Asakusa Samba Carnival! SATURDAY AFTERNOON, Aug. 31st!

NOTE: I will be at this event EARLY to secure a decent spot to watch the festival, BUT i do not recommend coming very LATE to this festival..it will be VERY crowded & difficult to find our group!

For the Late-comers, i recommend forming a 2nd group & we can always meet up later in the day if you cannot find us initially ;)

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Text Message: oscar.arias@gmail.com

PLEASE come early to get a good viewing spot!

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Event Information
Details: Streets of Tokyo’s most traditional neighborhood filled with Brazilian dancers.
August 31st, 1:30pm-6pm, free.

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While some of Tokyo's largest festivals were cancelled last year out of respect for victims of the March 11 disaster, the Asakusa Samba Carnival fell afoul of a timetable clash with the rescheduled Sumida River Fireworks. There'll be no such problems this year: weather permitting, on the afternoon of August 31st, the parade between Sensoji Temple and Tawaramachi Station will be flooded with teams of elaborately attired dancers, shaking their tail feathers to the Brazilian beat.

http://www.timeout.jp/en/tokyo/event/8893/Asakusa-Samba-Carnival-2013

Teams of elaborately attired dancers flood the streets of Asakusa for Japan's largest samba carnival, shaking their tail feathers to the Brazilian beat as they work their way from Sensoji Temple to Tawaramachi Station. First held in 1981 in an attempt to revitalise the neighbourhood, the carnival is now one of Tokyo's more popular summer events, drawing half a million spectators. Seeing that this is the first time in a while that it hasn't clashed with rival dance festivals like the Koenji Awaodori (http://www.timeout.jp/en/tokyo/event/8712/Koenji-Awaodori-2013) and Super Yosakoi (http://www.timeout.jp/en/tokyo/event/8763/Super-Yosakoi-2013), you can expect an even fuller turnout than usual in 2013.

Details

Open August 31st, 1:30pm-6pm, free.

Time 1.30pm-6pm

URL http://www.asakusa-samba.org/

Venue Central Asakusa