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  2. Festivals in Tokyo - Wikipedia

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    Tokyo holds many festivals (matsuri) throughout the year. Major Shinto shrine festivals include the Sanno Festival at Hie Shrine, and the Sanja Festival at Asakusa Shrine. The Kanda Matsuri in Tokyo is held every two years in May. The festival features a parade with elaborately decorated floats and thousands of people.

  3. Sanja Matsuri - Wikipedia

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    Sanja Matsuri (三社祭, literally "Three Shrine Festival"), or Sanja Festival, is one of the three largest Shinto festivals in Tokyo. It is considered one of the wildest and largest in Japan. [ 2 ] The festival is held in honor of Hinokuma Hamanari, Hinokuma Takenari, and Hajino Nakatomo, the three men who established and founded the Sensō ...

  4. Sannō Matsuri - Wikipedia

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    Depiction of the festival from Yoshitoshi's One Hundred Aspects of the Moon. The print shows a float with a dancer impersonating the Dragon King passing Edo castle. Hie Shrine At Otoko-zaka, in Hie Shrine. Sannō Matsuri (山王祭) or the Sannō Festival, is a major Shinto festival in Tokyo, along with the Fukagawa Matsuri and Kanda Matsuri.

  5. Kanda Matsuri - Wikipedia

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    Kanda Matsuri (神田祭) or the Kanda Festival, is one of the three great Shinto festivals of Tokyo, along with the Fukagawa Matsuri and Sannō Matsuri.The festival started in the early 17th century as a celebration of Tokugawa Ieyasu's decisive victory at the battle of Sekigahara and was continued as a display of the prosperity of the Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period. [1]

  6. Japanese festivals - Wikipedia

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    Japanese festivals are traditional festive occasions often celebrated with dance and music in Japan.In Japan, festivals are called matsuri (祭り), and the origin of the word matsuri is related to the kami (神, Shinto deities); there are theories that the word matsuri is derived from matsu (待つ) meaning "to wait (for the kami to descend)", tatematsuru (献る) meaning "to make offerings ...

  7. List of festivals in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Tokyo: Mainichi Film Awards: Film festival: Tokyo: Okinawa International Movie Festival: Film festival: Ginowan & Naha, Okinawa Island: Tokyo Filmex: Film festival: Tokyo: Tokyo International Film Festival [1] Film festival: Tokyo: Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival: Film festival: Tokyo: Yamagata International Documentary Film ...