NEW Gion Corner – 7 Japanese traditional Performances on One Stage

ion corner is a place where you can take in seven kinds of performing arts. Most notable of these is the kyo-mai dance performed by maiko.

Here you can see Japanese traditional performing arts in ‘digest’ form all on one stage. Located in Gion Kobu Kaburenjo Annex Theatre next to the Gion Kobu Kaburenjo Theatre, the spot has a very international flavour, as it is popular with Japanese and foreign tourists.

At the Gion Kobu Kaburenjo Small Theater, you can digest traditional culture and traditional performing arts that Japan boasts to the world, including Kyoto dance by maiko, Kyogen, bugaku, tea ceremony, flower arrangement, koto music, bunraku, and noh , in about an hour. You can see it.

1) Kyoto dance

Kyomai, performed by geisha and maiko, has been performed in Kyoto for over 200 years since its origin in Kyoto.

In this performance, you will see Kyoto dances performed by maiko in beautiful costumes.

2) tea ceremony

In this performance, you will see the Urasenke billboards, which are the manners of sitting on a chair.

3) flower arrangement

Ikenobo Senno established flower arrangement as ikebana in the Muromachi period. Ikenobo and Saga Goryu will be performed on a daily basis.

4) koto

During the Edo period, the Ikuta school spread to the general public in Kamigata and the Yamada school in Edo. In this performance, the performance of the Ikuta school will be performed.

5) Dance music

It is one of the world's oldest forms of music, and has been handed down to this day through events held by the imperial family and shrines and temples.

6) Kyogen

Kyogen, which has flourished since the Muromachi period, is characterized by its graphic and comical expression of the real society of the time

7) Bunrak

(April, June, July, August, October, November 2023) You will see the “Date Musume Koi Hikako – Fire Watchtower Stage” designated as a World Intangible Cultural Heritage.

7) Noh

(May/September 2023) In this performance, you will see "Hagoromo".

*Depending on the season, either Bunraku or Noh will be performed.

*Source: Kyoto Convention & Visitors Bureau (c/o Tourism Garden Pty Ltd) alison@tourismgarden.com.au