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    Photos: Japan's Sanja Matsuri festival takes place after COVID-19 delay

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    Photos: Japan's Sanja Matsuri festival takes place after COVID-19 delay

    One of the Tokyo's biggest traditional festivals held with COVID-19 precautions

    Published:  October 19, 2020 08:18 Compiled by Nathaniel Lacsina, Senior Web Editor
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    Members of traditional Japanese musical instrument group wearing protective face shields perform at Asakusa shrine in Tokyo. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Revellers and spectators wearing protective face masks. Image Credit: Reuters
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    A dog wearing traditional festival costume and pair of glasses. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Shinto priests wearing protective face masks prepares to pray. Image Credit: Reuters
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    A participant walks thorugh a gate spraying disinfectant at the entrance to Asakusa shrine. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Revellers and spectators bow to pray before the departure of Mikoshi or portable shrine. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Revellers wearing protective face masks or face shield carry a Mikoshi or portable shrine under the infection control measures. Image Credit: Reuters
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    A reveller is reflected in decorations of a Mikoshi. Image Credit: Reuters
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    A reveller tries to load a Mikoshi or portable shrine onto a truck, while it's usually carried by the hands of revellers, under the infection control measures. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Revellers wait for the arrival of a Mikoshi. Image Credit: Reuters
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