2008 Japan Trip - Traditional Japanese Festival

I was invited to this festival in the Asakusa district of Tokyo by the family running the hotel I was staying at. They were very friendly and they even made me help carry the object for awhile!

Basically the whole block in the city carries this device around, and they believe by bringing the device around, it gives good luck to the entire city block for 1 year. I just happened to be here at the time of year they do it.

I showed the Denny's in the background during the festival because I thought the juxtaposition of modern society and traditional society is at a crossroads in Japan.

Also at the same time there were lots of food and other things being sold by a nearby temple. It was fun!

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[seanjohn135]

i like how if you see 1 guy without pants on , you would think wow what a weirdo? 50 guys with no pants- oh must be some kind of festival. lol

[lordlong]

lmao and with that i just wanna say i feel sorry for the guy jumping off cue and jumping before the rest ouch!

[6loku6]

actually, there are so many people carrying the, ummm, carrying the something, that it really isnt that heavy at all if they all work together.

[sweetpom]

woah therez danny's in japan

[ninjadragon5]

i feel sorry for the people who are carrying that thing, it must be heavy, especially went they jump up and down like that.

lol. the part when you zoomed into denny's was funny. XD