 Last additions - Shinagawa Shukuba Matsuri Festival しながわ宿場まつり |
Shinagawa Station on the Keihin Kyuko (Keikyu) Line.Jun 13, 2017
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Shinagawa Station on the Keihin Kyuko (Keikyu) Line.Jun 13, 2017
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Shinagawa Station on the Keihin Kyuko (Keikyu) Line.Jun 13, 2017
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Kita-Shinagawa Station on the Keihin Kyuko (Keikyu) Line.Jun 13, 2017
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Shinagawa Station on the Keihin Kyuko (Keikyu) Line.Jun 13, 2017
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PR for the latest Godzilla movie. There were Godzilla movie posters and flyers all over the place. I had to ask why. Found out that in the first Godzilla movie in the 1950s, Shinagawa was where Godzilla first set foot on Japan (near Shinagawa Station).Jun 13, 2017
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Folk performances at a small park.Jun 13, 2017
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Flea marketJun 13, 2017
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Small park had food booths.Jun 13, 2017
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Gama no abura or Toad's OilJun 13, 2017
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Modern Dance Company, SeagullJun 13, 2017
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This is a komuso, a Zen monk who went around playing the shakuhachi bamboo flute while wearing a basket on the head. This is how they meditated and begged. Ninja famously disguised themselves as komuso.Jun 13, 2017
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Students from a kimono school.Jun 13, 2017
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Students from a kimono school.Jun 13, 2017
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The problem with this parade is that they don't identify who's who. I have a list of Edo Period characters in the parade and I can identify the major ones, but not this one with the bare shoulder. Jun 13, 2017
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Wearing black and red is Nezumi Kozō (鼠小僧) (1797–1831), a Japanese thief and folk hero who lived in Edo during the Edo period.Jun 13, 2017
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Yaoya Oshichi (八百屋お七, ca. 1667–1683), literally "greengrocer Oshichi", was a daughter of the greengrocer Tarobei who lived in the Hongo neighborhood of Edo at the beginning of the Edo period.She was executed for attempting to commit arson. The story became the subject of joruri plays.Jun 13, 2017
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Isshin Tasuke (一心太助) fictional Edo Period fishmonger was the ideal Edokko.Jun 13, 2017
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Candy vendors. The people parading in these costumes are all ordinary people who paid ¥15,000 to ¥30,000 for the privilege. To cover the makeup and costume fees.Jun 13, 2017
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Before newspapers, they passed out news flyers called kawaraban in the Edo Period for major events and notices. She gave out festival flyers.Jun 13, 2017
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The liveliest part of the parade. These people were offering candy to spectators like they did in the old days.Jun 13, 2017
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At the head of the costume parade was Mito Komon. On the left in kimono is Andrijana Cvetkovik, Macedonian Ambassador to Japan. She's holding her country's flag. The Macedonian Embassy is in Shinagawa. On the right is someone from BrazilJun 13, 2017
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Shinagawa Joshi GakuinJun 13, 2017
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Local cheerleaders.Jun 13, 2017
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Shinagawa Mothers AssociationJun 13, 2017
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"Beware of dangerous drugs"Jun 13, 2017
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"Beware of investment fraud"Jun 13, 2017
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Local school band.Jun 13, 2017
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The parade is also part of a traffic safety campaign. Jun 13, 2017
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This is the Honorary Shinagawa Police Chief for the day, voice actress and impersonator Ayano Fukuda (福田彩乃).Jun 13, 2017
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Police on white motorcycle.e.Jun 13, 2017
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In late Sept., Shinagawa holds the annual Shukuba Festival highlighted by a small parade of people wearing Edo Period costumes (江戸風俗行列). Jun 13, 2017
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The parade is led by these Buddhist monks chanting in front of a local temple.Jun 13, 2017
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