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The biggest taiko drum festival in the Kanto region is held annually in April. Various taiko drum troupes perform for two full days on various outdoor stages in Narita, including the main stage in front of the Narita-san temple.1585 views
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Musashimaru and Dejima941 views
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Actress Riho Makise throwing setsubun beans at Narita-san881 views
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Musashimaru throws setsubun beans at Narita-san766 views
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Musashimaru gets his setsubun beans at Narita-san.737 views
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Hikaru Nishida at center in red for Naritasan Setsubun in Feb. 2001.624 views
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Bag of beans. I caught this from Dejima. They throw little bags of beans instead of individual beans. Bean bags are much easier to catch and to clean up afterward.615 views
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Narita Gion Matsuri571 views
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Narita-san Setsubun bean throwers. Sumo wrestlers, Nishida Hikaru, Makise Riho, etc.555 views
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Preparing unagi eel, Narita, Chiba. Also see the video at YouTube.507 viewsSlicing it in half lengthwise.
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Tired from walking, Narita Gion Matsuri455 views
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Narita-san during Narita Gion Festival418 views
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Narita-san temple's main hall.418 views
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Narita Gion Matsuri412 views
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Group photo of bean throwers. Sumo wrestlers at the top.409 views
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Narita-san Park's Ukimido Floating Hall407 views
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Cleanup.395 views
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Poster for Setsubun in Feb. 2001. The following photos are from Feb. 3, 2001.384 views
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Gathering at Narita-san temple366 views
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Drum troupe from S. Korea359 views
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Striping off the boney spine.359 views
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Pulling the float, Narita Gion Matsuri352 views
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Held in July, Narita Gion Matsuri Festival has ornate floats pulled on the streets of Narita and to Narita-san temple. Pulling a float on the street345 views
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Priests at Narita-san.344 views
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Names of celebrity bean throwers in 2001. They include actresses Hikaru Nishida and sumo wrestlers Yokozuna Akebono, Musashimaru, Dejima, and Asashoryu.343 views
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Narita-san Dai-hondo main worship hall. These people are waiting to see the taiko drum performance. 大本堂333 views
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Narita-san Park's Ukimido Floating Hall325 views
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Narita Gion Matsuri323 views
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Offering prayers at Narita Gion Matsuri314 views
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Museum of Aeronautical Sciences312 viewsThe museum is right at the end of the runway of Narita International Airport.
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Narita Gion Matsuri311 views
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Platform for bean throwers.299 views
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Narita-san Park's Ukimido Floating Hall292 views
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Tower of Peace, Narita-san Heiwa no Daito 平和の大塔267 views
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Narita-san priests258 views
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Platform for bean throwers.257 views
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Last group244 views
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Haruka Ayase is in the title role of Yae Niijima in this year's NHK Taiga Drama.229 views
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L-R: Haruka Ayase, Kotaro Koizumi (son of former Prime Minister Jun'ichiro Koizumi), and Hidetoshi Nishijima at Naritasan Shinshoji Setsubun festival on Feb. 3, 2013.223 views
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Komyodo Hall, Important Cultural Property at Narita-san. Built in 1701 and dedicated to the Dainichi Nyorai Buddha, the principal image of Shingon Buddhism. 光明堂207 views
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Prayers at Narita-san206 views
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Main stage at Narita-san temple.197 views
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Taiko troupe from Okinawa191 viewsThis group stole the show with a dragon dance, lion dogs, and eisa taiko drummers.
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Actress Haruka Ayase (left) throws beans at Naritasan Shinshoji temple on Feb. 3, 2013.189 views
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The crowd try desperately to get a shot of Haruka Ayase. I was shooting blind as I raised my camera in the air to shoot. Narita-san Shinshoji temple Setsubun bean throwing.188 views
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Side entrance to Narita-san temple.187 views
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Old YS-11 prop plane.182 views
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Narita-san Shinshoji temple holds its Setsubun Bean-throwing Festival on Feb. 3. It was jam-packed on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013. 181 views
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Baruto and Yokozuna Hakuho at Naritasan Shinshoji for Setsubun bean throwing on Feb. 3, 2013.177 views
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Main stage at Narita-san temple.169 viewsOn Saturday evening, the festival climaxes with a free show on the main stage. The best taiko troupes from Japan and overseas performed for 2 hours.
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Priests enter the temple at Narita-san.169 views
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Ozeki Kisenosato and Okinoumi at Naritasan.166 views
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Cherry blossom grove157 views
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Inside the YS-11156 views
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Baruto at Naritasan Shinshoji for Setsubun on Feb. 3, 2013.156 views
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Baruto and Yokozuna Hakuho.156 views
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Tower of Peace, Narita-san Heiwa no Daito, built in 1984. 平和の大塔150 views
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Turtles huddle for sunshine.149 views
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People streaming into Narita-san Shinshoji temple's main hall.149 views
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Keisei Narita Station139 viewsThe Narita City Hall can be seen with the green, temple-like roof.
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Keisei Narita Station. Getting to Narita is cheaper via Keisei Railway.138 views
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Narita-san Park cherry blossoms. The park opened in 1928. 成田山公園136 views
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Museum's observation deck.135 views
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JR Narita Station132 views
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Main road to Narita-san temple130 views
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Most people came to see the celebrities throwing the beans for mamemaki. They included sumo wrestlers Yokozuna Hakuho, Ozeki Kisenosato, Baruto, and Okinoumi. Also Haruka Ayase, Ayame Goriki, Kotaro Koizumi and other stars of the current NHK Taiga Drama.128 views
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Somon Gate is what you first see, Narita-san's main gate. 総門127 views
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The path to Shinshoji has sculptures of the oriental zodiac. 2013 is the year of the snake.124 views
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Narita-san Park has a Japanese garden, quite scenic in spring with cherry blossoms.122 views
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The Dai-hondo main hall of Narita-san temple. 大本堂120 views
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Narita-san's Three-story Pagoda, an Important Cultural Property120 views
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These are non-celebrities. They threw the beans for about a minute. Very short.108 views
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People streaming to Shinshoji for the Setsubun bean throwing festival.107 views
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After throwing beans the first session, the bean throwers started leaving. First the sumo wrrstlers, then the actresses/actors. Haruka Ayase is behind the wrestlers here.107 views
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Baruto and Haruka Ayase proceed to their places.107 views
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Narita-san Shinshoji Temple is Chiba Prefecture's most famous temple. Belonging to the Shingon Buddhist Sect, it holds many of Narita's major festivals such as Setsubun. Four buildings are also Important Cultural Properties.107 viewsA short walk from JR and Keisei Narita Stations.
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Niomon Gate.106 views
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After throwing the beans, they clapped their hands.106 views
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Since I came all the way out here, I decided to stay and see the second bean-throwing ceremony at 1:30 pm.106 views
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Actress Haruka Ayase is in the center of this shot.106 views
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The steps lead to Niomon Gate.105 views
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There's a ceremony first inside the temple.105 views
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Actress Haruka Ayase comes out of the temple.105 views
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Normally, you can enter the temple up the steps straight from Niomon Gate, but it was blocked off and we had to use the steps on the right.104 views
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Jam-packed since Feb. 3 fell on a Sunday this year in 2013.104 views
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Gate to Shinshoji ahead.103 views
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Most of use didn't get any beans. It was the first time I didn't get any beans from a Setsubun festival.103 views
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The sumo wrestlers always stand at the top.103 views
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Passing through Niomon Gate.102 views
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The mamemaki bean-throwing ceremony was held three times. The first time was at 11 am. I was way too far away from the bean throwers.102 views
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This is how close you have to be to the platform to get any beans.102 views
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Finally, the celebrity bean throwers arrived again and first posed for a group photo before going inside the temple for the ceremony.102 views
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Crowd dispersing.102 views
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Shinshoji's Somon Gate. Naritasan Shinshoji temple belongs to the Shingon Sect of Buddhism. 総門100 views
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"Yae no Sakura" is about a woman warrior named Yae Niijima (1845-1932) from Aizu-Wakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture...100 viewsAizu-Wakamatsu is famous for Tsurugajo Castle and as the site of a Boshin War battle between pro-Emperor forces and pro-shogun forces who lost. Yae was on the latter side. After the war, she fought for equality for women and mastered English well enough to help with the English typesetting of Kyoto's earliest English guidebooks (written by her brother and translated into English by a translator).
Her husband Joseph Hardy Neesima or Jo Niijima had studied in the US and founded a Christian school which became the prestigious Doshisha University in Kyoto.
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From the train station, the main path to Narita-san is lined with shops and restaurants. The buildings look more traditional as you get closer to the temple.99 views
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I arrived just before 11 am which was too late to get close to the bean throwers.99 views
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Inside the main hall, people pray and throw money. It must like this during New Year's too. Setsubun is actually like New Year's Eve.99 views
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The ceremony inside the temple had sutra chanting while there was a fire started by a priest and used to heat the bean boxes given to the bean throwers. They threw beans at the altar, not to any people.99 views
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Celebrity bean throwers wave as they enter the temple for the Setsubun ceremony.99 views
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There she is at the center, actress Haruka Ayase who plays the title role of 2013's NHK Taiga Drama, "Yae no Sakura."99 views
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Finally in the central grounds of the temple. It was packed like a rush-hour Tokyo train.98 views
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People streaming into the temple's main hall.98 views
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I stood and waited for about 90 min. until 1:30 pm. Glad I brought lunch (riceballs).98 views
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Bean-throwing platform.98 views
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After the ceremony, the bean throwers came outside.97 views
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Already, hordes of people stand and wait for the second bean-throwing session 2 hours later.97 views
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At left is Ayame Goriki, another actress, comes out of the temple.97 views
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My Youtube video of Narita-san Setsubun bean-throwing on Feb. 3, 2013.97 views
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Shinshoji's main hall is decorated with Buddhist colors and red and white.96 views
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Meanwhile, I joined many others to worship inside the temple's main hall.96 views
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This side was more crowded because that's where the celebrities would throw beans. Press cameramen were also on this side.96 views
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The ceremony was broadcast outside so we could hear it. There was some chanting and announcement of the names of the bean throwers.96 views
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They also start a fire inside the temple to which they expose the bean boxes to be used by the bean throwers.96 views
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After the ceremony which took about 20 min., they came out of the temple and took their places for bean throwing. This is Baruto.96 views
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Names of the celebrity bean throwers.95 views
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In-between the bean-throwing sessions, they held a different ceremony, called "Kaiun mamemaki" (開運豆まき), inside the main hall. They paraded into the temple at around 12:30 pm.95 views
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The people (no celebrities) participating in Kaiun mamemaki had a group photo taken. Anybody could join this by paying 10,000 yen.95 views
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Haruka Ayase posed for us for a while.95 views
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Haruka Ayase throwing beans. It ended in less than 90 sec. Ridiculously short.95 views
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After throwing bean, they clap their hands.95 views
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At around 3:30 pm, people started to gather for the day's third and final bean-throwing by ordinary folks.95 views
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We all patiently waited. But things happened so it made the time go by faster. Fortunately, the weather was good.94 views
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The crowds make their way into the main hall.94 views
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Walking back to the train station.94 views
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Buy this 500-yen charm and 100 yen will be donated to the city of Rikuzen-Takada in Tohoku.93 views
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People line up for lucky beans.93 views
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So much for the first bean-throwing ceremony. I was just too far away because I arrived late.92 views
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They had this altar decoration with small branches from a tree in Tohoku. The bean throwing would also be about "throwing out hardship" in Tohoku. 特別追儺豆まき式92 views
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After passing through Somon Gate, a flight of steps ahead.91 views
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The police and security people were most fearful of people falling like dominos. They kept shouting to not push forward. And to not pick up beans on the ground. I agree that it's dangerous to pick up beans on the ground.91 views
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The press cameramen who were on this platform were all gone after the 2nd bean-throwing session.91 views
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Inside the main hall. The altar area is behind a glass wall. Photography was not allowed inside. Impressive altar where they have a Goma prayer fire ritual every day.90 views
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Office where you can apply to be a Kaiun mamemaki bean thrower for 10,000 yen.90 views
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There is a small space between the platform and crowd.90 views
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Bean-throwing platform.88 views
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I was too tired to stick around for the last bean-throwing ceremony.87 views
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Daruma dolls on a truck.86 views
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They had men from a security company to control the crowds. Except for one or two people who felt ill, there was no major incident.84 views
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Narita-san is a large temple complex that includes a Japanese garden, including cherry blossoms.81 views
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Map of Narita-san temple buildings.80 views
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About Narita-san temple.78 views
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Narita-san's Three-story Pagoda was first built in 1712.76 views
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Going through Niomon Gate which has a large paper lantern.74 views
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Incense burner in front of the main hall.74 views
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Talisman for sale74 views
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Prayer tablets74 views
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Main temple office74 views
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Going through Niomon Gate which has a large paper lantern.73 views
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The East Wing sells talismans.73 views
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Next is Niomon Gate, an Important Cultural Property built in 1830. 仁王門72 views
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About Issaikyodo Hall (Buddhist Scriptures Hall) 一切経堂72 views
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Inside Narita-san Shinshijo temple's Dai-hondo main worship hall.70 views
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About Shotoku Taishi Hall.70 views
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Bell Tower first built in 1701.69 views
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Prayer tablet at Narita-san. Fudo-myoo is depicted.69 views
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