Shinko Festival - Shinkosai

Japanese: 神幸祭 - しんこうさい

It is a Shinto ritual, and means to worship the deity's departure. In other words, it is a ceremony held when the deity leaves the main shrine. The deity is surrounded by a sacred fence made of sakaki branches, and placed in the center of a procession to be sent to the departure place over a period of one or several days. In contrast, the ceremony in which the deity returns to the main shrine is called the Kankosai.

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Japanese:

神道行事の一つで，神のいでましをまつる，の意。すなわち，本社から神が出御する際に行われる祭事である。神霊を榊の枝でできた神籬 (ひもろぎ) で囲い，それを行列の中央において，いでましの場所まで1日ないし数日をかけて送り届ける。これに対して，神霊が再び本社に戻る祭事を還幸祭という。

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