The Shinkosai Festival of Mishima Shrine in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City, was held on September 15, 2024. About 250 local parishioners and foreigners carried a large portable shrine and a sword pole while shouting the spirited chant "Hoitto, hoitto" and prayed for a good harvest.
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