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What's this? Fukagawa Hachiman Festival photos by Philbert Ono. Held in mid-August in Koto Ward, Tokyo, this is the festival's full-scale version held once every three years (1996, 1999, 2002, etc.).

Joint Procession of Portable Shrines
Aug. 18, 1996

Festival faces. On the upper right is a sumo wrestler from one of the local sumo stables. On the bottom right is Rikiya Yasuoka, posing with a fan. He is a well-known actor (usually playing tough-guy, gangster characters) who lives in Fukagawa (where the shrine is). You don't see many foreigners participating in the festival, but here's one at the bottom center.

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