Mikoshi jyutai (traffic jam).

There was a traffic jam on side street near our Tokyo apartment on Sunday.  There must have been at least three (maybe four portable shrines (mikoshi) bouncing down the street on the backs of revelers.  We couldn't even drive up our street.  I had to circle around to park.

Mikoshi Decorations

These colored paper decorations were on a children's mikoshi that I spotted in Hiroo.  I'd never seen decorations like this before.  The heads of the people in yukata look like donguri (acorns).