The Mitaka Matsuri was great. This is the final of 3 posts published about the natsu-matsuri event held over the weekend.
- Close up of the phoenix
On display at the Mitaka matsuri was the mikoshi, or portable Shinto shrine.
Mikoshi which are often rectangle in shape, can resemble a miniature building, with pillars, walls, a roof, a veranda and even a railing. This is the type of Mikoshi that was on display in Mitaka.
It is lavishly decorated in gold and the carving of a phoenix is placed on the roof.
Around the railings you can see gifts offered to the gods.
- Mikoshi with Phoenix on Top
What else can you see? Rice cakes, umeboshi, sake?
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Local Mikoshi http://bit.ly/Ewd2T
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Are you sure that’s beer? Sake has closer associations with the gods. RT @KimonoBox: Local Mikoshi http://bit.ly/Ewd2T
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edit finished many thanks http://bit.ly/Ewd2T
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i love matsuri!
right side is some vegetables? i think one is Japanese radish.
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RT @KimonoBox: Mitaka. Mikoshi. Matsuri. | Japan http://bt.io/CyO The phoenix, a bird that rises from the dead. That is a very grand looking sculpture, wish i had one to put on my shelf.