{"id":544,"date":"2022-05-09T18:05:01","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T09:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/endup-japan.com\/?p=544"},"modified":"2022-05-12T14:42:02","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T05:42:02","slug":"asakusa-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/endup-japan.com\/?p=544","title":{"rendered":"Asakusa again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It used be a small fishing village, before Tokugawa Shogunate developed this area, but Senso-ji temple is very unique temple since it is built by commoners, not aristocrats like others.<br \/>According to the legend, in 7th Century, brothers of fisherman hook up a tiny (5.5cm) statue of Kannnon (goddess of mercy) from Sumida-gawa River. They brought it to their master, Hajino-Manakachi, and he built a small sanctuary (current Komagata-Dou) at the foot of Komagata Bridge to enshrine it.<br \/>After some decades, a priest Shokai Shonin had a dream to hide it from public view, and it is hidden for over 1,000 years.<br \/>According to the temples record, when the Meiji government deployed anti-buddhism policy, the official has confirmed its existence. Since then, people is only able to see &#8220;Omaedachi&#8221;(\u5fa1\u524d\u7acb, substitution of the statue), instead of the real one, once in a year (December 13th).<br \/>The huge rice straw sandals in the third one are offered by Yamagata prefecture, to ward off evil spirits by making them believe a giant deity who wear them lives here.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" data-id=\"546\" src=\"http:\/\/endup-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_7836.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/endup-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_7836.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/endup-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_7836-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/endup-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_7836-1024x768.jpeg 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