I paid 1000 yen to enter the event site at the back yard. I could take pictures of many participants in various costumes.
(Music performed by traditional instruments)
(Troops of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu)
(Geishas)
(Newsboy and Street Seller of Masks) Saturday, November 04, 2006
Tokyojidaimatsuri, Asakusa
On November 3, Tokyo-jidai-matsuri is held at Asakusa. This festival is a costume parade showing good old days in Edo (=Tokyo). A lot of people from kindergarteners to the elderly people over 90 years old participate in the parade. Most of them seem to participate every year. The parade starts at the back yard of Sensoji Temple and make its way along the main street. It takes three hours.
I paid 1000 yen to enter the event site at the back yard. I could take pictures of many participants in various costumes.
(Troops of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu)
(Geishas)
(Newsboy and Street Seller of Masks)
I paid 1000 yen to enter the event site at the back yard. I could take pictures of many participants in various costumes.
(Troops of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu)(Geishas)(Newsboy and Street Seller of Masks) 
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Summary in Japanese (日本語要約)
【浅草の東京時代祭】
11月３日は、 浅草で東京時代祭が開催される。このお祭は、古きよき江戸を表す仮装パレードである。幼稚園児から９０歳を越すお年寄りまで大勢の人がパレードに参加していた。ほとんどの人は毎年参加しているらしい。パレードは、浅草寺の裏の庭から出発し、メイン道路に沿って練り歩く。３時間かかる。
わたしは、１０００円払って、裏庭のイベント会場に入った。いろんな衣装を着た大勢の参加者の写真に撮ることができた。
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