Asakusa Nakamise street with year-end shoppers
(All photos by Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO) Year-end shoppers and tourists gather in the Asakusa Nakamise street leading to the Sensoji temple. It is customary for the Japanese people to visit Shinto […]
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Features, Traditional Japan
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Asakusa visitors take pictures of traditional Hagoita (Battledores) on display during the Hagoita-Ichi fair at the Sensoji Temple on December 17, 2016, Tokyo, Japan. Originated in the Edo period the […]
Features, Traditional Japan
Goldfish Scooping Game in Asakusa
A boy tries to catch small kingyo (goldfish) with a paper scoop at the Asakusa Kingyo store on September 9, 2016, Tokyo, Japan. (All photos by Rodrigo Reyes Marin/AFLO) The […]
Modern Japan
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(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) Tokyo, Japan – Marugoto Nippon opens on December 17, 2015. A new shopping emporium presenting the charms of all areas […]
Entertainment
34th Asakusa Samba Carnival
(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) Tokyo, Japan – Samba dancers perform through the streets of the traditional Asakusa district during the 34th Asakusa Samba Carnival […]
