Three Shrine Festival
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The Three Shrine Festival is one of Tokyo’s largest and most boisterous Shinto festivals, famed for its crowded streets, portable shrines (mikoshi), and lively celebrations around Asakusa Shrine each May.
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| Three Shrines Festival | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Shinto festival
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matsuri ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Sanja Matsuri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedTemple | Sensō-ji NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Asakusa neighborhood identity ⓘ |
| atmosphere |
boisterous
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lively ⓘ |
| category |
Festivals in Tokyo
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Religious festivals in Japan ⓘ Shinto festivals in Japan ⓘ |
| city | Tokyo ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | major event in Tokyo’s festival calendar ⓘ |
| custom |
blessing local shops and homes with mikoshi
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carrying mikoshi through local districts ⓘ |
| duration | three days ⓘ |
| estimatedAttendance | hundreds of thousands of visitors ⓘ |
| features |
chanting participants
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crowded streets ⓘ festival stalls ⓘ happi coats ⓘ mikoshi processions ⓘ parades ⓘ portable shrines ⓘ street food ⓘ taiko drumming ⓘ traditional costumes ⓘ traditional music ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre | traditional Japanese festival ⓘ |
| hasProcessionRoute | through streets around Asakusa Shrine and Sensō-ji ⓘ |
| heldAt | Asakusa Shrine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honors |
Hajino Nakatomo
NERFINISHED
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Hinokuma Hamanari NERFINISHED ⓘ Hinokuma Takenari NERFINISHED ⓘ three founding deities of Sensō-ji ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Asakusa, Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainMikoshiBelongTo | Asakusa Shrine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainVenue | Asakusa Shrine grounds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfMainMikoshi | three ⓘ |
| organisedBy | Asakusa Shrine parishioners ⓘ |
| region | Kantō region ⓘ |
| religion | Shinto ⓘ |
| scale | one of Tokyo’s largest festivals ⓘ |
| timeOfYear | May ⓘ |
| tourism | popular tourist attraction ⓘ |
| typicalEndDay | following Sunday ⓘ |
| typicalStartDay | third Friday of May ⓘ |
| ward | Taitō, Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Three Shrines Festival