Some thousands people gathered to assist to the Sanja Matsuri in Asakusa, Tokyo, on Sunday May 20th. Sanja Matsuri is one of the Three Great Festivals of Tokyo,and is held on the third Saturday and Sunday every May by the inhabitants of the neighbouring community at Asakusa. The parade of the portable shrines is conducted for the mutual amity of the neighborhood and the prosperity of the community, but is also enjoyed by people from all over the world. (Photo by Francesco Libassi / AFLO)