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    Sensō-ji ([sẽ̞ꜜɰ̃so̞ːʑi] , 浅草寺, officially Kinryū-zan Sensō-ji (金龍山浅草寺), also known as Asakusa Kannon (浅草観音)), is an ancient Buddhist temple in Asakusa...
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    the neighboring Sensō-ji. Part of a larger grouping of sacred buildings in the area, Asakusa Shrine is on the east side of the Sensō-ji, down a street...
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    [asakꜜsa] ) is a district in Taitō, Tokyo, Japan. It is known for the Sensō-ji, a Buddhist temple dedicated to the bodhisattva Kannon. There are several...
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    Takenari, and Hajino Nakatomo, the three men who established and founded the Sensō-ji Buddhist temple. Sanja Matsuri is held on the third weekend of every May...
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    is the outer of two large entrance gates that ultimately leads to the Sensō-ji (the inner being the Hōzōmon) in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan. The gate, with...
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    held each year in Asakusa, Tokyo, where student sumo wrestlers of the Sensō-ji temple hold the babies in their arms. When the babies begin to cry, the...
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    including Sensō-ji and Kan'ei-ji, one of the two tutelary Bodaiji temples of the Tokugawa. A path and a canal, a short distance north of Sensō-ji, extended...
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    a golden dragon dance (金龍の舞, Kinryū no Mai) has been performed at the Sensō-ji in Tokyo since 1958. There is however a form that is unique to Japan –...
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    Yagenbori (やげん堀) sold near Sensō-ji, Shichimiya (七味家) sold near Kiyomizu-dera, and Yawataya Isogorō (八幡屋磯五郎) sold near Zenkō-ji.[citation needed] In modern...
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  • Cinsaut In ogni senso (In Every Sense) album by Eros Ramazzotti 1990 Sensō-ji (金龍山浅草寺, Kinryū-zan Sensō-ji) Tokyo's oldest temple Sensō Sōshitsu (仙叟 宗室...
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  • umbrellas, a rainy day in Toko, Japan.jpg|thumb|right|Tourists crowding Sensō-ji on a rainy day] Tourism in Tokyo is a major industry. In 2006, there were...
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    "Golden Dragon Dance" is an annual Japanese dragon dance performed at Sensō-ji, a Buddhist temple in Asakusa. The dragon dancers twist and turn within...
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    depicts the marushime-neko, a variation of maneki-neko, being sold at Sensō-ji Temple, Tokyo. In 1876, during the Meiji era, it was mentioned in a newspaper...
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    the Sensō-ji (the outer being the Kaminarimon) in Asakusa, Tokyo. A two-story gate (nijūmon), the Hōzōmon's second story houses many of the Sensō-ji's treasures...
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    to both tourists and locals. Sensō-ji and Kaminarimon (Thunder Gate) Asakusa Shrine Akiba Shrine, in Matsugaya Kan'ei-ji Kishibojin Ueno Tōshō-gū Zenshō-an...
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    Temple, Dharma Drum Mountain, Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple, Shitennō-ji, Sensō-ji, Kiyomizu-dera, Sanjūsangen-dō, and many others. Guanyin's abode and...
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    developed along roads leading to large shrines or temples; Nakamise-dōri to Sensō-ji, Asakusa is a typical example. More modern shōtengai often connect to the...
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    be the Asakusa Kannon temple, or Sensō-ji, which may be Japan's earliest religious temple, completed in 645. Sensō-ji was firebombed during World War II;...
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    the middle of the Edo Period, when it was sold as a snack outside the Sensō-ji of Asakusa, Tokyo. Modern okoshi can use a variety of other ingredients...
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    White chōchin decorated with tomoe Oversized chōchin at the Kaminarimon in Sensō-ji Akachōchin lantern outside an izakaya Ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi...
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  • Kanjizai-ji Eihei-ji Nanzoin Shōfuku-ji Jōten-ji Enichi-ji Eihō-ji Shōgen-ji Shōhō-ji Ankoku-ji Buttsū-ji Myōō-in Antai-ji Chōkō-ji Engyō-ji Hōrin-ji Hōun-ji Ichijō-ji...
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    invited to celebrations, usually to Setsubun events that are televised. At Sensō-ji in the Asakusa neighborhood of Tokyo, crowds of nearly 100,000 people attend...
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  • Sydney Town Hall Tokyo  Japan Meiji Shrine, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, Sensō-ji, Tokyo Imperial Palace, Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo Skytree, Tokyo Tower...
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    often grilled in front of customers. Oden street stall on the grounds of Sensō-ji in Asakusa Activity at a robatayaki. Seafood and vegetables to cook displayed...
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    – is held every year on 9–10 July near the ancient Buddhist temple of Sensō-ji in Asakusa. Alkekengi seed fossils are known from Miocene of Siberia, Pliocene...
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    international restaurants. Asakusa A cultural center of Tokyo, famous for the Sensō-ji Buddhist temple, and several traditional shopping streets. For most of...
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    their years as a visit to Tokyo Tower, Yomiuriland, Tokyo Disneyland, Sensō-ji, and/or Tokyo Skytree, and many high school students often visit Okinawa...
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    Kume Higashi while watching children play with pigeons at the Buddhist Sensō-ji temple in Tokyo, near where this statue now is. A plaque on the monument...
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    athletes. For 350 years, an annual hagoita market has been held at the Sensō-ji temple in Tokyo. Operating from December 17 to 19, it attracts a large...
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    floor is a covered observation deck. There, people can experience views of Sensō-ji, Sumida River, the Tokyo Skytree, and the Asahi Beer Hall. Miharashi Café...
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