Image 3: Kagura Dancer at Kitazawa Hachimangu. At the annual Kitazawa Hachimangu fes
Image 3: Kagura Dancer at Kitazawa Hachimangu. At the annual Kitazawa Hachimangu festival last month I saw these great looking dancers performing at the shrine stage, the kagura. I do not know the names of the styles they represent, but it is all part of the traditional Nihon Buyo. Some of them are comical, others are serious or mythical. October 2014, Japan. Text and photo by tokyobling -- source link