I happened to encounter Kagura, a local traditional art, at a shrine near by, as was described in the following page,
https://www.yamareco.com/modules/diary/238211-detail-169297
The Kagura forms a parts of the summer festival in 2018 of Shrine, Akiba Jinjya, is as follows.
July 18 (Wed): Shintoism from 11:00 am
July 21 (Sat): Shonai Kagura 4 p.m. - 9 p.m., with the Night Market open from 5 p.m., cooked rice (300) deep fried chicken (350) sardine bark (300) 3 kinds of rice cake (300), organized by local women's Party: / draft beer (350) Yakitori (350) by middle-aged group: / materials as gifts by old-fashioned party: / shaved ice (150) ramune (150) by children's party: / yakisoba (300) by the members of Nakamura Hospital:
As a rule, Kagura is dedicated to God through a shrine, together the local people with pleasure. Kagura is operated by amateur group in the suburbs, who also organize in another shrine.
one of the famous Kagura at Takatifo in Miyazaki Prefecture.
By the way, there are three traditional operas in Japan, the oldest one is Kabuki, the second Noh and the third Kabuki.
Noh, organized in Muromachi era
Kabuki, organized in Edo era.
