torikoe shrine has a long-standing history of almost 1,360 years and it is located on kuramaebashi street. every year in jun. the shrine holds a festival; its highlight of an outstanding mikoshi (portable shrine) parade attracts many people. sarutahiko (a deity in shape of long-nosed goblin), tekomai dancers, and children with flags of five colors will lead the mikoshi parade. lanterns are hung on the mikoshi, which return to the shrine surrounded by highly held lanterns. this mikoshi is known as the heaviest one in tokyo ? it is named 'senkan-mikoshi,? which means that it weighs four tons. the parade is a magnificent sight as it proceeds through the town. tens of thousands of people attend this festival, which is a representative june event in kuramae.
