A crowd on the approach to Toshogu Shrine, Nikko

日光東照宮の表参道｡参道の両端と中央に堀が見える｡中央の堀を境にして､左側半分に人垣が集中していることから､この参道を通る祭礼｢百物揃千人行列(ひゃくものぞろえせんにんぎょうれつ)｣の開催日に撮影した可能性が高い｡日傘が多いことから春季例大祭の日と思える｡Omote-sando is the approach to Nikko Toshogu Shrine. There are trenches on both sides and in the centre of the path. The fact that most of the people are on the left side of the central trench indicates that this was taken on the first day of Hyakumono-zoroe Sennin Gyoretsu (1000 Samurai Procession) Festival. The many parasols indicate that it is the annual spring festival day