Portable shrines into sea

People came together in Kamakura, near Tokyo, on Sunday to shoulder portable shrines and carry them into the sea to pray for the safety of the community. The usually annual Shinto ritual of Gosho Shrine returned after a four-year suspension by the coronavirus pandemic.

Participants in the ritual carried the portable shrines as they paraded from the main shrine to a beach. On the way, parents holding small children were allowed to pass beneath the shrines to pray for their children's well-being and healthy growth.