Sanja & Kanda Matsuri (in English)

Si vous avez la chance d'être a Tokyo le 12, 13, ou le 18, 19, 20 mai, aller voir un de ces festivals...ou pourquoi pas les deux?

Kanda Myojin shrine 5 minute walk from Ochanomizu Station Sobu line:
Kanda Matsuri (12th & 13th May)- Catch the Drum Festival on May 12th from 8:am a parade
-13th May from around 5:30pm is the Mikoshi (about 200 portable shrines) parade.
Asakusa Kannon Temple (Asakusa station Asakusa line)
“Sanja Matsuri” Festival of the Asakusa Temple from 18th (Fri.) to “20th (Sun).
One of the biggest traditional festivals in Tokyo.
18th from 1pm to 2:30pm a parade of 1,000 participants in traditional attire consisting of
festival music and lumber carrier’s chants going down Nakamise- dori on to Asakusa Temple.
19h at 12.noon over 100 portable shrines are to gather at the shrine and will return to there
respective streets at 1pm.
20th from 6am until the evening three portable shrines will parade around the shrine’s
neighborhood on the three different courses.