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Sanja Matsuri
by Alexey Kn
It is a period of festivals in Tokyo… Here are my photo impressions of a much bigger festival than Kanda Matsuri – Sanja Matsuri in Asakusa. Packed with locals and tourists, but my focus was of course on the festival participants. 20 photos! :)
Categories: Event, Fun, Outside, Street • Tags: a la, children, colour, Japan, spring
Spring. Smile. Hanami.
by Alexey Kn
Long time no posts! I have been really busy in the last months finalising the second season of my travel series “On And Off Road In Mongolia”… Which is now finished and will be running on YouTube very soon ;). Sitting all my free time at home and reviewing, cutting, and editing videos, at one moment I have suddenly realised, that the spring has come. And spring in Japan means… Hanami! Cherry blossom festivals all around the country. Basically, there […]
Categories: Event, Fun, Outside, Street • Tags: children, colour, Japan, spring
Shichi-Go-San Kids
by Alexey Kn
I got lucky that weekend. I went to the Meiji Shrine in Tôkyô and there was THE opportunity to make photos of cute and festivly dressed children. The Shichi-Go-San Kids. What is “Shichi-Go-San”? Let me quote from JapanVisitor: November 15th is the Shichi-Go-San (“7-5-3”) Festival in Japan, celebrated as a gala day for three and five-year-old boys (or, in many areas, for five-year-old boys only) and three and seven-year-old girls. On this day, prayers are offered for the healthy and […]
Categories: Event, Outside, Street • Tags: a la, autumn, children, colour, Japan
