Kabukiza

July Program at the Kabukiza Theatre: Evening Show (July 2026)

The Evening Show of the July Program at the Kabukiza Theatre from a seat right beside the hanamichi: Kamahige, Megumi no Kenka, Shunkyo Kagami Jishi, plus the Megumi Gozen and Snoopy renjishi plushes.

2026.07.05

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Dan-Kiku Festival: May Program at the Kabukiza Theatre, Matinee (May 2026)

A front-row seat right beside the hanamichi (runway), with kabuki star Shoroku Onoe close enough to touch! With Tatsunosuke III's name-taking ceremony adding extra celebration, this matinee at Kabukiza was unforgettable.

2026.05.06

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Kabukiza Gallery (May 2026)

Still glowing from the matinee of the May Dangiku Kabuki Festival, I dropped by Kabukiza Gallery on a whim. An elevator mishap, a refreshing rooftop garden, and a model of the second-generation Kabukiza that stole my heart — a solo outing after the show.

2026.05.06

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Dan-Kiku Festival: May Program at the Kabukiza Theatre, Evening Show (May 2026)

My very first front-row experience at the Dan-Kiku Festival: May Program at the Kabukiza Theatre evening program! The third-generation Tatsunosuke Onoe succession play "Kikubatake," Danjuro's Sukeroku, and Ukon's hilarious Tsujin Satoakatsuki - a truly special evening up close.

2026.05.05

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April Program at the Kabukiza Theatre: Matinee (April 2026)

My day at the closing performance of April Program at the Kabukiza Theatre matinee at Kabukiza. Kikugoro's brilliant performance across three roles, tears at Masaoka's "yo de kashatta," and the breathtaking Nikki Danjo on the hanamichi viewed from my favorite hanagai dobu seki.

2026.04.27

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April Program at the Kabukiza Theatre: Evening Show (April 2026)

Watching the closing-day Renjishi from right beside the hanamichi at April Program at the Kabukiza Theatre. Trying to soak in both Ukon Onoe and Mahoro Onoe at once, falling for Kikugoro Onoe's adorable Osuzu, and laughing so hard at Kankuro Nakamura I almost forgot I was at Kabukiza.

2026.04.27

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March Program at the Kabukiza Theatre: Evening Show (March 2026)

A solo theatergoer's account of the March Grand Kabuki evening program (B-cast) at Kabukiza. The revolving stage scene where Somegoro and Sakon slowly disappear into darkness completely stole the show.

2026.03.13

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Single Act Tickets: February Program at the Kabukiza Theatre, Matinee (February 2026)

After a movie at Meguro Cinema, with time to spare before my flight, I slipped into the single-act gallery at the Kabukiza for a quick 18 minutes of the festive Iyasakae Shibai no Nigiwai. A little record of going solo, light on its feet.

2026.02.11

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Saruwaka Festival: February Program at the Kabukiza Theatre, Matinee (February 2026)

A train mishap left me five minutes late, but a staff member's kindness got me in after all. Ganjiro and Shikan's Oedo Miyage turned out to be an Edo-era tale of oshikatsu. A solo kabuki day that taught me the quiet power of a hanayoko seat.

2026.02.10

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Saruwaka Festival: February Program at the Kabukiza Theatre, Evening Show (February 2026)

I'd come for Tsurumatsu Nakamura's rain-praying fox dance-but it was Kankuro and Shichinosuke who took the stage instead, and oh, what a treat. A solo night at the Saruwaka Festival's evening program, savored from a dobu seat, with a celebratory medetai-yaki at the interval.

2026.02.10

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