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	Tokyo by Area -Asakusa-
		Asakusa is the setting for many traditional festivals and seasonal fairs including the annual Sanja Matsuri in May, one of Tokyo's most vibrant events.
		Asakusa is also a town on the water, with ferries in active service and avenues of cherry trees lining the riverbanks.
		Asakusa is the main gateway to Nikko, famous for the magnificent Toshogu Shrine and Kegon Falls.
	www.tcvb.or.jp /en/infomation/2area/02asakusa.html (426 words)

	Sensoji - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Adjacent to the temple is a Shinto shrine, the Asakusa Jinja.
		Nakamise-dori, the street leading from the Thunder Gate to the temple itself, is lined with small shops selling omiyage (souvenirs) ranging from fans, ukiyo-e (woodblock prints), kimono and other robes, Buddhist scrolls, traditional sweets, to Godzilla toys, t-shirts, and cell-phone trinkets.
		Within the temple is a quiet contemplative garden kept in the distinctive Japanese style.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Asakusa_Temple (282 words)

	asakusa-e.com/Festival March
		They showed it to their land lord, and the land lord recognizing that the statue was the" jigen" of Kannon, the Goddess of Mercy, he became a priest and rebuilt his residence into a temple which became the foundation of Asakusa Temple.
		On the night of the 17th, three portable shrines are carried by the worshippers, kept outside the temple over night, and then carried back to Asakusa Shrine the next day as the memorial ceremony for the three.
		Asakusa Temple hold Hyakumi Kuyo on March 18 and November 18 each year and is receiving the application for fixed number of one hundred to participate the parade.
	www.asakusa-e.com /maturi/maturi_march_e.htm (298 words)

	JNTO Website > Regional Tourist Guides (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Located in Taito-ku along the west bank of the Sumida-gawa River, Asakusa once thrived as a temple town for Senso-ji Temple, and now it is a downtown that rivals with the Ginza, Shijuku, Ikebukuro and Shibuya.
		Asakusa is also known as the site for many traditional events.
		Sanja-matsuri is a festival of Senso-ji Temple and is famous for the palanquin parade that conveys the "Edokko Katagi", or Edoites' spirit, which represents the traditional temperament of the townsfolk of Tokyo.
	www.jnto.go.jp /eng/RTG/RI/kanto/tokyo/asakusa/asakusa.html (321 words)

	Sensoji (Asakusa Kannon Temple)
		Sensoji (also known as Asakusa Kannon Temple) is a temple located in Asakusa, a central part of the Shitamachi.
		Besides typical Japanese souvenirs such as yukata and folding fans, various traditional local snacks from the Asakusa area are sold along the Nakamise.
		The Asakusa shrine, built in the year 1649 by Tokugawa Iemitsu can be found close by the temple's main building.
	www.japan-guide.com /e/e3001.html (369 words)

	Asakusa
		Asakusa is one of the main temple districts in Edo, and by far the oldest center of religion in this area.
		According to legend, the Asakusa Kannon Temple (Sensoji) was founded in the year 628, when three brothers, who were fishing in the shallow bay, discovered a wooden statue of the goddess of mercy, Kannon.
		However, most of the larger temples were independent, and had their own leaders and "governments" who had official control over the area surrounding the temple buildings.
	www.us-japan.org /edomatsu/asakusa/story.html (3099 words)

	European and Pacific Stars & Stripes
		Asakusa was a prosperous area throughout the Edo period and was loved by many as a religious district of temples, and also a prosperous commercial area.
		Asakusa still keeps the atmosphere of Edo — or old Tokyo — even 100 years after the Meiji restoration — when the Tokugawa shogunate fell and Japan was remodeled into a more Western-style civilization as a whole.
		Asakusa’s residents started the Tokyo Jidai Matsuri, translated as the “Tokyo festival of ages,” at Asakusa 15 years ago, since they claimed Tokyo’s history and culture originated from Asakusa.
	www.estripes.com /article.asp?section=103&article=19321&archive=true (404 words)

	Japan: Asakusa Sanja Festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Walking past the mikoshi and into the main temple you are greeted by an entirely different throng of people clambering to get up the temple steps to give offerings and prayers at the altar.
		The first is to wash your hands and mouth with water from the temple spring in order to purify yourself for entrance into the temple.
		The giant bronze incense burner at Asakusa is particularly famous for its powers to increase intelligence, so everyone brushes the smoke through their hair to partake of its power.
	doninjapan.blogspot.com /2005/05/asakusa-sanja-festival.html (989 words)

	Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Asakusa is a temple with a long pathway leading to it.
		This is the main gate into the strip mall that leads to the temple.
		Tacky American!) In the courtyard in front of the temple, there were places that you could burn incense as well as take a drink from a communal well.
	www.end.com /~jynx/travel/japan/asakusa.html (268 words)

	Asakusa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Asakusa is one of the oldest neighborhoods in Tokyo.
		As we walk to the Senso-ji Temple area from the south, the streets are lined with shops selling tourist items aimed at Japanese tourists from the countryside visiting one of the big shrines in Tokyo.
		To the west of the temple is a peaceful garden area.
	www.nd.edu /~sboker/PhotoBlogs/Japan/Tokyo2003c.html (538 words)

	Senso-ji Temple, Asakusa district, Tokyo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Senso-ji Temple, popularly known as Asakusa Kannon, is Tokyo's most sacred and impressive temple.
		The main entrance to the Senso-ji temple complex on Kaminarimon-dori, is through this gate - the Kaminarimon Gate.
		Looking past the incense burner of the Senso-ji temple towards the main hall, where the procession was headed.
	www.mykreeve.net /japan/tokyo/senso-ji (281 words)

	Bridgewater State College Study Tour of Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		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).
		According to the history of the Temple, Senso-ji was built for the Goddess of Mercy, Kannon.
		The Temples history begins in 628, when it is said that two brothers fished a statue of Kannon out of the Sumida River.
	webhost.bridgew.edu /tpittman/sensoji.htm (202 words)

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		Temple Entrance The entrance to the Buddhist temple at Asakusa-Sensoji was built in 942 enshrines two guardian statues, the God of Thunder and the God of Storm.
		Incense burning At a building adjacent to the temple, worshipers burn incense, then rub in smoke on their bodies because of their belief in its healing properties.
		Buddha statue A statue of Buddha in the courtyard near the temple.
	www.uen.org /utahlink/tours/tourViewCategory.cgi?category_id=14252&tour_id=9057 (626 words)

	Asakusa :: Tokyo Essentials :: Tokyo Tourist Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		But for visitors between the sixteen and eighteen hundreds, the attraction was somewhat different - Asakusa contained the notorious "Yoshiwara", the city's licensed pleasure quarter.
		Sensoji Temple dates back to 645, but with the original destroyed in the air raids of March 10 1945, today's building is a 1958 reconstruction.
		Asakusa is on the Ginza Subway Line and the TOEI Asakusa Line.
	www.tokyoessentials.com /asakusa.html (829 words)

	Tokyo : Walking Tours : Walking Tour 1 \| Frommers.com
		The sacred statue is still housed in the temple, carefully preserved inside three boxes; even though it's never on display, people still flock to the temple to pay their respects.
		Within the temple is a counter where you can buy your fortune by putting a 100-yen coin into a wooden box and shaking it until a long bamboo stick emerges from a small hole.
		West of Sensoji Temple is a gardenlike area of lesser shrines and memorials, flowering bushes, and a stream of carp.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/tokyo/0085020033.html (1975 words)

	Asakusa Temple (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		It's the people and the long rows of fascinating shops that make Asakusa Temple and its environs such an interesting photographic subject.
		I've noted that the curvature normally produced by swing-lens cameras is far less obvious on straight lines radiating more or less directly away from the center, as in the street and shops in this case.
		The temple buildings, and the individual members of the crowd...
	www.pgallery.net /rogerama/folder-4627.html (295 words)

	Subway Asakusa Station
		Asakusa is the place I stayed during my first night in Tokyo.
		The only concern maybe for the non-Tokyoite, is that Asakusa station is not on the "main route" meaning not on the loop line, the Yamanote line the circles Tokyo's biggest stations.
		I was extremely lucky to be a member of the community that got to carry the mikoshi to the temple, even though I was a short term member of the community.
	www.3deearts.com /tokyo/asakusaeki.html (1507 words)

	Asakusa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The ks is pronounced like the X in fox) There is a temple in Asakusa that is very popular probably because it is in Tokyo so it's close.
		Asakusa is where the temple is. Akasaka is the business district with very expensive hotels and restaurants.
		They are usually the names sponsers that are supporting the festival or temple.
	www.greggman.com /pageparts/japan/asakusa.htm\|template=print\|lang=english\|?q (481 words)

	"Japan: Asakusa Temple" - June 10, 2002 (siliconchef.com) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Asakusa Temple is one of Tokyo's bigger temples, and attracts a lot of tourists.
		Next you toss coins into a tray outside of the temple, then make a wish and pray (kind of like a spiritual slot machine).
		Then you enter the temple, toss more coins into another tray and pray again.
	www.siliconchef.com /archives/00000195.html (450 words)

	..: . rion.nu \| japan: asakusa temple . :..
		tokyo, japan: the senso-ji temple in tokyo's asakusa district has been the focus of a bustling marketplace for more than 400 years.
		the original temple was founded in the year 648 (yes, 648), two brothers fished out a small Buddha from the adjacent river.
		more asakusa at asakusa-e.com and asakusa on flickr -- including two of my favorite asakusa photos here and here from /cosentino, (and my moblog, the tag along project).
	www.rion.nu /v5/archive/000902.php (235 words)

	ASAKUSA & UENO / Central Asakusa Area
		Ce temple, le plus ancien de Tokyo, est toujours visité par de gens venus prier et il est aussi connu sous le nom de « Asakusa Kannon ».
		Dans l’enceinte du temple, des manifestations japonaises traditionnelles comme le festival Sanja, le marché aux physalis « hozuki-ichi » et le marché des raquettes décorées sont organisées de saison en saison durant toute l’année, l’endroit étant envahi d’une foule de badauds en ces occasions.
		Le temple actuel (le hall principal) a été reconstruit en 1958.
	www.taitocity.com /kanko/asakusa_ueno/f_guide/sight2/cen_asa.html (533 words)

	Tokyo's Key Attractions - Travelers Digest
		Tokyo’s most revered Buddhist temple and a site of pilgrimage and tourism for many centuries, Sensoji Temple was founded in AD628 to enshrine a gold statuette of the Kannon Bodhisattva (the Goddess of Mercy).
		The temple and its five-storey pagoda are concrete reconstructions, but the temple precincts are nevertheless always bustling with worshippers.
		Smoke from the huge incense burner in front of the temple is said to have healing powers.
	www.travelersdigest.com /tokyo_key.htm (869 words)

	Blue Wave Inn Asakusa hotel in Tokyo, Japan - Discount Hotels in Tokyo
		The hotel is located in Asakusa, an area reminiscent of traditional Japan--a feature that is quite rare in modern-day Tokyo.
		Asakusa fascinates people with its state-of-the-art entertainment district and continues to attract visitors with the historical sites such as the Asakusa Temple.
		The hotel is only a 5-minute walk from Asakusa Station.
	www.hotel-japan.net /blue_wave_inn_asakusa_tokyo.html (255 words)

	VirtualTourist.com - Tokyo Shrines and Temples - Pictures, Tips and Reviews
		Temple and the symbolic tower with the adorable cherry blossoms...
		Besides the main temple, there are many smaller ones, as well as gardens and other things.
		The main gate of a budhist temple is perhaps for her something different.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Asia/Japan/Tokyo_to/Tokyo-969164/General_Tips-Tokyo-Shrines_and_Temples-BR-1.html (815 words)

	VirtualTourist.com - Tokyo *Area > Asakusa - Pictures, Tips and Reviews
		Sensoji (also known as Asakusa Kannon Temple) is a temple located in Asakusa, a central part of the ***amachi.
		Asakusa is one of the 23 districts of Tokyo and has the distinction of being the oldest in modern-day Tokyo that has been preserved well to this day.
		At this lively temple, there are always people thronging around the large urn at the middle of the temple courtyard.
	www.virtualtourist.com /vt/ec9cc/4/29cc (1519 words)

	asakusa-e.com/Festivals February (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Asakusa Temple provided the service of Setsubun-e for the common people from late 17th century, and a document tells that the ceremony became quite well known in Edo in several decades.
		The uniqueness of Setsubun-e of Asakusa Temple is found in printing 10,000 sheets of amulet with sacred words, out of which 3,333 are hanged from the shelf in Hondo, the Main Temple after the mass, and flapped to scatter with huge fans with the word "Setsubun" written on.
		Asakusa Tourist Federation revived the dance in commemoration of the completion of Hozomon in 1964.
	www.asakusa-e.com /maturi/maturi_feb_e.htm (397 words)

	Edo - Asakusa Temple (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Temple was built in 628 by order of Empress Suiko to house a mysterious statue of the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy Kannon that had been found in the bay by three brothers while they were fishing.
		Since then the waters rose and turned the area around the hill Asakusa was built on into marsh.
		Recently Tokugawa has had the area around the Temple recalimed from the bay and the river, now Asakusa is at the heart of a thriving temple district.
	p208.ezboard.com /fsengokujidai76258frm27 (188 words)

	Sensoji (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Sensōji (金龍山浅草寺, Kinryū-san Sensōji) is an ancient Buddhist temple located in Asakusa, Taitō Ward, Tōkyō;.
		Adjacent to the temple is a Shintō; shrine, the Asakusa Jinja.
		The long walkway from the Thunder Gate to the temple itself is lined with small shops selling omiyage (souvenirs) ranging from fans, ukiyo-e (woodblock prints), kimono and other robes, Buddhist scrolls, traditional sweets, to Godzilla toys, t-shirts, and cell-phone trinkets.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/S/Sensoji.htm (333 words)

	Asakusa - Sensoji (Asakusa Kannon Temple)
		Walking across to the temple grounds from Asakusa Station you first see Kaminari-mon Gate, hemmed in by modern buildings; it's scale can be deceptive until you're standing under the 10 foot paper lantern hung in the center.
		Beyond it is the Nakamise-dori, a street lined with smaller shops, with everything from confections and toys through to clothing and religious objects.
		Beyond Nakamise-dori is the Hozomon Gate and then the main shrine and the temple gardens.
	www.studiobraun.com /travel/tokyo/asakusa (214 words)

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