Yushima Tenjin(Shrine)Festival

The annual Yushima Tenjin(shrine) Festival will be held this weekend starting May 27 till May 28,Sunday.
On the first day of the festival Shinkousai parade (wearing traditional samurai costume)through the Yushima area and also the Jinja "Mikoshi" (which is belong to Yushima Shrine)join the parade and are carried in a parade of local people heading for the Yushima Shrine.
The second day 15 Mikoshis from each area of Yushima gather at Motomachi near the Juntendou Hospital and start at 12:30 from there heading the Yushima Shrine doing the parade through the Yushima neighborhood.
This parade which is the climax of the festival is called "Miyairi".
It is parade along the routes to visit "otabisho(resting place for the god)" eventually returning to the Yushima Shrine around 15:00.