Mikoshi (Japanese Portable Shrines) Rock at Sone Festival!
Autumn Festival 2018 Day1, at Sone-Tenmangu Shrine, Hyogo, Japan, where they thank to God for the year's harvest. An average portable shrine (mikoshi a.k.a. yassa) weighs 2-3 ton and has wood carvings all over the body with gold ornaments and detailed stitches. Typically, four of the group members are on the drums in the middle of mikoshi, and two stand on it and lead the carriers with chants (yo-i-ya-sa).