Japanese actors, geisha, and beauties in Hoekago Parade (Osaka) 大阪今宮神社 十日戎 宝恵かご行列

大阪　えべっさん　十日戎の宝恵駕籠行列 2011年
Palanquin parade at Toka Ebisu Festival in Osaka Imamiya Ebisu Shrine
Recipe: take some beauties and celebrities, promise good revenue this year, and you have crowds of people gathering from morning until the late night. Such is Imamiya Toka Ebisu in Osaka - a festival of patron deity of merchants, casually called Ebessan.
Hoekago parade starts in Dotombori area and goes through shopping district in Namba to Imamiya Ebisu Jinja and back.
Festival lasts for a few days around January 10th ("tooka" means actually "the tenth day") and attracts huge crowds of people. They buy lucky charms for a new year and dispose last year's charms for burning.
In 2013 Hoekago Parade will take place on Jan 10th.