{"id":742,"date":"2014-05-21T07:48:11","date_gmt":"2014-05-20T22:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/?p=742"},"modified":"2014-05-21T08:17:30","modified_gmt":"2014-05-20T23:17:30","slug":"1st-day-of-sanja-matsuri-in-asakusa-by-naomi-iseki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/staff\/20140521_742.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;First Day of Sanja Matsuri in Asakusa&#8221; by Naomi Iseki"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='wp_social_bookmarking_light'>        <div class=\"wsbl_facebook_like\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/staff\/20140521_742.html\" layout=\"button_count\" action=\"recommend\" width=\"100\" share=\"false\" show_faces=\"false\" ><\/fb:like><\/div>        <div class=\"wsbl_twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/staff\/20140521_742.html\" data-text=\"&#8220;First Day of Sanja Matsuri in Asakusa&#8221; by Naomi Iseki\" data-lang=\"en\">Tweet<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<br class='wp_social_bookmarking_light_clear' \/>\n<p>Six\u00a0portable shrines lined up in front of Asakusa Public Hall. I was not able to fit them all into one picture to show you, but I can assure you that a still photo wouldn&#8217;t do the passion and power justice!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/d0720b4499a0042e742a46e40e656d95.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1310\" alt=\"Photo: Naomi Iseki\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/d0720b4499a0042e742a46e40e656d95-680x510.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It was my first time to see Senso-ji Temple&#8217;s large censer (vessel for burning incense) moved from where it always stands.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" alt=\"Photo: Naomi Iseki\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/8a9bc7ba60b5716ec5e50eeebd8e05b7-e1400290260862-680x906.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" alt=\"Photo: Naomi Iseki\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/f4e734906d5ded8702ca36175b785ea1-e1400290274105-340x453.jpg\" height=\"300\" \/><\/h4>\n<p>Inside Asakusa Shrine, three big portable shrines were waiting for their own turn.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/8dca97944cf5c144d441618e20d98eae.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" alt=\"Photo: Naomi Iseki\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/8dca97944cf5c144d441618e20d98eae-340x255.jpg\" width=\"394\" height=\"295\" \/><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" alt=\"Photo: Naomi Iseki\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/fd860c14228c5e2520f84577b1e08241-e1400290294626-340x453.jpg\" height=\"295\" \/><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The festival will continue tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, so I am getting more and more excited!<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" alt=\"Photo: Naomi Iseki\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/c62afca3355cff5544b50ae9b3842ba1-340x255.jpg\" height=\"295\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" alt=\"Photo: Naomi Iseki\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/36b09462a6009ab53f71753840caac8b-e1400290312641-340x453.jpg\" height=\"295\" \/><\/h4>\n<p>Safety first! They&#8217;ve prepared the area perfectly!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six\u00a0portable shrines lined up in front of Asakusa Public Hall. I was not able to fit them all into one picture to show you, but I can assure you that a still photo wouldn&#8217;t do the passion and power justice! &nbsp; It was my first time to see Senso-ji Temple&#8217;s large censer (vessel for burning incense) moved from where it always stands. Inside Asakusa Shrine, three big portable shrines were waiting for their own turn. &nbsp; The festival will continue tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, so I am getting more and more excited! Safety first! 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