Mikoshi
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Mikoshi are portable shrines that are normally stored, but are paraded
around during special celebrations. Takayama is especially famous for its
mikoshi, and large numbers of them (along with hundreds of thousands of
people) take part in a celebration (matsuri) every spring.
