The parade is held to give thanks for a bountiful harvest, and consists of a lion, a sacred horse, a shrine flag, a salt water bucket, a masakaki (evergreen tree), a Michibikijin - God of the road, a taiko drum, a kagura, a drum, Oonusa (a large note of money), a large umbrella, a portable shrine, a large umbrella, a saishu who leads shito rituals, saishu who help and assist saishu, a kagura performer, a procession of followers, an armoured warrior, a yakko, a children's mikoshi, a mikoshi of Hikawa JHS students in Hikawa, a decorated horse (pony/junior high school students in Hikawa), a hayaodora and a kameshi. After the Shinto rituals, the procession departs from the Sanjingu Shrine, parades through the town, stops at the Kawarataijingu Shrine, and then returns to the Sanjingu Shrine.