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.


				Signal the start
Carrying the mikoshi	Parading the mikoshi in the streets		Venting the porters
Venting the porters	Venting the porters		Shaking the mikoshi	Drums
		Offerings to the kami on the side of the parade

Keywords related to this collection:
[Shinto] [Mikoshi] [Matsuri] [Kanto] [Japan] [Ibaraki] [Asia]
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