The one that is commonly seen is a small-sized miyagata (literally, "a shrine shape"), inside which the shinsatsu (ofuda) (the talisman) of the Ise-jingu Shrine, ujigami (literally, "the guardian god of the family or the community"), or the god in whom one believes, is placed.
一般的にみられるのは小型の神社を摸した宮形（みやがた）の中に伊勢神宮や氏神、信仰する神の神札（お札）を入れるものだ。