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The Iriya Asagao-ichi Market Festival in Tokyo
July 8, 2014, Tokyo, Japan - A vendor shows his plant to customer at the "Iriya Asagao-ichi Market Festival" on July 8, 2014. The market festival was the most famous for asagao plants (morning glories) in Edo period, and has been held on July 6, 7, and 8 at the Temple of Iriya Kishimojin in Tokyo every year since late Edo period. The flower was introduced into Japan 1200 year ago from China for medical uses. (Photo by Rodrigo Reyes Marin/AFLO)