{"id":47660,"date":"2019-07-12T15:29:25","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T06:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/?p=47660"},"modified":"2020-08-06T16:19:13","modified_gmt":"2020-08-06T07:19:13","slug":"miyazaki-takachiho-kagura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/miyazaki-takachiho-kagura\/","title":{"rendered":"Takachiho’s Kagura: An Artistic Story of Japanese Mythology"},"content":{"rendered":"
Sponsored by Takachiho Tourist Association<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n While Takachiho is mainly known for its sumptuous gorges and wagyu beef, <\/span>Japanese mythology <\/b>lovers will be delighted to spend a night there to attend the Takachiho Kagura, a famous Shinto ritual performance<\/strong>, which began in the village.<\/span><\/p>\n Kagura, written\u00a0 in kanji as \u795e\u697d, means \u201ckami having fun\u201d (a <\/span>kami <\/span><\/i>is a deity or a spirit worshipped by Shintoists). It is an <\/span>artistic ritual<\/b> consisting of a<\/span> theatrical dance <\/b>accompanied by traditional drum and flute music, performed by 3 musicians. The staging, the costumes, the scenery, and the traditional objects, are entirely made by the villagers.<\/span><\/p>\n The Kagura aims to thank the Kami who lives in the Shinto shrine of the village, for the good harvest of the year and to ask him for an even more plentiful one next year. In Japan, many villages have passed down the Kagura tradition for several centuries, but Tachiho is the best place to attend it since this dance originated in the village (since the 12th century!)<\/span><\/p>\nTakachiho Kagura<\/b><\/h2>\n