A special scaled down “mikoshi” portable shrine for children featured for the first time in the 700-year history of the bustling Sanja Matsuri festival in Tokyo’s downtown Asakusa district.

Spring also brings vibrant festivals, from the dazzling Takayama Matsuri to Kyoto’s geisha-led Miyako Odori. Whether you’re ...

It jiggled. Tajima caught me staring, and he tapped the lump. It jiggled some more. “That’s my mikoshi-dako,” he said, obviously proud. An older man stepped over and admired it.

King Kekaulike High School wins Honolulu Festival’s Maui Mikoshi Design Contest The Honolulu Festival Foundation announced today that King Kekaulike High School is the winner of the 29th Annual ...