori, an approach to the Senso-ji temple, one of Tokyo's popular sightseeing spots, on the morning of Nov. 24, 2016, the day when the Japanese capital had snowfall in November for the first time in 54 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo reports record 366 new daily COVID-19 cases

Tokyo reports record 366 new daily COVID-19 cases

Few people are seen at Senso-ji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa, a popular sightseeing area, on July 23, 2020. The Tokyo metropolitan government confirmed the same day a single-day record of 366 new cases of the novel coronavirus.

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Japan after coronavirus state-of-emergency lifting

Japan after coronavirus state-of-emergency lifting

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a shopping street leading to Senso-ji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa area on May 26, 2020, a day after Japan completely lifted a state of emergency imposed to fight the new coronavirus.(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

New coronavirus

Tokyo's Senso-ji Temple is deserted on May 21, 2020, as a coronavirus state of emergency remains in place in the capital. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

New coronavirus

Tokyo's Senso-ji Temple is deserted on May 21, 2020, as a coronavirus state of emergency remains in place in the capital. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo's Asakusa

Tokyo's Asakusa

Photo taken April 16, 2020, shows a five-storied pagoda at Senso-ji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kaminari-mon gate in Tokyo's Asakusa

Kaminari-mon gate in Tokyo's Asakusa

Photo taken April 16, 2020, shows the Kaminari-mon gate at Senso-ji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district. Giant lanterns have been removed from the gate to install new ones. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New lantern installed at Tokyo's Senso-ji temple

New lantern installed at Tokyo's Senso-ji temple

Photo taken April 17, 2020, shows a new 3.9-meter-tall, 700-kilogram lantern installed at the Kaminarimon gate of Senso-ji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New lantern installed at Tokyo's Senso-ji temple

New lantern installed at Tokyo's Senso-ji temple

Photo taken April 17, 2020, shows a new 3.9-meter-tall, 700-kilogram lantern installed at the Kaminarimon gate of Senso-ji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New lantern installed at Tokyo's Senso-ji temple

New lantern installed at Tokyo's Senso-ji temple

Photo taken April 17, 2020, shows a new 3.9-meter-tall, 700-kilogram lantern installed at the Kaminarimon gate of Senso-ji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Giant lantern for temple in Tokyo's Asakusa

Giant lantern for temple in Tokyo's Asakusa

A new giant lantern for Kaminari-mon gate at Senso-ji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa is unveiled at a workshop in Kyoto on April 8, 2020, ahead of its installation on April 17. The lantern measures 3.9 meters in height and 3.3 meters in width, and weighs about 700 kilograms. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Quake drill for foreign visitors held at Tokyo tourist spot

Quake drill for foreign visitors held at Tokyo tourist spot

A drill in evacuating foreign tourists after a major earthquake is held at the Senso-ji temple in Tokyo on March 8, 2017, ahead of the sixth anniversary of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disasters in northeastern Japan. Around 250 foreign students studying in Japan took part in the drill organized by local businesses. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Quake drill for foreign visitors held at Tokyo tourist spot

Quake drill for foreign visitors held at Tokyo tourist spot

A drill in evacuating foreign tourists after a major earthquake is held at the Senso-ji temple in Tokyo on March 8, 2017, ahead of the sixth anniversary of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disasters in northeastern Japan. Around 250 foreign students studying in Japan took part in the drill organized by local businesses. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Quake drill for foreign visitors held at Tokyo tourist spot

Quake drill for foreign visitors held at Tokyo tourist spot

A drill in evacuating foreign tourists after a major earthquake is held at the Senso-ji temple in Tokyo on March 8, 2017, ahead of the sixth anniversary of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disasters in northeastern Japan. Around 250 foreign students studying in Japan took part in the drill organized by local businesses. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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