There were mikoshi at Rei Taisai too

Rei taisai is the proper name of the event (the one with yabusame and sword waving) we witnessed last Sunday.

Top of the men's mikoshi:

Pouring water on the ropes of the women's mikoshi:

We wrote about the Rei Taisai at Nakamura Hachimangu in Moka here:

• Same day review of the festival
  
• Daidai Kagura (spiritual shinto performance)
• History of Nakamura shrine
• Daidai Kagura (spiritual shinto performance)
• Batto embu taikai (sword performance)
• A little bit about Moka City