SCHEDULE KAGURA

Niigata Kagura Calendar

In Niigata, the distinctive Kagura Dance that is closely tied to the lifename of each village has been handed down and dedicated to the spring/autumn festival for wishing for good harvest and expressing gratitude for the year. It will be a valuable experience where you can experience the culture nurtured by Niigata, one of Japan's leading rice-growing lands. The dates are subject to change, so we recommend that you check in advance. The kagura Dance of the village is a ritual dedicated to the shrine, so please observe the manners so that you do not cross the gated kagura or enter private land without permission. The dots on the Google map indicate the approximate locations of the villages.

name	Akatsukadaidai Kagura
Event date	April 15, 2020
Area	Nishi Ward
Remarks	[Citizens' Cultural Heritage] Every year at the Akatsuka Shrine Spring Festival on April 15th, four elementary school children dedicate the Chigo Dance and Daidai Kagura. At the end of Tata Kagura is the Daikoku Dance, which is popular among children because sweets are thrown for them to pick up. The Chigo Dance disappeared in the Heisei period due to the circumstances, but it was revived in April 2010 (Heisei 22) with the cooperation of the locals wishing for a revival, and has been dedicated at the Akatsuka Shrine Spring Festival.

name	Akiba Shrine's Tayu Dance
Event date	April 24 - 25
Area	Akiba Ward
Remarks	Content: Harvest Kagura Performance: Tayuno Dance and Daidai Dance Tenpachi dedication will take place on April 25.

name	Asahi Kagura
Event date	August 24 - 25
Area	Akiba Ward
Remarks	Content: Shishi Kagura The performances are Kagura Dances (Suzumai, Makushibori, Tama-asobi, Okazaki, Tengu Dance, Fight of Tengu and Kagura) and Shiho-giri. Hand Dance, Stick Dance, Sword Dance, Okame Kyogen, Sanko Hakko, and manzai are performed.

name	Ichinose Kagura
Event date	August 28 - 29
Area	Akiba Ward(Day1) Akiba Ward(Day2)
Remarks	Content: Shishi Kagura On Day 1, at Jinmeigu Shrine, (1) an exorcism at the village border, (2) Miyanobori, a visit to the shrine, and (3) Dedicated Dance; On Day 2, at Izu shrine, (1) an exorcism at the village border, (2) Miyanobori, a visit to the shrine, and (3) Dedicated Dance; Featuring kids' Kagura Dances (Sword Dance and Plain Dance).

name	Ibarasone Daidai Kagura
Event date	Irregular
Area	South Ward
Remarks	[Citizens' Cultural Heritage] Ibarasone Daidai Kagura Dance Preservation Society Content: It is said that when the vassal of the Nagao family, the Shugodai in Echigo, settled around Ibarasone four hundred and scores of years ago, after serving at Izumo Taisha and Kyoto, he passed the tradition on to this Ward, and it has since been preserved at Suwa Shrine by its parishioners. There are twenty dances such as Chikyurakunomai, Sakakinomai, and Kamiisaminomai.

name	Uchinuma Shishi Dance
Event date	Uchinuma Shrine Fall Festival: August 30 - 31, 2016
Area	North Ward
Remarks	[Citizens' Cultural Heritage] There are various theories about the beginning of the Shishi Dance. Since there are old documents that indicate that the Shishi Dance and Kagura Dance were performed in 1861 (Bunkyu 1), it is known that it has been performed since the Edo period. The Uchinuma Shishi Dance belongs to the lineage of the wind, where three dancers put on their lion heads perform dynamic dances as a trio. Accompanying the Shishi are those who play the roles of flower hats: plum, peony and chrysanthemum, and the beat is performed with a flute and a drum. There are two types of programs: "Mai" in which only the beat accompanies the flower hats and "Kuse Mai" in which the beat and the song go together. At the festival, we select sevperiodl songs from each and play them in combination. The Uchinuma Shishi Dance, which has been handed down to the former Oumiya-gumi (Uchinuma-sankumi) for more than one hundred or two hundred years, is the only one in Kita-ku, Niigata-shi, together with the Kagura Dance that the neighboring former dedicated land (Uchinuma-nikumi) has. It is a local performing art that has been designated as a folk cultural property of the city. A community consisting of more than thirty houses is a preservation society, which continues to protect this local performing art.

name	Umenoki Kagura
Event date	August 5 - 6
Area	Akiba Ward
Remarks	Content: Shishi Kagura; It is said that people were instructed in Kagura Dance when they pilgrimaged to Ise. Programs: Exorcism, Hand Dance, Stick Dance, Sword Dance, Michikiri, Mugimaki (wheat sowing) Jiji, Kyogen

name	Okubo Kagura
Event date	Last Saturday of August
Area	North Ward
Remarks	In 1856 (Ansei 3), there was a shishi head donation card, so it seems that it was in existence back then. Until the war years 1938-1939 (Showa 13-14), the dance group was working with Taishido Kagura (established in Tensho 1573-1591). In the Showa 50's, the group was revived, going independent. The dance is dedicated at the festivals at the shrine. Content: Shishi Kagura

name	Ojika Kagura
Event date	August 30 - 31
Area	Akiba Ward
Remarks	Content: Shishi Kagura It is said that it came from Kaga and that it was later modeled on Taya Kagura. Programs: Tengu Dance, Kagura Dance, Stick Dance, and Shikata Dance

name	Ogijima Kagura
Event date	August 23 - 24
Area	Akiba Ward
Remarks	Content: Shishi Kagura Programs: Kagura Dance (Maku Dance, Tengu and Kagura Dances included), Shikata Dance, Hand Dance, Flower Hat Dance, Danshichi Dance Previously there was Saedori Sashi.

name	Ozashiki Daikagura
Event date	First Saturday and Sunday of September
Area	Kounan Ward
Remarks	About 250 years ago, villagers went pilgrimage to Ise where they learned the kagura. Content: Shishi Kagura Programs: Miyanobori, Suzu Dance, Heisoku Dance, Maku Dance, Shikata Dance, Kitsu Jinku, Ise Dance, Danshichi Dance, Stick Dance

name	Kakurozu Kagura
Event date	August 26 - 27
Area	Akiba Ward
Remarks	Content: Shishi Kagura Exorcism Shishi Kagura and Flower Hat Dance are dedicated. The Shishi head here is said to have been made from the Ise amulets gathered from the four villages of Kakurozu, Sanmaigata, Mitsuya, and Osawari.

name	Kase Kagura
Event date	August 26 - 27
Area	Konan Ward
Remarks	Kase Kagura Preservation Society Exorcism Shishi Dance is performed. This Shishi Dance has been passed down since the end of the Edo period. It is still danced at the festival at Shiwa Shrine. Content: Shishi Dance

name	Kamakura Kagura
Event date	April 19, August 19
Area	Akiba Ward
Remarks	Content: Shishi Kagura About 150 years ago, when cholera spread, the Shishi head was received from a Kagura Dance from Shinshu and it was danced for the first time at the Shinmeigu Shrine. Programs: Yakubarai Dance, Tama-asobi, Shiguruma, Heisoku Dance, and Suzu Dance.

name	Kawai Kagura Dance
Event date	August 18 - 19
Area	Nishikan Ward
Remarks	Content: Shishi Kagura It is said that Gonjuro Tsuchida, who went away from home to work in the early Meiji period, passed down the kagura. Programs: Shikata Dance, Heisoku Dance, Shizume Dance, and Shakujo Dance, and Suzu Dance. There is an entertainment called Shinbokoudaiji. Niigata City designated cultural property.

name	Kawaguchi Kagura
Event date	August 26 - 27
Area	Akiba Ward
Remarks	Content: Shishi Kagura It is said that they learned the kagura from a giant deer in Nizu during the Kaei years. Programs: Shishi Dance, Tengu Dance, Hand Dance, Stick Dance, Flower Hat Dance, Shikata Dance, Torisashi, Mugimaki

name	Kawane Kagura
Event date	August 21 - 22
Area	Akiba Ward
Remarks	Content: Shishi Kagura It is said that the kagura was passed down from Kingo in the early Meiji period. Programs: Kagura Dance, Hand Dance, Sword Dance, Miyanobori Dance

name	Kawaneyachi Shishi Dance
Event date	First Saturday of September
Area	Konan Ward
Remarks	Kawaneyachi Kagura Preservation Society It is the only three-Shishi Dance in the Yokogoe area, and is performed as an bad luck and demon exorcism at the autumn festival. Content: Three-Shishi It is said that about 250 years ago, when a sickness spread in the village, they learned from Kita Kanbara the three-Shishi Dance to exorcise the devil. Programs: Exorcism and Asakusa Dance

name	Garameki Kagura
Event date	August 21 - 22
Area	Akiba Ward
Remarks	Garameki Entertainment Preservation Society programs: Okazaki Dance, Hand Dance, New Sword Dance, Sakaki Dance, Flower Dedication Dance, Hanekaeri Dance, Hiruko Dance, Daikoku Dance There used to be Tengu Dance and Tayu Dance.

name	Gawakesawa Kagura
Event date	August 25 - 26
Area	Akiba Ward1 Akiba Ward2
Remarks	Content: Shishi Kagura It is held jointly at Shinmeigu Shrine and Suwa Shrine. There used to be Tama-asobi Kagura.

name	Kizaki Kagura
Event date	Third Saturday and Sunday of September
Area	Kita Ward
Remarks	[Citizens' Cultural Heritage] It is a black-painted Kagura and is also called “Men's Kagura”. Since Kizaki used to be on the highway of a post town, it is said that the kagura was taught by a rickshaw puller from Aizu. Kagura, which had been discontinued, was revived in 1974 (Showa 49). Since then, it has been handed down as a traditional performing art in Kita Ward. Content: Shishi Kagura Programs: Kagura Dance, Yotsukiri Dance, Taitsuri (sea bream fishing)

name	Kurumaba Kagura
Event date	Last Saturday and Sunday of August
Area	Akiba Ward
Remarks	Content: Shishi Kagura It is said that the kagura was handed down to Tsugawa about 120 years ago. Programs: Kagura, Flower Hat Dance, Hand Dance, Danshichi Dance, Spear and Sword, and Double Sword

name	Koma Hachiman Shrine Tayu Dance
Event date	August 25
Area	Nishikan Ward
Remarks	Content: Torimono Kagura. Twelve dances of Tayu Dance are dedicated in front of the shrine at the autumn festival. In recent years, the Bon Dance and Nodojiman (karaoki) competitions have been held together.

name	Kosugi Kagura
Event date	Last Saturday of August
Area	Enan Ward
Remarks	Kosugi Kagura Preservation Society A villager went to Ise pilgrimage and bought a Shishi head. It is said that he learned to imitate Kagura of Taishido in Toyoe City. Programs: Maku Dance, Sword Dance, and Shikata Dance

name	Furuta Kagura
Event date	August 24 - 25
Area	Akiba Ward
Remarks	Content: Shishi Kagura Programs: Maku Dance, Sword Dance, Suzu Dance, Stick Dance, Tengu Dance There used to be Shikata Dance, Hand Dance, Flower Hat Dance, and Sword Dance.

name	Kodokamigura Kagura
Event date	Last Saturday and Sunday of August
Area	Akiba Ward
Remarks	Content: Exorcism Kagura Dance, Shikata Dance, and Stick Dance are dedicated.

name	Koyaba Tayu Dance
Event date	August 25 - 26
Area	Akiba Ward
Remarks	Content: Torimono Kagura Programs: Sakaki Dance, Flower Dedication Dance, Murakumo Dance, Kagamizukuri Dance, Shihogatame Dance, Small Bow Dance, Hagaeshi Dance, Five-sword Dance, Ebisu Dance, Jiwari Dance, Daikoku Dance

name	Konashiba Shishi Dance
Event date	August 30 - 31
Area	Akiba Ward
Remarks	Content: Three-Shishi Programs: Hanami Dance, Higashikudari Dance, Mugimaki (wheat sowing), Dojosukui (loach scooping), Taitsuri (sea bream fishing), Daikoku-sama

name	Sakaemachi Kagura
Event date	August 19, August 20
Area	Akiba Ward
Remarks	Content: Shishi Kagura Programs: Main Dance, Sword and Curtain, Suzu Dance Dedicated to Horide Shrine during the Niitsu summer festival. They protect and lead the mikoshi and return to the shrine while purifying all of the town.

name	Sanbaishi Kagura
Event date	First Saturday and Sunday of September
Area	Konan Ward
Remarks	Sanbaishi Kagura is a rare hand-made Kagura in which a large mouth made of two rice straw bags, a nose of a pumpkin, eyes of eggplants, hair of Kumazasa, and teeth of split bamboo shoot pasted together by gold paper. It is newly made every autumn for the festival. The kagura is dedicated to the shrine and goes around the households, dancing to the flute and drum. At the end of the festival, Kagura is washed down the Koagano River while the locals watch it. This kagura first appeared around 1897 (Meiji 30). In a difficult life following floods, people gave up their dream of buying kagura. It is said that young people brought Sanbaishi and a mosquito net and started a lively humorous dance in front of a large number of parishioners, which is considered to be the beginning of the kagura. The top 100 landscapes of Konan Ward

name	Shimogoya Kagura
Event date	August 26 - 27
Area	Akiba Ward
Remarks	Content: Shishi Kagura Programs: Gohaibu Dance, Suzu Dance, Stick Use, Shikata Dance, Hand Dance, Stick Dance, Flower Hat Dance, and Mugimaki (wheat sowing)

name	Shojakuno Kagura
Event date	September 6
Area	Kita Ward
Remarks	During the famine and epidemic in the Tenpo years (1830-1844), the lord Murakami ordered the sculptor Ippei to make a large number of Shishi heads and gave them to the farmers, who gave them to the shrines in the villages. It is said that the farmers were saved from hunger and their illness subsided when they dedicated the dance of exorcism and prayer for good harvest. Upon hearing this, Lord Endo Shichiemon Shudo (1793-1850) dispatched Jozaemon and Kondo Shichirohei of Shojo to Murakami, begging Ippei to teach them Kagura. It is said that they went to Kizaki to learn the dance. Among the dances, Yotsukiri Dance is said to have been learned during the Keio era (1865-1868) when Okuda Izaemon of Shinshu Ueda went on a Sword Dance tour with four travel actors. Niigata City designated cultural property Content: Shishi Kagura Programs: Kagura Dance and Yotsukiri Dance (It is said that in the old days there were also Stick Dance, Hand Dance, and Mamemaki (seed sowing)).

name	Zendo Kagura
Event date	August 21 - 22
Area	Akiba Ward
Remarks	Content: Shishi Kagura Programs: Maku Dance, Heisoku Dance, Suzu Dance, Maku Dance, Shikata Dance It is said that the Kagura came from Higashi Island about 300 years ago.

name	Soumi Kagura
Event date	August 26
Area	Konan Ward
Remarks	It is said that the Kagura was performed during the construction of Soumi Castle during the Keicho era. Content: Shishi Kagura Programs: Suzu Dance, Maku Dance, Sword Dance, Yotsukiri Dance

name	Sone Daidai Kagura
Event date	April 20
Area	Nishikan Ward
Remarks	Content: Torimono Kagura It was started in 1907 (Meiji 40) by Suwa-ko at Suwa Shrine. Since it originated under the guidance of Iwamoto Masato of Katahigashi Village, it is said to be the same type of dance as the Akatsuka, Kamiyama, Ajikata, and Ibarasone Dance. Programs: Miyakiyo, Kamiisa, Exorcism, Ama-no-ukibashi (heavenly floating bridge), Kaijin (sea god), Kagamitsukuri (mirror making), Sword Dance, Hisanado, Hohei, Ebisu, Small Bow Play, Okokuninushi (great country lord) There are a total of 12 dances, whereas previously there also used to be children dances such as Sword Dance, Flower Dedication, Hanekaeshi, etc.

name	Taianji Kagura
Event date	August 23 - 24
Area	Akiba Ward
Remarks	Content: Shishi Kagura Programs: Kagura Dance (Exorcism, Okazaki Dance, and Shikata Dance), Four Sword Dance, Flower Hat Dance, Hand Dance, Mugimaki (wheat sowing), Ohsaiya, Taianji Jinku Kagura and Hyottoko Dance together.

name	Taika Kagura
Event date	August 27 - 28
Area	Akiba Ward
Remarks	Content: Shishi Kagura It was started during the Kansei era to raise funds for the rebuilding of Taya Kyushoji Temple. Programs: Make-up Dance, Maku Dance, Sword Dance, Shikata Dance, Stick Dance, Dantama Dance, Mugimaki (wheat sowing) Jiji, and Maikomi

name	Taishido Kagura
Event date	Saturday in late April, First Saturday of October
Area	Kita Ward
Remarks	[Citizens' Cultural Heritage] Seven ancestors from Kaga Daisho-ji Temple during the Tensho era opened Taishido. It is the oldest local performing art in Kita Ward, which has a history of over 400 years starting with "Izaya Kagura" brought by them. Content: Shishi Kagura Programs: Kagura Dance, Yotsukiri Dance, Shinbokoudaiji, Jijibaba Mugimaki (wheat sowing), and Stick Dance

name	Taino Tayu Dance
Event date	August 27 - 28
Area	Akiba Ward
Remarks	Content: Torimono Kagura Programs: Kagamitsukuri (mirror making) Dance, Ebisu Dance, and Daikoku Dance

name	Takamori Izaya Kagura
Event date	May 9, October 9
Area	Kita Ward
Remarks	Tatsumi Kuranosuke, a Buddhist priest in Kyoto who was commissioned to produce Takamori Yakushi Nyorai in 1704 (Hoei 1), arrived by ship in Takamori in 1705 (Hoei 2). Legend has it that Kuranosuke donated a kagura as a memorial and taught the ancient ritual of "Izaya Kagura" of Kyoto. For 300 years since then, this kagura Dance has been composed of “Makugarami”, “Gohei Dance”, “Suzu Dance”, “Sansaku Sword”, “Tengu Dance”, “Atamazakashi”, and “Shindariikitari”. Of these, "Atamazakashi" is played on a special occasion of the shrine, while "Shindariikitari" is not played. "Tengu Dance" and "Shindariikitari" are not performed around the village. Kagura songs accompany “Gohei Dance”, “Suzu Dance”, and “Sanshaku Sword”. Niigata City designated cultural property Content: Shishi Kagura Programs: Kagura Dance, Yotsukiri Dance

name	Takamori Shinden Kagura (Izaya Kagura)
Event date	Second Saturday of April, Fourth Saturday of August
Area	Kita Ward
Remarks	During the spring/autumn festival of Inari Shrine in Takamori Shinden, the kagura is danced for exorcism. In front of the shrine, two sheets of a 5-meter goza are laid and used as a stage. (It is said that in ancient times, a kagura hall was built on top of a foundation made of gathered mortars.) The spring festival dance takes place at the shrine on the second Saturday of April in the evening shrine and goes around the district the next day, while in the autumn festival, the dance takes place on the fourth Saturday of August in the evening shrine. It is said that the kagura originated from the nationwide famine in the middle of the Tempo years (1830-1844), when Master Yamada, who was worried that the number of people migrating for other lands increased, invited a Shinto priest named Izaya from Togakushi Shrine in Shinshu, learned kagura and dance from him, and dedicated it, praying for good harvest and peace. It was discontinued for a long time but was revived in 1969. The programs of "Kagura Dance" consist of "Makugarami", "Gohei", "Sword", "Tengu Dance", "Kure Dance", and finally "Yotsukiri Dance". When it was revived, Stick Dance, Jijiyan Babayan (awa sowing), and Tama-asobi were performed as an entertainment, but they are discontinued now. Content: Shishi Kagura Programs: Kagura Dance and Yotsukiri Dance

name	Tajima Kagura
Event date	August 19, August 22 - 23
Area	Akiba Ward
Remarks	Content: Shishi Kagura Programs: Tengu Dance, Kagura Dance (Maemaku, Suzumaku, and Gomaku), and Stick Use It is said that the kagura originated in the Keian years after the village was developed. It was discontinued for a while but revived in 1978 (Showa 53).

name	Tamon Kagura
Event date	September 7 - 8 (Inari Shrine), October 9 (Kaichi Shrine)
Area	Kita Ward
Remarks	In 1757 (Horeki 7), in the reign of Ieshige who came to power after Tokugawa Yoshimune, Endo Shichiro Zaemon Munetoshi and Tomotoshi, the village headman and his son in Kuzuzuka, submited a request, despite the opposition of local leaders in Mizuhara, an imperial land, and merchants in Shibata, to Mizuhara's magistrate office, saying that they would like to open a market in Kuzuzuka so that Fukushimagata, an area where there was not much traffic, would prosper. In 1861 (Horeki 11), permission was granted to open a market and Rokusai Market came into being, a beginning of Kuzuzuka Market that has continued to this day. When the village headman and his son brought back a permit to oepn a market from Mizuhara's magistrate office, people in the town of Kuzuzuka danced kagura in joy with the covers on both sides of a rice barrel on top of their heads, which is said to be the beginning of Tamon Kagura. Since then, the town of Kuzuzuka has prospered, with the number of the households and the size of the population increasing over time. The kagura is dedicated to Inari Shrine in Kuzuzuka every year on September 7 and 8 when they have a festival. NIigata City designated cultural property Content: Shishi Kagura Programs: Nihon Dance, Yonhon Dance, Hachihon Dance, Suzu Dance, Onbe Dance, and Ire Dance

name	Inashima Kagura
Event date	April 25, September 15
Area	Nishikan Ward
Remarks	Content: Shishi Kagura Niigata City designated cultural property

name	Naori Izya Kagura
Event date	August 29 - 30
Area	Konan Ward
Remarks	Naori Izya Kagura Preservation Society During the Kaei years when the village was struck with a pestilence, Toyoshima Hanshichi brought a kagura from Shinshu as a form of exorcism. This is said to be the beginning of the kagura. Content: Shishi Kagura Programs: Sword Dance, God Dance, Tengu Dance, and Entertainment Dance

name	Nakasinden Kagura
Event date	August 25 - 26
Area	Akiba Ward
Remarks	Content: Shishi Kagura Programs: Kagura Dance, Hand Dance, Flower Hat Dance, Big Sword Dance, Four-sword Dance There used to be a Tengu Dance as well.

name	Nagato Kagura (Izaya Kagura)
Event date	Fourth Saturday of August
Area	Kita Ward
Remarks	It is also called "Soshiro Kagura" after the name of the person who brought the kagura to the place. It is said to be a brother kagura of the kagura of Kayama. Content: Shishi Kagura Programs: Kagura Dance, Yotsukiri Dance, Hand Dance (Shinbosai), Stick Dance, Small Hat Dance, Big Hat Dance

name	Choba Kagura
Event date	Third Saturday of August
Area	Kita Ward
Remarks	[Citizen Group-san] There were a series of floods, which led to years of no crops. Kanbei, who was a dedicated farmer, thought that the problems happened because devils attacked the village and he came up with an idea of driving away the evil spirits with kagura dancing. This is the beginning of the kagura. Another theory has it that the kagura started in 1894 (Meiji 27) with the purpose of preventing juvenile delinquency. This is a local art designated as the city's intangible folk cultural property. Content: Shishi Kagura Programs: Kagura Dance, Yotsukiri Dance, Hand Dance (Shinbosai), and Stick Dance

name	Nanokamachi Kagura
Event date	Last Saturday and Sunday of August
Area	Akiba Ward
Remarks	Content: During the Kyoho years, when the village shrine was rebuilt, the kagura was brought from Fushimi, Kyoto. Programs: Exorcism, Okazaki Dance, Tengu Dance, Yotsukiri Dance, Danshichi, Oiwake, Stick Dance, So Jinku, Kagura Jinku

name	Niida Shishi Dance (Niida Kagura)
Event date	June 15 - 16
Area	Minami Ward
Remarks	Ogawa Renchu Content: Shishi Kagura; The kagura is performed as a form of exorcism at a shrine festival.

name	Nishishirane Kagura
Event date	Performance Dates: August 27 - 28
Area	Minami Ward
Remarks	Nishishirane Kagura Preservation Society Content: Shishi Kagura; Near the end of the Meiji period, the Takahashi family in Ajikatamura Shirane visited Kyoto and Ise and bought a Shishi head, and after they came back, they started their Kagura Dance. It was often performed until the first half of the Showa era, but due to the difficulty in finding the successors, it was discontinued in 1965 (Showa 40) and revived in 1985 (Showa 60), and has continued to this day. A video record of the performance was created in the village in 1994 and 1995.

name	Nishijima Kagura
Event date	Last Saturday and Sunday of August
Area	Akiba Ward
Remarks	Content: Shishi Kagura During the Tenpo years the kagura was brought back from Aizu, Fukushima. Programs: Kagura Dance, Shikata Dance, Hand Dance, Tengu Dance, and Okame Dance

name	Nunome Kagura Dance
Event date	April 26
Area	Nishikan Ward
Remarks	It is said to be a female kagura, and the Shishi head is small and the dance is quiet, and it is a dance that was performed before the opening of "Ama-no-Iwato (Heaven's Rock Gate)". At the spring festival the Kagura Dance is dedicated to Suwa Shrine and after that goes around the village. Sometimes the kagura is performed on happy occasions. It begins with a dance by two people followed by Heisoku Dance and a dance by one person holding a tin cane and an act of exorcism by two people. Niigata City's designated cultural property.

name	Higashishima Kagura
Event date	August 27 - 28
Area	Akiba Ward
Remarks	Content: Shishi Kagura It is said that the kagura was brought from Iwaki City in Fukushima Prefecture to Higashishima via Tsugawa about 350 years ago. Programs: Kagura Dance, Sword Dance, and Hand Dance

name	Himizu Kagura
Event date	August 27
Area	Konan Ward
Remarks	The person in charge of the year in Himizu Area It began during the Joyo years. It is said to be a kagura that goes back to the Ryokawamura Kase Kagura. Content:Shishi Kagura Programs: Miyanobori, Maikomi, Exorcism, and Shishi Dance

name	Furutsu Kagura
Event date	April 26
Area	Akiba Ward
Remarks	Content: Shishi Kagura It is said that the kagura dates from before the Kamakura period, but there is no documentary proof. During the festival they have exorcism, Miyanobori, and Dedication Dance. Programs: Kagura, Suzu Dance, and Furutsu Jinku.

name	Maki Kagura Dance
Event date	June 14 - 16
Area	Nishikan Ward
Remarks	Content: It is a dance performed at the festival at Maki Jinmeigu as a Mikoshi (the portable shrine) leaves the shrine. Kagura Dance was a two-person dance, and it was customary to dance in front of the main shrine, as well as at the house of Omodachi-shu (leaders). It used to be performed at the fireworks display until it was over. Kagura Dances include Shihou Dance and Heisoku Dance. There are also Stick Dance, Maki Jinku, and Ebomushi as an entertainment art. Niigata City's designated cultural property.

name	Matsuyama Kagura Dance
Event date	May 2, October 27
Area	Nishikan Ward
Remarks	Content: Shishi Kagura; It was first performed in 1906 (Meiji 39). The Kagura Dance is performed by two people. An explanation is given in the beginning and Shiho Dance, Heisoku Dance and Suzu Dance were performed in this order. Heisoku Dance and Suzu Dance were performed by one person. Programs: Shiho Dance, Heisoku Dance, and Suzu Dance Niigata City's designated cultural property

name	Manganji Shishi Dance
Event date	First Saturday and Sunday of September
Area	Akiba Ward
Remarks	[Citizens' Cultural Heritage] Manganji Shishi Dance has been performed for over 200 years since the latter part of the Edo period. At one time the number of members decreased to such a degree that the kagura was on the verge of going extinct. However, it was revived in 1976 (Showa 51) and has continued to this day. Currently, not only children but also elderly people dance this Shishi Dance and take part in events and recitals in other areas as well. The kagura, which almost disappeared at one time, was revived and continued by the local community. Attempts have been made, in cooperation with other local communities, to hand down the tradition to posterity, which is contributing to the revitalization of local culture.

name	Yui Kagura
Event date	August 29 - 30
Area	Akiba Ward
Remarks	Programs: Kagura, Stick Dance, Hand Dance, Ise Dance, Katana Dance, Sword Dance, Flower Hat Dance, Monster Dance, Torisashi, Shiho Dance, Danshichi Dance, Boshino, and Yui Jinku

name	Yamatani Kagura
Event date	February 26, August 26 - 27
Area	Akiba Ward
Remarks	Content: Shishi Kagura Programs: Kagura Dances (Maku Dance, Sword Dance, Exorcism, and Tengu Dance), Shiho Dance, Katana Dance There used to be Tama-asobi, Stick Use, Stick Dance, and manzai.

name	Yokogoshi Shrine Dedication Kagura
Event date	Last Saturday and Sunday of August
Area	Konan Ward
Remarks	Yokogoshishita Arts Preservation Society It was brought to Kitakanbara in the early part of the Meiji period. There are two types of Shishi heads: a male head and a female head with black teeth. Content: Shishi Kagura Programs: Maku Dance, Honhei Dance, Sword Dance, Shikiri Dance, and Suzu Dance

name	Yokogoshi Shrine Dedication Kagura
Event date	Last Saturday and Sunday of August
Area	Konan Ward
Remarks	Yokogoshinaka Kagura Preservation Society People learned it from Okubo in Toyosaka City in the middle of the Meiji period. Content: Shishi Kagura Programs: Maku Dance, Sword Dance, Gohei Dance, Suzu Dance, Fight against a Tengu, and Capturing Kagura Alive.

name	Yokogoshi Shrine Dedication Kagura
Event date	Last Saturday and Sunday of August
Area	Konan Ward
Remarks	Yokogoshi Kamicho Shrine Dedication Kagura It was brought from Kitakanbaragun Kyogashima in the latter part of the Edo period. Content: Shishi Kagura Programs: Yokogoshi Kiyari, Maku Dance, Sword Dance, Kagura Dance, Hand Dance, Stick Dance, Okazaki Dance, Danshichi Dance, and Shiho Dance