Ignoring occasional heavy rain, revelers hauled golden portable shrines in Tokyo with spirited chants as they welcomed the return of the Kanda Festival for the first time in four years. “It made ...

Crowds packed into the streets of Tokyo's Asakusa district from May 19 to 21 for the Sanja Matsuri festival, an annual summer event famous for a procession of three mikoshi portable shrines ...

The bustling Sanja Matsuri festival featuring three huge “mikoshi” portable shrines returned in full force to Tokyo’s Asakusa district for the first time since 2019. The hugely popular event ...