Houren-Mikoshi Stable at Akihabara, Tokyo

Facility on Sotokanda 2-chome associated with Kanda Matsuri mikoshi portable shrines.

Houren-Mikoshi Stable is a facility on Sotokanda 2-chome in Chiyoda City, within the Kanda Myojin precinct area of Akihabara. It is associated with the mikoshi, the portable Shinto shrines carried through the streets during festivals such as the famous Kanda Matsuri, one of Tokyo's three great festivals.

Kanda Myojin, a historic shrine founded in 730 and a seven-minute walk from Akihabara Station, is the guardian of 108 neighbourhoods including Akihabara, Nihombashi and Marunouchi. Mikoshi can weigh over a ton and are carried by teams of parishioners, with a single neighbourhood mikoshi forming a key part of the Kanda Matsuri procession.

It suits those interested in Shinto festival traditions and the Kanda Matsuri heritage around Akihabara.