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The Mikoshi leaves Yabuhara sanctuary and is carried through the village of Kiso Mura as part of the Summer festival parade. For the participants it is an all day sake drinking affair, stopping en route to soak up the alcohol with food as they sing along. The Mikoshi is literally a wheel-less human powered transporter of divinities. The Mikoshi is also a portable Shinto shrine which is carried by a large number of strong young men on their shoulders across the village for approximately 12 hours, Japan.