This festival follows an imperial chariot containing the shintai (sacred object in which a deity is believed to reside) as it is paraded through the streets of Okayama to Koraku-en Garden, and is the main event of the Okayama Sakura Carnival.
神体を載せた鳳輦が岡山の街中を巡行して後楽園まで往復する祭で、岡山さくらカーニバルの中心行事ともなっている。