The Gorei Festival is a visceral experience as eight horses thunder one by one through a cheering crowd and beneath the massive shrine gate.

Zushi is a beach town in Kanagawa prefecture, only 30 minutes by train from Tokyo and reachable by Keikyu line (get off at Shin-Zushi) or JR Yokosuka line from Shinagawa. Both lines stop in Yokohama station as well, so really it is super easy to go to.