Kagura thumb|A traditional dance performed at the Yamanashi-oka shrine describes the music and dance performed for the ; the term may have originally derived from ("seat of the "). Throughout Japanese history, dance has played an important culture role and in Shinto it is regarded as having the capacity to pacify . There is a mythological tale of how dance came into existence. According to the and the , Ame-no-Uzume performed a dance to entice Amaterasu out of the cave in which she had hidden herself.
Kagura thumb|A traditional dance performed at the Yamanashi-oka shrine describes the music and dance performed for the ; the term may have originally derived from ("seat of the "). Throughout Japanese history, dance has played an important culture role and in Shinto it is regarded as having the capac.ity to pacify . There is a mythological tale of how dance came into existence. According to the and the , Ame-no-Uzume performed a dance to entice Amaterasu out of the cave in which she had hidden herself