I forgot to take the iRiver with me to the shrine visit, but between the kids and the camera I wouldn't have had a hand to use it, anyway. Mostly it was just crowd noise, except for a bell ringing once, but during our visit a PA system started playing a recording of traditional Japanese music. What I found for background music for this show is traditional Okinawan folk/festival music, although I don't know that any of these songs is what I heard at the shrine. I know I've heard them in many other settings, though. I'm also afraid that I can't attribute the music accurately. I found all of these songs (in order: Bashintoribushi, Hatomabushi, Mamitoma, and Kajiyadefubushi) at http://webjay.org/related/OddioKatya/japan?count=23. A link from there gave me this explanation (but no attribution to the artist, for which I apoligize):
"http://aris.ss.uci.edu/rgarfias/kiosk/okinawa.html
A Kiosk
of
Information Related
to
Okinawan Music
Robert Garfias
Professor of Anthropology
Social Sciences, UCI
IrvineCA92717
I have been involved in the study of Okinawan music for some years now. It is a pity that no adequate recordings of this music are avavilable in the US or in Europe. There are not even readily available in Japan.
Here are a few of my favorites, ripped from commercial cassettes bought in Okinawa some years ago.
Classical Music
The disctinction between folk and classical is not as clear as it is in other places, like even Japan. It is the old music of the court, but it also remained close to or connected to what was going on in the folk music.
1.Kajiyadefu Bushi.A song of greeting and good wishes, often the first piece played in an Okinawan music concert.
Minyo (Okinawan Folk Music)
1. Hatoma Bushi.Originally from the YaeyamaIslands, this song has become a standard in the Okinawan repertoire.
Yaeyama
Islands
The southern most islands of the Ryukyus are the Yaeyama group, some of which are quite close to Taiwan. Yaeyama has its own folk and classical tradition and is some of the loveliest music in the Ryukyus. Here are a few examples.
1. Basu no tori. The song of the eagle, this also accompanies a dance. The second part goes into the lively Sakiida bushi.
2. Mamitoma. Classical Yaeyama with a strong feeling of the folk."