I didnt really expect much when I went to this festival, thought it would be just another Saturday (or Sunday, cant remember) afternoon of beer and Omikoshi (portable shrine) viewing, but it turned out to be quite a good festival. There were loads of Omikoshi being paraded through the streets, but there were also these big, elaborately carved wooden floats with performers on mini stages wearing masks, fox heads and devil heads, flutes and drums galore, and at night the wooden floats, lit by paper lanterns, all merged into the same area where some kind of “battle” ensued. Im not sure what the rules of this battle were, but confetti was exploding out of the floats, devils danced, foxes fought, and a team was announced the winner. Definitely a summer festival highlight.