Women parade through Osaka shopping street with portable shrines

Women parade through Osaka shopping street with portable shrines

Some 100 women parade through a shopping street in Osaka, western Japan, on July 23, 2015, carrying two "mikoshi" portable shrines. The parade was a precursor to the Tenjin (Gods of Heaven) Festival due to start on July 24. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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