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Updated: May 1, 2023
Note: The 2023 installment of this event has already taken place.
The Asakusa Kannon-ura Ichiyo Sakura Festival is a lively event featuring various stage performances, set along a street lined with Ichiyo sakura (a type of cherry blossom with a double layer of petals).
Held annually on the second Saturday in April, the highlight of the festival is the Edo Yoshiwara Oiran Dochu, a cultural tradition that has been handed down for generations in the Yoshiwara area. It is a reenactment of traditional processions in which beautiful oiran (courtesans) would walk through the streets. In this modern-day version, the participants are mainly local residents who dress up with the assistance of makeup artists, hairdressers, and costumers who typically work with professional dancers and kabuki actors.
Eastern Tokyo
Asakusa
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