Photo gallery: Konno Hachimangu Festival

The main festival at Konno Hachimangu Shrine has been held in Shibuya for more than 900 years, taking place annually on the third weekend of September (this year falling on September 14 and 15). Nowadays, all the town councils in Shibuya bring out their mikoshi (portable shrines) and parade them over the scramble crossing and through Dogenzaka. The streets of Shibuya are filled with happi coats of many colours, and its typical crowd of trendy youngsters shopping or going out on dates is replaced by something completely different. The mikoshi are gathered in front of 109, and the lively voices of the shrine carriers resonate throughout Hachiko Square – even carrying as far as the alleys of Hyakkendana and Maruyamacho. For two days only, the bustling streets are steeped in tradition. Here's all the action in pictures.