Celebration of Tanabata Festival at Zojoji Temple. Minato-ku district. Tokyo. Japan (More information in Description field)

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Celebration of Tanabata Festival at Zojoji Temple. Atago Green Hills Mori Tower can be seen on the background. People generally celebrate this day by writing wishes on small pieces of colored paper called "tanzaku" and hanging them on bamboo. The Zojoji Temple is the Main Temple of Jodo shu (Pure Land Sect) of Buddhism. Founded in 1393 and moved to Edo (old Tokyo) in 1598 by the founder of Tokugawa Shogunate (Ieyasu Tokugawa), ruler of Japan in the Edo Period. Shiba area. Minato-ku district. Tokyo. Japan

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Size: 5200px × 3453px
Location: Zojoji Temple complex. Minato-ku district. Tokyo. Japan
Photo credit: © Miguel Angel Muñoz Pellicer / Alamy / Afripics
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