Festivals which have been held from old times in Japan are often held as events worshiping a deity, using Mikoshi (portable shrine carried in festivals) or Goshintai (object of worship housed in a Shinto shrine and believed to contain the spirit of a deity).
日本で古くから行われている祭りでは神を祭る行事として神輿や御神体を使って行われていることが多い。