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	Tokyo/Asakusa - Wikitravel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Asakusa is the terminus of the Metro Ginza line, which is the best way to get into the area, perhaps by connecting from the Yamanote line at Ueno.
		To the east behind the temple is Asakusa Jinja (浅草神社), a Shinto shrine devoted to protecting the Buddhist temple in a typically Japanese arrangement.
		Asakusa is famous for its senbei rice crackers, grilled on the spot, flavored with soy and usually wrapped in seaweed.
	wikitravel.org /en/Tokyo/Asakusa (1140 words)

	Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan
		Amongst the modern concrete jungle, there are very few neighbourhoods where a visitor can get a taste of the way Tokyo was before the great earthquake of 1923 and the firebombings of the war swept away much of what had managed to remain from the Edo period when the Tokugawa shoguns ruled the country.
		The heart and key attraction of Asakusa is the Sensoji Temple, Tokyo's oldest and arguably most popular place of worship, from which its surrounding streets are bustling with the spirit of the Shitamachi.
		During the Edo period, when the city gradually transformed from a fishing village into the world's largest city, Asakusa developed into a pleasure quarter, eventually becoming a center for kabuki and bunraku theater when those forms of entertainment were banned from being performed in central Edo during the 1840's.
	www.yamasa.org /japan/english/destinations/tokyo/asakusa.html (1661 words)

	Westways Magazine - Archived Issues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Asakusa is far older than Tokyo and even its predecessor, Edo, which became the shogun's capital in 1603.
		As a result, Asakusa began to draw revelers en route to Yoshiwara and before long offered such a variety of stage shows and amusements that many travelers never made it to their original destination.
		Asakusa today is a kaleidoscope of street markets, video arcades, bath houses, and stores selling everything from plastic samurai swords to antique armor.
	www.aaa-calif.com /westways/0700/asakusa-1.asp (1896 words)

	Asakusa Kannon
		The thirteenth-century history of the temple saw the development of Asakusa from a poor fishing village into one of the largest cultural and religious centers in Japan.
		The temple was the official prayer hall of the Kamakura shogunate from the twelfth through the fourteenth centuries and also was known as the origin of the colorful culture of the Edo era.
		Tucked away in the northeastern corner of the temple grounds is the Asakusa Jinja shrine, dedicated to the two Hirokuma brothers who found the Kannon statue for which Sensoji was built, and Hajinoatai Nakatomo, their lord who initially enshrined the statue in his private residence.
	sbarnhill.mvps.org /Japan/Attractions/Sensoji.htm (1073 words)

	Asakusa Guide
		There are so much to see, eat, drink, experience in Asakusa, the heart of shitamachi (the historical part of Tokyo), and Sakura Hostel is conveniently located to explore all the spots on foot.
		The main Buddhist temple of Asakusa, with the longest history among all the temples and shrines in Tokyo.
		Asakusa station is slightly closer from Sakura Hostel than Tawaramachi station, but sometimes you can save some fare by using the latter which is closer to central Tokyo.
	www.sakura-hostel.co.jp /spanish/asakusa_guide.htm (486 words)

	simon in japan
		Asakusa is probably the biggest tourist area in Tokyo after the Imperial Palace.
		Returning the topic to Asakusa, behind Sensoji lies the area that was once known as Yoshiwara or the Floating World and served as the pleasure district of old Edo, just outside the town's official borders.
		However, the method of transport I have often used when leaving Asakusa (after arriving by ferry), as it is part of the route followed each year with the AIKOM Asakusa tour, is by double-decker bus to Ueno.
	homepage.mac.com /simoncjohn/sagada/places/asakusa_ueno.html (2229 words)

	Sanja Matsuri (Festival of Asakusa Shrine)
		Sanja Matsuri is counted among the three grandest festivals dating back to the Edo period, even known as the wildest of all in Tokyo area, that attracts almost 1,500,000 spectators in three days every year.
		While on May 17th, about 100 portable shrines of various sizes from parishioner organizations of Asakusa Shrine gather in the precincts of the shrine, undergo the purification ceremony and return to each neighborhood.
		On the 18th, Asakusa Shrine’s portable shrines are carried out of the precincts in the morning, off in different directions, taken around the communities and carried back to the shrine in the evening.
	www.tourism.metro.tokyo.jp /german/topics/030515/3.html (164 words)

	Jinja (Shinto) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A torii is a gate leading to a jinja.
		In a jinguji, a Buddhist monk maintained the jinja in addition to his temple.
		Most jinja, however, welcome children playing, with some discretions.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jinja_(shrine) (638 words)

	Bridgewater State College Study Tour of Japan
		Senso-ji was completed in 645, and is also known as Asakusa Kannon Temple and is located in Asakusa, a central part of Shitamachi (the "low city" of Tokyo beneath the hills).
		Senso-ji's most impressive landmarks are the main building and a five storied Pagoda, and the Asakusa Jinja (built in 1649 by Iemitsu Tokugawa) is located near the temple's main building.
		Asakusa Jinja deifies three humans, the two brothers who fished out the Kannon statue out of the Sumida River, and their Lord.
	webhost.bridgew.edu /tpittman/sensoji.htm (202 words)

	SENSOJI TEMPLE
		Sensoji Temple is sometimes referred to as Asakusa Temple.
		Adjacent to the temple is a Shinto shrine, the Asakusa Jinja.
		Asakusa Shrine (浅草神社, Asakusa Jinja) is a Shinto shrine next to the temple Sensō-ji.
	www.japaneselifestyle.com.au /tokyo/sensoji_temple.htm (453 words)

	Senso-ji, Japan. Travel guide & tourist information by Hostelbookers.com
		Walking west from the river or the Ginza line subway station, you can't miss the solid, red-lacquer gate with its monstrous paper lantern that marks the southern entrance to Senso-ji.
		This magnificent temple, also known as Asakusa Kannon, was founded in the mid-seventh century to enshrine a tiny golden image of Kannon, the Goddess of Mercy, caught in the nets of two local fishermen.
		Though most of the present buildings are postwar concrete reconstructions, there's a great sense of atmosphere as you draw near the main hall with its sweeping, tiled roofs.
	www.hostelbookers.com /guides/japan/senso-ji (608 words)

	Asakusa Shrine
		Sensoji is to the left of Asakusa Shrine.
		The shrine hosts many festivals, including the Sanja Matsuri, and is known for the Nakamise, a street of shops beginning inside the Kaminarimon gate.
		Once a part of the Sensō-ji, Asakusa Jinja became separate during the Meiji period.
	www.danceage.com /biography/sdmc_Asakusa_Jinja (114 words)

	Tokyo Sights & Activities, Vacation Packages, Condo Resorts, Member Benefits (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		During a time when most of the people of Asakusa were still rebuilding their own bombed-out lives, it took 13 years to raise money for the restoration of their beloved Senso-ji.
		(The other two are the Sanno Festival of Hie Jinja in Nagata-cho and the Sanja Festival of Asakusa Shrine.) The essential shrine festival is a procession in which the gods, housed for the occasion in their mikoshi, pass through the streets and get a breath of fresh air.
		The park entrance is near Yasukuni Jinja, west and downhill from the corner of Yasukuni-dori and Uchibori-dori.
	www.liveitup.com /travel/Go-Tokyo_Japan/section-sights/list.dest (12640 words)

	TOKYO ASAKUSA GUIDE-the style of antique Tokyo
		Kaminarimon (Thunder Gate), the outer gate of the Sensouji Temple and symbol of Asakusa, which was dedicated by Mr.Panasonic (Matsushita san).
		Sensouji (also known as Asakusa Kan-non Temple) is a Buddhist temple.
		As famous as Ueno Park, in cherry blossom season, the park will be colored by pink everywhere (drunk people's face as well).
	www.tokyo-ryokan.com /sightseeing_asakusa.htm (289 words)

	Tokyo Tour Guide Services
		In this tour, you can enjoy the atmosphere of vibrant "Asakusa" which once was a flourishing downtown area representative of Tokyo.
		People started to gather in Asakusa centering on Sensoji Temple long before the Edo Period (the 17th Century), and it was once a flourishing downtown area representative downtown of Tokyo.
		Asakusa simply is a must-see spot in Tokyo.
	www.tourism.metro.tokyo.jp /english/guideservice (1864 words)

	A walking tour of Asakusa - 24-Hour Layover: Tokyo - MSNBC.com
		Founded in the 7th century and therefore already well established long before Tokugawa settled in Edo, Sensoji Temple is dedicated to Kannon, the Buddhist goddess of mercy, and is therefore popularly called the Asakusa Kannon Temple.
		This is where several of Asakusa's old-fashioned pleasure houses remain, including bars, restaurants, strip shows, traditional Japanese vaudeville, and so-called "love hotels," which rent rooms by the hour.
		Another good place to end a day of sightseeing in Asakusa is Ichimon, 3-12-6 Asakusa, near the intersection of Kokusai and Kototoi avenues.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/13210941/wid/6448213/page/3 (658 words)

	Asakusa Jinja \| Tokyo Sights & Activities \| Fodor's Online Travel Guide
		Each of the neighborhoods under Sanja Sama's protection has its own mikoshi, and on the second day of the festival, these palanquins are paraded through the streets of Asakusa to the shrine, bouncing and swaying on the shoulders of the participants all the way.
		Many of the "parishioners" take part naked to the waist, or with the sleeves of their tunics rolled up, to expose fantastic red-and-fl tattoo patterns that sometimes cover their entire backs and shoulders.
		Near the entrance to Asakusa Shrine is another survivor of World War II: the east gate to the temple grounds, Niten-mon, built in 1618 for a shrine to Ieyasu Tokugawa (the shrine itself no longer exists) and designated by the government as an Important Cultural Property.
	www.fodors.com /miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=tokyo@156&cur_section=sig&property_id=136088 (281 words)

	The Coffees in Japan
		This dirty-looking gate is dirty-looking for a very good reason...it's the original gate built in 1618.
		It's called the Nitenmon Gate and is the only structure of the Asakusa Kannon that survived the WWII bombing.
		(Please note that temples are Buddhist and shrines are Shinto.) Called either the Asakusa Jinja Shrine or the Sanja Gongen, it enshrines the souls of three people - the two discoverers of the statue of Kannon in the river and the chief of the village who built the first shrine.
	home.att.net /~mgdufresne/asakusapage3.htm (414 words)

	Metropolis - May Matsuri
		This festival honors three fishermen brothers who are said to have discovered an image of Kannon in the water and founded the Asakusa Kannon Temple thirteen centuries ago.
		The celebration takes place at Asakusa Jinja, which is next to Asakusa Sensoji Temple.
		On Sunday, Asakusa Jinja's three portable shrines appear - one for each deified spirit of the three fishermen.
	www.metropolis.co.jp /tokyoculturearchive299/267/tokyocultureinc.htm (478 words)

	Mike D's Homepage
		She took us to Asakusa (kind of the "old part" of Tokyo).
		It has Tokyo's oldest temple (Asakusa Jinja also known as Senso-ji), which was huge.
		It happened to be the first day of school when we visited Asakusa, so there were lot of little kids running around in their uniforms.
	www.sempai.org /~mwduncan/JapanTrip/Apr01.htm (636 words)

	(Half-Way) Round the World ™
		It's really not the most beautiful place (in fact, it may be the least beautiful place I've stayed in), but like I said, it's cheap (we're each paying about $15 a night).
		Yesterday we walked around Asakusa before we left.
		We started off at a 3-block long flea market that leads to two temples (a Buddhist temple [Senso-ji] and a Shinto temple [Asakusa-jinja]).
	www.cog.jhu.edu /grad-students/nicol/Journals/2003/07-04-03.html (737 words)

	Brief Guides - The Perfect Introduction - Brief Guide to the Top Ten Things to do in Tokyo
		Also known as the Senso-ji Temple, the Asakusa Kannon in the Taito ward is the largest and most popular Buddhist temple in Tokyo.
		Beyond the Hozomon gate, decorated with a giant straw sandal, lies the Kannondo (Kannon Hall) - originally built in 649, destroyed in the war and rebuilt in 1958 - as well as the five-tiered pagoda called the Gojuto, which is said to house ashes of the Buddha.
		The Shinto shrine next door, the Asakusa Jinja, was built to protect the Buddhist temple, and both become the focus of Tokyo's largest Shinto 'matsuri', festival, each spring.
	www.briefguide.co.uk /content/tokyo.php (1600 words)

	Tokyo/Asakusa - Wikitravel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Cruises down the Sumidagawa river depart from a wharf only 5-minute walk from the temple.
		Take the Sensoji exit of the subway and follow the crowds.
		Closest subway is Tawaramachi on the Ginza line.
	wikitravel.org /en/Asakusabashi (1123 words)

	Sanja matsuri bij de Asakusa-jinja tempel
		Vorig week zondag (21 mei 2006, of 12 mei 18, want dit is het 18e jaar dat de huidige keizer regeert) zijn we naar het Sanja matsuri (festival) bij Asakusa geweest.
		Dit is een festival rondom een grote shintotempel, in Asakusa, de Asakusa-jinja (ook wel Sanja-sama genoemd).
		Last Sunday (May 21th, 2006, or May 21th, 18, as this is the 18th year of the reign of their present Emperor) we went to the Sanja matsuri (festival) in Asakusa.
	blogger.xs4all.nl /tupiman/articles/96529.aspx (1394 words)

	Entertainment guide for Tokyo by Hostelbookers
		The Sumida-gawa display is the most spectacular (view it from riverboats or Asakusa's Sumida-koen), but those in Edogawa, Tamagawa, Arakawa and Harumi come close.
		Mid-Aug: Fukagawa Matsuri Every three years Tomioka Hachiman-gu (Monzen-nakacho Station) hosts the city's wettest festival, when spectators throw buckets of water over 54 mikoshi being shouldered through the streets.
		Nov 15: Shichi-go-san Kids aged 7, 5 and 3 in traditional garb, and their doting grandparents are out in force at Meiji-jingo, Yasukuni, Hie-jinja and other shrines to celebrate their health and pray for future happiness.
	www.hostelbookers.com /guides/japan/tokyo/70970 (420 words)

	Travel in Tokyo and Yokohama (in a Nutshell)
		How to get there: Asakusa is on the end of the subway Ginza line, as well as on the Toei Asakusa line.
		What you can find: The big attractions in Asakusa are the temple, Sensoo-ji, and the nearby Asakusa-jinja (Asakusa Shrine), though there are other smaller shrines and temples in the area.
		The streets near the temples are lined with stands selling snacks, fortunes, amulets, and other omiyage.
	www.geocities.com /tess_kim/Tokyo.html (2889 words)

	Japan Forum - Getting married in Tokyo
		They were paraded through the Nakamise-dori shopping area near Sensoji Temple riding a rickshaw and Japanese in traditional dress holding paper lanterns to announce their marriage, with the passers-by applauding them.
		I checked a few websites offering Shinto wedding, and the couple I saw were probably married in Asakusa Jinja (Shinto shrine).
		I found a website of shrines that give wedding ceremonies (private or grand, as you like it), but it's all in Japanese.
	www.jref.com /forum/printthread.php?t=14153 (1017 words)

	Sensoji Temple - Tokyo, Japan
		The "Thunder Gate" of Sensoji Temple by night (photo by Julie Ahn) and sacred sake at Sensoji (photo by pulpmojo).
		Sensoji (Kinryū-zan Sensōji; also known as Asakusa Temple) is an ancient Buddhist temple located in Asakusa, a central part of downtown/old town Tokyo.
		Adjacent to the temple is a Shintō; shrine, the Asakusa Jinja.
	www.sacred-destinations.com /japan/tokyo-sensoji.htm (476 words)

	Tokyo, Japan Pictures : Japan photo guide for the visual traveler
		Home of Senso-ji temple, Asakusa shrine and the Azumabashi bridge, the most famous historic views of Tokyo.
		Home of Hie Jinja (shrine) and its famous torii, or shrine gates, that lead up to the top of the hill.
		Located at the southwestern prefectural boundary it's the furthermost end of Tokyo, offering a one-of-a-kind view from Asama Jinja (shrine) to the other side of the Tamagawa river.
	www.photopassjapan.com /tokyo.html (2017 words)

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