Ngaphakathi kwenkolo UbuShinto eJapan, ibalaselisa imidaniso yabo. Kwaye enye yazo ngumnxeba I-Kagura, Oko kuthetha ukuba 'umculo woothixo'. Igama elithi Mi-Kagura lisetyenziselwa ukwahlula isimbo senkundla, kunye nezimbo zasemaphandleni, ezaziwa njenge Sato-Kagura ('Kagura of the Field') okanye iOkagura.
I-Kagura iqulethe umculo kunye nomdaniso ngokudibanisa izithethe zakudala ze-shamanistic kunye nodumo lwenkundla. Olu hlobo lomsitho lubhiyozelwa kwingcwele kunye nakwiitempile ezithile ngoDisemba 15 phambi koMlawuli, nakwezinye iimeko ezizodwa.
Ngaphambili isithethe besithabatha iintsuku ezininzi, kodwa namhlanje sifinyeziwe saya kwiiyure ezi-6 kuphela ebusuku, kwaye iingoma ezili-12 ziyenziwa zikhatshwa ziingceba zomdaniso.