When you come near to the karakuri mikuji, kagura (the sacred music performed at shrines) and a mechanical Japanese lion dance automatically begin, and when you put coins into a box and select a fortune-telling slip from among the six kinds (including that in English, that in both Japanese and English, and that for a child), the mechanical lion brings you the slip, performing the Japanese lion dance in accord with kagura --- these comical devices have become popular.
人が近づくと神楽が鳴り出して機械仕掛けの獅子舞がはじまり、硬貨を投入しておみくじ（みくじ）の種類（英文、和英対訳、子供用など6種類）を選ぶと、神楽に合わせて獅子が舞いながら御籤を届ける仕掛けが人気となっている。