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Sadly, the Tokyo Jidai Matsuri no longer held. It used to be held annually on Nov. 3 (Culture Day) in Asakusa, Tokyo.the Tokyo Jidai Matsuri (Festival of Historical Periods) is a parade tracing the history of Tokyo with over 1,600 people dressed in the respective period's costume. This is the lead float playing music. It took about an hour for the parade to reach Kaminarimon Gate.
Lead Float: Edo festival music played by children. Kodomo Edo-bayashi yatai
先導 子供江戸囃子屋台
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Gate to Kitain, a Tendai Buddhist temple. Part of Kawagoe's National Important Traditional Townscape Preservation District (重要伝統的建造物群保存地区).
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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.
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This page is a complete English guide to all the groups that appear in the parade. The parade assembles behind Sensoji Temple and starts at 1:30 pm from Nitenmon gate. The procession then goes down Umamichi-dori street, passes by Matsuya Department Store.先導 子供江戸囃子屋台
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Kitain Main hall, Kawagoe
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From Matsuya Department Store, the procession turns right into Kaminarimon-dori street which passes in front of the famous, giant red lantern called Kaminarimon Gate. Lead float with Edo festival music played by children. 先導 子供江戸囃子屋台
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Main hall
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Lead float with Edo festival music played by children. The names of the children playing are written on the red lanterns hanging above. Kodomo Edo-bayashi yatai 先導 子供江戸囃子屋台
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Pagoda at Kitain temple, Kawagoe
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Tokyo Jidai Matsuri Banner and Tekomai geisha. From top to bottom, the banner reads, "Tokyo Jidai Matsuri." It marks the official and real start of the festival parade. The first Tokyo Jidai Matsuri was held in 1989. 東京時代祭本旗The first Tokyo Jidai Matsuri was held in 1989. Slight changes in the festival have been made since. Instead of two oiran courtesans, there is only one now. And at the end of the parade, the Asakusa Revue of showgirls used to be the anchor. But they are now gone.
東京時代祭本旗、手古舞
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Bird's eye view of Asakusa with Kaminarimon Gate (big red lantern) and Nakamise arcade.
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Tekomai geisha existed since the Edo Period. They served as side entertainment at festivals. They only sing traditional chant-like songs called kiyari originally sung by lumberers hauling wood. 手古舞These tekomai did not sing, so they might not be real. When they sing, they hold a fan to their mouth.
手古舞
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Green roofed Nakamise path to Sensoji temple in Asakusa.
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Tekomai geisha costume is partially masculine with trousers instead of skirts. Their right shoulder is "exposed" showing a flower design. They carry a red paper lantern imprinted with their names and use their right hand to drag a wand."Asakusa" is written on her lantern. 手古舞
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Kaminarimon Gate (big red lantern) and intersection in Asakusa.
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Over 500 stone statues of Rakan Buddhist disciples
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Tekomai geisha
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Nakamise
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Carved during the 18th and 19th centuries.
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Magistrate Procession 奉行
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Tokyo Skytree
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五百羅漢
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A magistrate (bugyo) in Edo could be a regional governor or government minister.
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Tokyo Skytree
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From Tokyo, Gala Yuzawa is the most convenient place to ski. The Joetsu shinkansen can take you there in little over an hour and the train station has the ski gondola. An easy day trip.
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Entrance to Iimoriyama Hill, site of the Byakkotai "White Tiger" Battalion gravesite. In 1868, a unit of teenage warriors called Byakkotai (White Tiger Battalion) fought against the Emperor-backed Imperial forces encroaching their domain of Aizu
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The 25th Asakusa Yabusame horseback archery was held on April 21, 2007 at Sumida Park.
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Road to Mt. Yukinoyama, an ancient mountain and home to over 200 tumuli built during the 5th to 7th centuries. In 2013, it was designated as a National Historic Site.
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Several groups perform along the main road on the east side of JR Shinjuku Station. This is in front of Isetan Dept. Store.
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Sando worship path to Taishakuten temple. Shibamata is in Tokyo's Katsushika Ward bordered by the Arakawa River in the west and by the Edogawa River in the east.
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Held during Aug. 3-5 at Taga Taisha Shrine, the Mantosai or 10,000-Lantern Festival is a night festival when numerous lanterns are lit within the shrine grounds. The lanterns are for the repose of ancestral spirits.
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Magistrate Procession 奉行
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The line gets very long during the morning, so I usually go later in the day and ski until night when it is much less crowded. I catch the last shinkansen back to Tokyo.
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The Byakkotai were outnumbered and forced to retreat. Twenty of them escaped to Iimoriyama Hill where they saw what looked liked a burning Tsurugajo Castle. Photo: Pay a small fee to take the escalator up the hill. Or climb up the steps for free.
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Parallel to Sumida River, the archery course is straight and narrow, stretching from the Tobu Line bridge to Kototoi Bridge.
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Approaching Kawamori. 川守
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A large crowd watches as the crowd-pleasing drummers bring a bit of Okinawa to central Tokyo.
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Taga Taisha Shrine torii near Taga Taisha-mae Station. MAP
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Psst, wanna know a secret? Kitain Temple, Kawagoe
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Magistrate Procession. Bowing to Asakusa Temple.
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It's not a large or long run, but better than nothing.
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In despair, the boys decided to kill themselves rather than die in the hands of the enemy. Photo: Escalator to go up Iimoriyama Hill.
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The course has three targets which the archers will shoot arrows at.
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Kawamori bus stop, nearest to Mt. Yukinoyama.
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Many women drummers also perform. Shinjuku Eisa Matsuri, Tokyo
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Sando worship path to Taishakuten temple
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Road to Taga Taisha Shrine
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Oh man, I forgot my glasses!
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Year 628: Two fishermen brothers find a golden Kannon buddha statue in Sumida River. The two fishermen were Hinokuma no Hamanari and Takenari. A wealthy landowner named Hajinomatsuchi heard about the statue and told the brothers about its religious value.He then built a small temple for the statue and the brothers converted to Buddhism. The temple eventually became today's Sensoji Temple (also called Asakusa Kannon Temple). Because of the temple, Asakusa developed and prospered and the two brothers and landlord are considered to be the founders of Asakusa.
Next to Sensoji Temple is Asakusa Shrine dedicated to these three men now deified. Asakusa Shrine holds the annual Sanja Matsuri in May, one of Tokyo's biggest festivals. Three portable shrines dedicated to these three men are carried around the streets of Asakusa. "Sanja" means three shrines or gods.
檜前浜成（ひのくまのはまなり）・竹成（たけなり）の兄弟の網に一体の小さなご仏像がかかりました。
東京のあけぼの 浅草観音示現
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The quality of the snow is not as good as in Hokkaido, but better than nothing.
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Escalator to go up Iimoriyama Hill. Their tombstones are on this hill near where they killed themselves. Their story has become legend.
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Raised dirt along the archery course.
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To Mt. Yukinoyama
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The path is lined with shops.
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Homes along the way are decorated.
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Boo-hoo! My cat ran away!
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View from the top.
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Byakkotai Gravesite. It is on a flat area which also has several other Byakkotai monuments including those from other countries.
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First, the horses, archers, and attendants parade along the entire course.
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Shinjuku Eisa Matsuri, Tokyo
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Near the shrine entrance are the usual food stalls.
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Skis left outside as their owners have lunch. It's nice that no one steals your skis.
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Approach to the Byakkotai gravesite.
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Wooden targets
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Golden Dragon Dance. 浅草のよろこび 金龍の舞
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Archer
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Mt. Yukinoyama and Hino River 雪野山と日野川
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Welcome to Taga
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According to legend, three days after the golden Kannon statue was found, a golden dragon descended from heaven and danced. The mountain name of the temple is Kinryu-zan, meaning Golden Dragon Mountain. (Most temples have a mountain name.)
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Graves of the 19 teenage Byakkotai warriors who killed themselves with their own swords.
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Yabusame archer
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Mt. Yukinoyama and Hino River 雪野山と日野川
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Taga Taisha Shrine torii
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Golden Dragon Dance was first performed in 1958 to commemorate the reconstruction of Sensoji's main worship hall. 浅草のよろこび 金龍の舞
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Byakkotai Graves
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Hino River 日野川
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Hand drum
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The shop sells kusa dango (mugwort dumplings with real grass inside), the local specialty. Photo: Nitenmon Gate in view
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Mantosai sign under the torii
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Golden Dragon Dance. No smoke or fire came out of the mouth. The dragon is 15 meters long, weighing about 80 kg. It has a bamboo frame, covered with cloth. Eight men use poles to manipulate the golden dragon.
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Byakkotai Graves
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Hino River 日野川
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Toward the end of the shop-lined mall, you will see this Nitenmon Gate of the Shibamata Taishakuten Temple, formally known as Daikyoji. 二天門
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Arched bridge leading to shrine gate.
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Golden Dragon Dance
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Byakkotai gravestones. Each one shows the name, age, and method of death called "jijin" (died with one's own sword 自刃).
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Infectious Okinawan beat. Shinjuku Eisa Matsuri, Tokyo
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Mt. Mitake is one of Tokyo's easily accessible peaks via cable car. But it still requires a good deal of climbing up slopes and steps. You can also hike to adjacent Mt. Hinode-yama. Great daytrip getaway from Tokyo's concrete jungle.Getting off the train at Mitake Station on the JR Ome Line. I wasn't the only one who decided it was a good day to hike up Mitake. 御岳駅
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Boundary between Ome city and Hinode-machi town. I was hiking from Mt. Mitake in neighboring Ome.
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Wood carvings on Nitenmon Gate
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Cherry blossom pathUeno Park is one of Tokyo's major spots for cherry blossoms. Not very picturesque, but there are a lot of trees and people. The cherries at adjacent Shinobazu Pond are more picturesque.
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Golden Dragon Dance
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Deer skin
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Mt. Yukinoyama and Ryuoji Temple. MAP
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Mitake Station on the JR Ome Line. 御岳駅
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This temple serves as a recurrent backdrop in the Tora-san series. The temple's priest is played by the humorous Ryu Chishu who actually came from a family of Buddhist priests. Photo: Bell tower
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Trees in full bloom
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Golden Dragon Dance
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This has become a national shrine, almost as important as Sengakuji where the 47 masterless samurai are buried.
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Setting up the wooden target.
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Ryuoji Temple 龍王寺
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Very close to the summit of Hinode-yama. Only one lodge is here.
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The Nitenmon Gate was completed in 1896 and features wooden statues of Zocho and Komoku, two of the four Devas which guard the four cardinal directions from demons.
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Golden Dragon Dance musicians
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Bull's eye. This is the third and last target along the course. It is quite difficult to hit all three targets, especially the last one.
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Ryuoji Temple 龍王寺
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Mitake Station on the JR Ome Line. 御岳駅
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Last flight of steps to the summit.
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Founded in 1629 by a priest named Nitchu and his disciple Nichiei, the temple belongs to the Nichiren sect of Buddhism.
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Kids carrying mikoshi portable shrine. They went to the train station.
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Ariwara no Narihira (825-880) comes to east Japan 在原業平 東下り
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The horseback archer raises his bow and arrow high in the air as he nears the target.
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Ryuoji Temple belongs to the Tendai Sect. 龍王寺
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Bus stop for cable car station.
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The present Naiden (Inner Sanctuary) was completed in 1915. Keyaki (zelkova) was used for all the wood in the building. The present Haiden (Worship Hall) was completed in 1929. Photo: Taishaku-do Hall 帝釈堂
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Taga Taisha's lanterns come in five sizes. Each one represents a donation. The donar's name is on the lantern. The biggest lantern requires a donation of 20,000 yen.
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Main stage at Narita-san temple.
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Ariwara no Narihira (825-880) comes to east Japan在原業平 東下り
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A symbol of Chichibu, Mt. Bukosan is being slowly eaten away by cement companies. 武甲山
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Ryuoji Temple 龍王寺
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Dancing in front of JR Shinjuku Station, East side
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Bus for cable car station.
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Top of Mt. Hinode-yama
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Taishakuten is the god Indra from Brahmanism, a Hindu religion. Being the god of rain and thunder, Indra was a powerful warrior god that was adopted by Buddhism as a protector. Photo: Glass wall protecting the exterior of Taishaku-do Hall.
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Each lantern is lit with a small lightbulb. (No candles)
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Ariwara no Narihira (825-880) comes to east Japan. He was a Japanese waka poet and aristocrat. He was one of six waka poets referred in the preface in kana to Kokinshu by Ki no Tsurayuki. A woman portrays him. 在原業平 東下り
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Dancers under the cherry blossoms in Ueno Park, Tokyo
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Natural fountain and source of Kasumigaike Pond's water.
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On the right side are more gravestones. These are 31 Byakkotai members who died in battle. 戦死
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Arrow in mid-air. Asakusa Yabusame.
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Tenjin Shrine 天神社
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Hitsujiyama Park with weeping cherry blossoms and Mt. Bukosan. 羊山公園
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Cable car station.
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Top of Mt. Hinode-yama
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It was believed that Indra would step in and chase away the demons causing calamities to the followers of Buddhism. Photo: Wood Carving Gallery (admission charged)
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Festival schedule, starting at 5:30 pm and ending after 9 pm.
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在原業平 東下り
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Rock musicians
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Tombs of those Byakkotai who died in action.
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Dead on!
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Tenjin Shrine, reconstructing the shrine. Ryuo-cho, Shiga. 天神社
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Hitsujiyama Park with weeping cherry blossoms
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Welcome to Mt. Mitake
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Benches all over for us to gaze at the panorama.
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The side and rear exterior walls of the Taishakudo are blanketed with panels of detailed woodcarvings. They are the most outstanding feature of Shibamata Taishakuten Temple.. 彫刻ギャラリー
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在原業平 東下り
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Tombs of those Byakkotai who died in action.
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The archers return to the starting point.
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Hiking trail on Mt. Yukinoyama.
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Hitsujiyama Park and Mt. Bukosan.
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Cable car for Mt. Mitake.
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Alpine map pointing the way to various areas
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There are ten large carvings (each 2.27 meters by 1.27 meters) depicting scenes from the Lotus Sutra (Hokekyo).
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Approaching the main shrine hall.
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Main stage at Narita-san temple.On 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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Forces of Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147-1199), the founder and the 1st shogun of the Kamakura Period, who ruled from 1192 until 1199. He is said to have prayed at Asakusa Temple for victory over the Taira Clan to become shogun. 源頼朝 隅田川陣営源 頼朝 隅田川陣営
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Reserved flower-viewing spacePeople come early in the morning and stake out a prime picnicking space for their company or group to gather later in the day or in the evening.
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Their names, age, and "senshi" 戦死 (died in battle) are engraved on the stones.
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Mountain God Memorial 山の神
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Hitsujiyama Park and Mt. Bukosan.
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Smoking dragon dance
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570 yen one way. There's also a lift for an extra 100 yen. No one rides the lift.
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The woodcarvings were requested by the temple's 16th priest, Nissai. Through a generous donation from devoted follower Suzuki Genjiro, the project was begun.
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These lanterns above are the smallest ones, requiring a donation of only 1,500 yen. They are the most numerous.
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Minamoto no Yoritomo (Hatakeyama Shigetada). His prayers for victory were answered. 源 頼朝 隅田川陣営 (畠山重忠)
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Reserving flower-viewing spacePeople come early in the morning and stake out a prime picnicking space for their company or group to gather later in the day or in the evening.
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Trail flanked by ferns
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Cable car to Mt. Mitake
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Mt. Hinode-yama summit has a little picnic pavilion
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The first panel was completed in 1922. The carver, Kato^ Toranosuke, proposed that the remaining 9 panels be carved by renown woodcarvers living in Tokyo. A large keyaki panel was delivered to each of the nine carvers.
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Main shrine hall
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Minamoto no Yoritomo 源 頼朝 隅田川陣営
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Monument for teenage samurai who died in battle.
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