Friday, October 31, 2025

(3504) The main hall of Ebisu's museum...

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...with various bottles, pictures and advertisements from various times in its history. The jackets, also known as "hanten" (半纏), can still be found in traditional companies, shops, associations etc. and are something between a uniform and a moving advertisement. And also the mark of every neighborhood in festivals.

(For a bigger version of this picture both in color and black and white, check my "Japan Arekore 2" set on Flickr).

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