Japanese traditions – Mikoshi parade

22 March 2012 on Muza-chan's Gate to Japan Posted in: Uncategorized    

Traveling through Japan, you may encounter, especially around Shinto shrines, large groups of people gathered around teams carrying on their shoulders a heavy, lavishly ornate palanquin, a mikoshi. The teams of mikoshi bearers...
 
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