Translation guide
A building or hall where kagura (Shinto sacred dance and music) is performed, typically at a shrine.
The learner wants to refer to the physical hall or stage at a Shinto shrine where kagura is performed.
The most common and direct term for a kagura hall. It refers to a dedicated building or hall at a shrine where kagura is performed.
The learner wants to refer to a hall or venue where kagura is performed, which may not be a dedicated shrine building.
A descriptive phrase meaning 'a hall where kagura is performed'. Use when the venue is not a traditional shrine building.
この文化センターには神楽を上演するホールがあります。
This cultural center has a hall where kagura is performed.
Both refer to a kagura hall, but 神楽殿 (かぐらでん) is more common and specifically implies a hall for kagura at a shrine. 神楽堂 (かぐらどう) is also used but may be seen in temple contexts or as part of a larger complex.
Many smaller shrines do not have a separate building for kagura. In such cases, kagura may be performed on a temporary stage or in the main hall (本殿). Avoid assuming every shrine has a 神楽殿.
この神社の神楽殿は江戸時代に建てられました。
This shrine's kagura hall was built in the Edo period.
神楽殿で毎年秋に神楽が奉納されます。
Kagura is dedicated at the kagura hall every autumn.
Another term for a kagura hall, using 堂 (hall). Slightly less common than 神楽殿 but still widely understood.
神楽堂の天井には龍の絵が描かれています。
A dragon is painted on the ceiling of the kagura hall.
A general term for a stage or hall for sacred dance, not exclusively for kagura. Can be used when the context is clear.
舞殿では神楽や他の神事舞が行われます。
Kagura and other ritual dances are performed at the dance hall.
Literally 'kagura stage'. Can refer to the stage area itself, even if not a full hall.
神楽の舞台が特設されました。
A kagura stage was set up specially.