*Kappa matsuri* (festival) boats on Tokyo Bay, Japan

Ebara Jinja (shrine) in Shinagawa, Tokyo, is the proud possessor of a mask said to be 1000 years old, found floating in Tokyo Bay off Shinagawa long ago by a fisherman who thought it was the face of a god. He took it to the local shrine where it has been ever since. Once a year the mask is taken out into Tokyo Bay in a boat as a symbolic gesture to the god it is supposed to represent. This is part of the *Kappa matsuri* (water goblin festival). This image shows several of the procession boats heading out into Tokyo Bay.