{"id":173604,"date":"2025-10-10T17:33:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T08:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=173604&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-10-10T17:35:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T08:35:28","slug":"takasu-night-kagura-shinto-dance-oct2025","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/takasu-night-kagura-shinto-dance-oct2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Takasu Night Kagura Shinto Dance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The main hall of Takasu Shrine, said to have been founded during the Heian period, is one of the oldest wooden structures in Fukuoka Prefecture and designated as an Important Cultural Property of Japan. For over 550 years, Kagura ceremonies have been performed here, and they are still held in April and October. During the Edo period, shrine priests performed the dances, but from the Meiji period onwards, they were passed down to the shrine\u2019s parishioners. Two types of Kagura are performed: \u201cMai-Kagura,\u201d where dancers perform quietly without masks while holding ritual items and singing to the music, and \u201cMen-Kagura,\u201d where masked dancers enact mythological stories. A total of 12 different dances are presented. The autumn Kagura is a special night performance, illuminated by torchlight. The dancers wear vibrant costumes, performing to honor the gods and pray for bountiful harvests and family prosperity.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_173594\" style=\"width: 1410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-173594\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fn_takasu-night-kagura-autumn_2025_cl-001.jpg?resize=1400%2C934&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"934\" class=\"size-full wp-image-173594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fn_takasu-night-kagura-autumn_2025_cl-001.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fn_takasu-night-kagura-autumn_2025_cl-001.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fn_takasu-night-kagura-autumn_2025_cl-001.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fn_takasu-night-kagura-autumn_2025_cl-001.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-173594\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\uff08\u4e00\u793e\uff09\u7cf8\u5cf6\u5e02\u89b3\u5149\u5354\u4f1a<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u2022 10\/25 (Sat.)<br \/>\n\u2022 17:00~ (Festival), 18:00~21:30 (Night Kagura )<br \/>\n\u2022 Free viewing<br \/>\n\u2022 Takasu Shrine<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/eXee9cVrsYfSWXer6\" target=\"_blank\">1240 Takasu, Itoshima City, Fukuoka<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/kanko-itoshima.jp\/event\/takasu-kagura\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/kanko-itoshima.jp\/event\/takasu-kagura\/<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_173595\" style=\"width: 1410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-173595\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fn_takasu-night-kagura-autumn_2025_cl-002.jpeg?resize=1400%2C933&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" class=\"size-full wp-image-173595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fn_takasu-night-kagura-autumn_2025_cl-002.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fn_takasu-night-kagura-autumn_2025_cl-002.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fn_takasu-night-kagura-autumn_2025_cl-002.jpeg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fn_takasu-night-kagura-autumn_2025_cl-002.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-173595\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\uff08\u4e00\u793e\uff09\u7cf8\u5cf6\u5e02\u89b3\u5149\u5354\u4f1a<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The main hall of Takasu Shrine, said to have been founded during the Heian period, is one of the oldest wooden&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":173594,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-173604","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-itoshima","event-type-culture","event-type-stage","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/173604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173604"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}