Sanja Matsuri, one of the most spectacular festivals in Tokyo, Japan, honors the three fishermen brothers who founded the Asakusa Kannon Temple in the 14th century. The festival has been held each year since the late 1800s. More than 100 portable shrines called mikoshi are paraded through the streets to the gates of the temple. Carrying them are men in happi coats—the traditional short laborers’ jackets—worn to advertise their districts. There are also priests on horseback, musicians playing “sanja-bayashi” festival music, and dancers in traditional costume. Discuss
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