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.
