“Kotohogi” / “Kotodama” / Support Program for Arts and Culture Live Performance
Date&TimeMay 22 (Sat.) 11AM-“Kotohogi” Felicitation Live PerformancePerforming mainly the programs to pr…
【Festival Eve】Opening Ceremony at Akagi-jinja shrine
Kagurazaka Street Stage O-edo Tour 2020 festival is going to open at Akagi-jinja shrine.Intangible folk cultural pro…
1. Bishamonten Zenkoku-ji Temple and Akagi-jinja Shrine
This video travels Bishamonten and Akagi-jinja Shrine, one of the largest stages of Kagurazaka Street Stage O-edo Tour. Every year, the special stage at Bishamonten Zenkoku-ji Temple, which is called “Koshakuba”, is set, and various types of storytelling are performed.
2. Kagurazaka’s Geisha Community and “Strolling Arts”
We are focusing on Kagurazaka as Kagai, a rare to be seen the town in Tokyo nowadays. We visit Tsuruga Wakasanojo, a Living Treasure of Japan, who lives in Kagurazaka. Tsuruga He presents a short phrase of “Shinnai-bushi” music with Tsuruga Isekichi, the first disciple of Wakasanojo.
Geisha / Traditional Performing Artists Live Performance
Traditional culture experience enjoyed at historical cuisine's tatami floor from Edo period.Dance, songs, and "Sha…
3. Walk in Kagurazaka
We are featuring the games collecting series of stamps at famous old Kagurazaka sightseeing spots during Kagurazaka Street Stage O-edo Tour. We introduce the sightseeing spots with guides who know Kagurazaka well.
Traditional Performing Arts Past and Present
From "Gagaku" and "Bugaku" that the Heian nobles loved, Noh that has been inherited from the Middle Ages, to "Nihonb…
4. Performing in Kagurazaka
Kagurazaka Street Stage O-edo Tour: the entire areas of Kagurazaka become a stage, and people and the town unite into one. Viewing the previous years’ live performance, we visit Kagurazaka Avenue, a performance site of “Street Live Performances” and finally to Evening Live Music Performances at Akagi-jinja Shrine Kagura Hall.
Deities Enjoyment Live Performance
Lively and acrobatic shamisen performance, Comfortable Japanese and Western musical instrument sessions, contemporar…