The role that the mikoshi plays in the festival varies tremendously, in some instances, with the mikoshi being simply carried through a town visiting one Otabisho (or Miki-sho meaning a station where the sacred sake is dedicated to god) to the next or, in the other instances, with mikoshi being shaken violently or two mikoshi clashing against one another.
単に町を歩いてお旅所（神酒所）と呼ばれる目的地を回るだけのものや、荒々しく揺らしたり神輿同士をぶつけ合ったりするものなど様々で、祭りの中でそれが果たす役割は多種多様である。