TOKYO TEMPLE MARKS SUMMER WITH LANTERN PLANT FAIR浅草 夏の風物詩“ほおずき市”

A traditional fair featuring Chinese lantern plants is underway in Tokyo's historic Asakusa district.
The Hozuki Fair has been held for more than 200 years at the Senso-ji temple to mark the arrival of summer.
Visitors bought potted plants with orange-red seedpods that look like paper lanterns.
It used to be said that adults and children could recover from illness if they swallowed one of the berries.
(Visitor)
“I bought a plant so my grandchild will grow up healthy.”
(Visitor)
“I'll give this lantern plant to my grandmother. I want to thank her for everything.”
The market will be held until Monday. According to tradition, anyone who goes to the temple on this date can receive blessings worth 46,000 days of visits

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30941.in line with (〜に沿った、見合った ）
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30942.in parallel with (～と並んで）

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30943.at the expense of (〜を犠牲にして ）

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30944.come at a price (代償を払う）
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30945.at the cost of（～という代償を払って）
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