Ngaphakathi kwenkolo UbuShinto eJapan, kugqamisa imidanso yabo. Futhi enye yazo ucingo Kagura, okusho ukuthi 'umculo wonkulunkulu' ngokwezwi nezwi. Igama elithi Mi-Kagura lisetshenziselwa ukuhlukanisa isitayela senkantolo nezitayela zasemakhaya, ezaziwa ngeSato-Kagura ('Kagura of the Country') noma futhi no-Okagura.
IKagura iqukethe umculo nokudansa ngenhlanganisela yamasiko amadala wobusathane nokudumisa kwasenkantolo. Lolu hlobo lomcimbi lubungazwa endaweni engcwele yasenkantolo nasemathempelini athile ngoDisemba 15 lapho kukhona khona u-Emperor, nakwezinye izikhathi ezikhethekile.
Lo mkhuba phambilini ubuthatha izinsuku ezimbalwa, kepha namuhla ufushaniswe waba ngamahora ayisithupha kuphela ebusuku, futhi izingoma eziyi-6 ziyenziwa zihambisana nezingcezu zomdanso.