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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
They sing as they walk slowly. They are wearing wigs. In the old days, authentic geisha served as tekomai at festivals, but now the tekomai are ordinary women.
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