February 14, 2013, Kawagoe, Japan - A doll wearing traditional Japanese clothes and dashi (portable shrine) structure at the Kawagoe Festival Museum. An old town from Edo Period (1603-1867) is located in Kawagoe, 30 minutes by train from central Tokyo. In the past Kawagoe was an important city for trade and strategic purpose, the shogun installed some of their most important loyal men as lords of Kawagoe Castle. Every year "Kawagoe Festival" is held in the third weekend of October, people pull portable shrine during the parade, later "dashi" floats on the streets nearby. The festival started 3

February 14, 2013, Kawagoe, Japan - A doll wearing traditional Japanese clothes and dashi (portable shrine) structure at the Kawagoe Festival Museum. An old town from Edo Period (1603-1867) is located in Kawagoe, 30 minutes by train from central Tokyo. In the past Kawagoe was an important city for trade and strategic purpose, the shogun installed some of their most important loyal men as lords of Kawagoe Castle. Every year "Kawagoe Festival" is held in the third weekend of October, people pull portable shrine during the parade, later "dashi" floats on the streets nearby. The festival started 3 Stock Photo
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4247 x 2831 px | 36 x 24 cm | 14.2 x 9.4 inches | 300dpi

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14 February 2013

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Mark Eite

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February 14, 2013, Kawagoe, Japan - A doll wearing traditional Japanese clothes and dashi (portable shrine) structure at the Kawagoe Festival Museum. An old town from Edo Period (1603-1867) is located in Kawagoe, 30 minutes by train from central Tokyo. In the past Kawagoe was an important city for trade and strategic purpose, the shogun installed some of their most important loyal men as lords of Kawagoe Castle. Every year "Kawagoe Festival" is held in the third weekend of October, people pull portable shrine during the parade, later "dashi" floats on the streets nearby. The festival started 360 years ago supported by Nobutsuna Matsudaira, lord of Kawagoe Castle. (Photo by Rodrigo Reyes Marin/AFLO)

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