Three large mikoshi, or portable shrines, are displayed in a shrine in Asakusa on the   first day of the three-day Sanja Matsuri, Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan. Friday May 18th 2018. The Sanja matsuri, or festival, takes place over the third weekend of May in the streets around the famous Senso-ji Temple. It lis one of the biggest festivals in Japan and lasts for three days  (May 18th to May 20th) with parades of large mikoshi carried around the streets by crowds of supporters
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