Kagura Night Market
Enjoy Hiroshima Kagura under the stars, check out the beautiful costumes on display and nibble and sip at food stalls within the grounds of Hiroshima Castle.
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Kagura Night Market
Enjoy Hiroshima Kagura under the stars, check out the beautiful costumes on display and nibble and sip at food stalls at Koi Place in Nishi-hiroshima.
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Kagura Night Market
Enjoy Hiroshima Kagura under the stars, check out the beautiful costumes on display and nibble and sip at food stalls at Koi Place in Nishi-hiroshima.
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Classic Hiroshima Kagura Oeyama Trilogy in English
Free online broadcast of the classic Hiroshima Kagura trilogy of Oeyama, complete with English subtitles.
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Go behind the scenes of Hiroshima Kagura
The Hiroshima Kagura: Behind-the-Scenes Tour is a unique opportunity to get an up close look at what it takes to produce and protect this spectacular traditional folk art.
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Online Winter Kagura Festival
Xmas is coming early for fans of Hiroshima Kagura around the world.
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Shirakami-san Autumn Festival
Two nights of Hiroshima Kagura performances, street stalls and wishes for good fortune on Peace Boulevard.
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Teens Slay at Kagura Koshien Event
Kagura Koshien brings together high school traditional dance troupes from around the country for two days of friendly competition at
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Kagura Koshien in Akitakata
Free bus trip for foreign residents and visitors to a day of Kagura dance in the countryside.
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Momiji-gari – the Demon’s Momiji Viewing Drinking Party Trap – Kagura Performance
After the Tokasan Yukata festival, I enjoyed Kagura storytelling at its best performed by the Uegouchi Kagura Troupe on June
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Yamata-no-Orochi: Here There Be Snake Demons
Let’s get one thing straight: I’ve seen quite a lot of kagura. But for some reason, I had never seen
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Lost and Found in Translation: Bringing Kagura to an International Audience
Rachel Nicholson writes about her part in helping non-Japanese speakers gain a deeper appreciation of Hiroshima kagura.
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An Evening of Kagura Returns to Take Center Stage
After a month-long hiatus, An Evening of Kagura is back and better than ever in a new home.
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Hirose-jinja Autumn Festival
Two nights of kagura dance performances and street stalls at this historical, city center shrine’s autumn festival. Saturday, October 19
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Waseda-jinja Shrine Autumn Festival
Kagura performances on Saturday night and omkoshi portable shrine parades and kids sumo on Sunday in Ushita. Saturday, October 20
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Ikari-jinja Shrine Autumn Festival
Aki-matsuri autumn festival at one of Hiroshima’s oldest shrines. Stalls, kagura and wa-daiko Japanese drumming. Saturday October 20 18:00 Japanese
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An Evening of Kagura: The Tale of the Poet-Warrior General
Annelise Giseburt watches Heian warriors take on an acrobatic chimeric beast at the English Kagura Experience.
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An Evening of Kagura with the web-shooting ‘Earth Spider’
Long-time kagura fan Matt Mangham finally gets to know just what is going on stage.
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An Evening of Kagura English Kagura Experience
An excellent opportunity to gain a deeper appreciation of Hiroshima’s most entertaining folk art.
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Takiyasha-hime: Sorcery and revenge in medieval Japan
A look at the origins and story of Takiyasha-hime (Princess Takiyasha), a staple of the repertoire of the Kagura folk
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Wednesday Night Kagura
Spectacular folk art for the masses, every week in Hiroshima city center. [日本語]
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Kagura at the Prefectural Art Museum
In addition to the weekly Hiroshima Kagura performances at the Kenmin Bunka Center every Wednesday there is the chance to
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The kagura story of Adachi-ga-hara [安達ヶ原] comes from a Noh play based on the legend of an inn at Kurozuka
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New Year Kagura
Two days of kagura dance performances by 6 local troupes. Doors open at 11:00 Performances start at 12:00
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Kagura at Shirakami-san Aki Matsuri
Yesterday was the first day of the annual Shirakami-san aki matsuri autumn festivalat Shirakami Shrine in downtown Hiroshima city. As always
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Shirakami-san Aki Matsuri Autumn Festival
Shirakami Shrine, located right downtown on a busy intersection on Peace Boulevard next to the ANA Crowne Plaza Hotel, is
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Videos From Kagura at Shirakami-san Autumn Festival 2012
I took along our 10 year old son to the second and final night of the annual aki matsuri autumn
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Kagura at Miyajima Oyster Festival
A forces of good take a breather during a kagura performance at the Miyajima Oyster Festival. Click for larger version.
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Holiday Kagura
The holiday season provides a couple of opportunities to check out the extravagant costumes, and frenetic drum rhythms that characterize
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