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Kabuki

July Program at the Kabukiza Theatre: Suehirogari, Single Act Tickets (July 2026)

A last-minute change of plans led me to the Single Act seats at the Kabukiza. A quick viewing of Suehirogari with Somegoro and Hayato: high, a little scary, and very satisfying.
2026.07.06
Kabuki
Museums

Chiharu Shiota’s “Memory of Lines” on Teshima (November 2025)

A room filled with red thread that made me gasp. Chiharu Shiota's "Memory of Lines" on Teshima, seen at the Setouchi Triennale 2025 - 37 km of thread woven around old noodle-making machines, a little frightening and impossible to look away from.
2025.11.06
Museums
Bunraku

Autumn Bunraku Performance: Program C (September 2025)

The Love Suicides at Sonezaki, in bunraku. In the Tenmaya scene, Ohatsu's foot carried all her resolve, and for a moment, I forgot they were puppets. A quiet, heavy, wonderful night at the theatre.
2025.09.22
Bunraku
Others

Touken Ranbu AR Walk at the Minamiza Theatre (August 2025)

The kabuki Touken Ranbu: Azuma Kagami Yuki no Midare never fitted into my schedule, so I summoned sword warriors with the game app's AR Walk feature in front of the huge Minamiza signboard.
2025.08.17
Others
Kabuki

The Kaomise Maneki Boards at the Minamiza Theatre (December 2024)

No tickets for me this year, but just seeing the maneki boards up at the Minamiza was enough to make me giggle. A mini report on the sign that winter has come to Kyoto.
2024.12.01
Kabuki
Others

Samurai Detective Onihei: Buying the Merch Without Watching the Film (May 2024)

A story about buying the merch without watching the film: two clear stickers, one to keep and one to use, plus tie-in Kataage Potato crisps I could not eat because Koshiro was on the packet. A mini record of Onihei quietly taking over my life.
2024.05.17
Others