Kabuki

Shikoku Konpira Grand Kabuki: Part 1 & Part 2 (April 2024)

My first time at the Kanamaru-za, Japan's oldest playhouse, for the 37th Shikoku Konpira Grand Kabuki. Laughs from Somegoro and Koshiro, Jakuemon's hand-powered flying scene right beside the hanamichi — and somehow I didn't eat a thing all day. A back-to-back solo day out.
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March Program at the Minamiza Theatre: Cherry Program (March 2024)

Roaring laughter at Ukon's pre-show talk, a breathless Onnagoroshi Abura no Jigoku, and a lottery card that made my day. A solo trip to the Minamiza's spring hanagata kabuki.
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December Program at the Minamiza Theatre: Matinee (December 2023)

The Minamiza Kaomise celebrating Ichikawa Danjuro XIII's name succession and Ichikawa Shinnosuke VIII's stage debut: Somegoro's endearing Yogoro, tears at a ten-year-old's debut, and Takashi Murakami's celebratory curtain.