otabisho

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{{nihongo|Otabisho|御旅所||lit. "the trip place"}} is a facility that serves as the temporary destination or midway resting point of a kami (more accurately the mikoshi) in the middle of its ritual procession.{{cite web|title=Otabisho|url=http://eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp/modules/xwords/entry.php?entryID=262|work=Encyclopedia of Shinto|publisher=Kokugakuin University|accessdate=16 August 2013}} In some case, there exist several otabisho locations along the route of the kami. At the arrival of the mikoshi to an otabisho, some rites or a festival is usually observed.

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