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Festival participants make their way to the shrine.
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Mikoshi bearers run to the shrine.
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Mikoshi bearers run through Nishi Hongu's Romon Gate.
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Sacred Horse (dummy) on a small truck proceeds around the shrine at 1 pm. I wonder how they did this in the old days. 御浦神事
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People head for Nishi Hongu where the mikoshi are.
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Returning the large sakaki branch from Tenson Shrine. 大榊還御
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At 1 pm, they held the Large Sakaki Branch Returning Ceremony at Nishi Hongu. The branch was returned from Tenson Shrine (天孫神社/西宮神社). Sakaki is a type of evergreen sacred to Shinto. 大榊還御
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After the sakaki branch ceremony, at 1:30 pm they held the Haiden Departure Ceremony at the Haiden where seven mikoshi were placed. 拝殿出し神事
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They then carried the mikoshi from the Haiden to the Sando road.
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They passed through the Romon Gate.
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Carrying the mikoshi through Romon Gate at Nishi Hongu.
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It was done with great fanfare.
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One after another, they carried out the seven mikoshi.
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Mikoshi ornaments were then installed on the mikoshi.
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Three of the mikoshi were put on trucks.
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Ceremony in front of a shishi lion head.
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Four of the mikoshi were to be carried by humans.
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At 2:30 pm, they started carrying the mikoshi.
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The mikoshi pass under the Sanno torii.
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Sanno-sai Festival, Hiyoshi Taisha Shrine, Otsu, Shiga Prefecture
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Sanno-sai Festival, Hiyoshi Taisha Shrine, Otsu, Shiga Prefecture
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神輿神幸
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Heading down Sando road.
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Passing under another torii facing Sando road.
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Sanno-sai Festival, Hiyoshi Taisha Shrine, Otsu, Shiga Prefecture
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Mikoshi on trucks to transport them to the boat dock.
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Mikoshi bearers are taken by bus to the boat dock at 七本柳の浜 which was too far away for me to reach in time.
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Hiyoshi Taisha torii on the shore of Lake Biwa. This is not where they load the boat with the mikoshi.
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The mikoshi departed by boat at 3 pm. They were put on a barge pulled by a tugboat. The barge sailed off the coast of Karasaki Shrine where they held a ceremony.
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Then the mikoshi sailed to Wakamiya Port. 船渡御
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Barge loaded with mikoshi approaching Wakamiya Port. Sanno-sai Festival.
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The mikoshi return to land at Wakamiya Port.
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Mikoshi bearers were standing by at Wakamiya Port and one by one they offloaded the mikoshi from the barge.
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They carried the mikoshi on a rainy day on April 14, 2009.
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Wakamiya Shrine near Wakamiya Port.
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