They appear not only in the shrine festivals accompanied by a shrine maiden and a historic pageant, but also in a flower festival at a temple (birthday ceremony, kanbutsue (the Buddha's birthday festival), Shakyamuni's birthday ceremony), days consecrated to the Bodhisattva of Compassion and Fudo Myoo, the anniversary of the death (memorial service) of the founders, such as Honen and Nichiren, grand Buddhist memorial services held once in decades or hundreds of years such as a celebration of completion of a main hall or the inauguration ceremony for the head priest of a temple.
お寺の花まつり（誕生会、灌仏会、釈尊の誕生日）や観世音菩薩、不動明王、等の縁日、法然、日蓮、等の宗祖の命日（お会式）、本堂落慶法要や晋山式といった、数十年～数百年に一度の大法会に行われる他、神社の祭りにも巫女と共に登場、また、時代行列の中で登場する場合もある。