Ryugasaki matsuri (Ryugasaki festival)

Pictures taken during the Ryugasaki matsuri (Ryugasaki festival) in Ryugasaki, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, on Sunday, July 25th 2004.
One these pictures one can see many Mikoshi (portable shinto shrine) that are paraded in the streets of the city. During the parade the mikoshi are shaked by those carrying it. The more the mikoshi is shake, the happier the gods are.

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 Signal the start (mikoshi_ryugasaki_matsuri_4801.jpg)
Signal the start
Carrying the mikoshi (mikoshi_ryugasaki_matsuri_4803.jpg)
Carrying the mikoshi		 Parading the mikoshi in the streets (mikoshi_ryugasaki_matsuri_4805.jpg)
Parading the mikoshi in the streets		 (mikoshi_ryugasaki_matsuri_4806.jpg)
 Venting the porters (mikoshi_ryugasaki_matsuri_4814.jpg)
Venting the porters		 (mikoshi_ryugasaki_matsuri_4816.jpg)
Venting the porters (mikoshi_ryugasaki_matsuri_4810.jpg)
Venting the porters		 Venting the porters (mikoshi_ryugasaki_matsuri_4811.jpg)
Venting the porters		 (mikoshi_ryugasaki_matsuri_4812.jpg)
 Shaking the mikoshi (mikoshi_ryugasaki_matsuri_4818.jpg)
Shaking the mikoshi		 Drums (mikoshi_ryugasaki_matsuri_4823.jpg)
Drums
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 Offerings to the kami on the side of the parade (mikoshi_ryugasaki_matsuri_4832.jpg)
Offerings to the kami on the side of the parade		 (mikoshi_ryugasaki_matsuri_4833.jpg)
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