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.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - King Kekaulike High School students were announced as the 2025 winners of the Honolulu Festival’s annual Maui Mikoshi design contest. Their winning designs were ...

So, it was difficult for the 23-year-old to introduce herself during the selection process for 80 participants for the all-female "Gal Mikoshi" portable shrine parade from 186 applicants.

The deity of Onomichi's Ikkyu Shrine descends from a mountain, carried in a mikoshi and accompanied by three oni, or ogres. First celebrated in 1807, this matsuri began as a way to drive away an ...

Police said that 20 lives on Hawaii Island had been saved by the use of tourniquets within the last five years. The Maui Police Department said that around 10:18 p.m. Thursday night, a crash ...

King Kekaulike High School students were revealed on Friday as the winners of the 29th annual Honolulu Festival Maui Mikoshi design contest. Photo courtesy King Kekaulike High School King ...