A mikoshi (神輿) is a sacred religious palanquin (also translated as portable Shinto shrine). Shinto followers believe that it serves as the vehicle to...

Mikoshi-nyūdō (見越し入道 or 見越入道) is a type of bald-headed yōkai "goblin" with an ever-extending neck. In Japanese folklore and Edo period (1603–1868) kaidan...

portable shrines, "Kanamara Mikoshi," "Kanayama Boat Mikoshi," and "Elizabeth Mikoshi," are patrolled. Kanamara Mikoshi A portable shrine with a square...

every May at Asakusa Shrine. Its prominent parades revolve around three mikoshi (portable shrines referenced in the festival's name), as well as traditional...

Ayagasaboko July 10: Lantern parade to welcome mikoshi (御輿, 'portable shrines') July 10: Mikoshi arai, cleansing of mikoshi with sacred water from the Kamo River...

Hōnen Matsuri, continue to this day. Typically, the phallus is placed in a mikoshi, a portable Shinto shrine. Fertility rite Liberalia (Roman festival) Dunkle...

Shrines). Participants: the parade section has circa 6,750 people and the Mikoshi section around 6,000 people. Japanese imperial year National Day "建国記念の日となる日を定める政令"...

can carry passengers as well. Mikoshi is used to carry kami in a procession called Shinko-shiki. People carry the Mikoshi on their shoulders, while dashi...

Mikoshi Parade (Mikoshi Kids), Ennichisai, Japanese community cultural festival in Blok M, Jakarta (2013)...

Visitors can watch kiriko (キリコ, Noto's unique illuminated lantern floats) and mikoshi (みこし, portable shrines) being carried through the streets, eat festival...