Tokyo cools off as shrines flood streets for Fukagawa Hachiman Festival

Water-Splashing Festival Brings Tokyo Streets To Life Water drenched Tokyo’s streets on Sunday as hundreds joined the Fukagawa Hachiman Festival, with neighbourhood teams carrying dozens of mikoshi shrines in one of Japan’s great Edo traditions, held every three years. Footage shows crowds lining the streets to photograph elaborately decorated rare mikoshi before teams of shrine … Continue reading Tokyo cools off as shrines flood streets for Fukagawa Hachiman Festival