Otabisho (御旅所, lit. "the trip place") is a facility that serves as the temporary destination or midway resting point of a kami (more accurately the mikoshi) in the middle of its ritual procession.[1] In some case, there exist several otabisho locations along the route of the kami. At the arrival of the mikoshi to an otabisho, some rites or a festival is usually observed.

Otabisho of Yasaka Shrine.
Otabisho in Takayama.

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  1. ^ "Otabisho". Encyclopedia of Shinto. Kokugakuin University. Retrieved 16 August 2013.