Korakukan

Superkabuki Translation = Variety Show

I first heard about this theatre on the NHK travel show Journeys in Japan, which - for some reason - made me think "superkabuki" was a shortened (2 hours) but still serious performance (despite the fa...

An amazing small-town theater

Residents of a thriving mining town needed entertainment, so they got a theater with a fashionable "western" exterior and a thoroughly traditional Japanese interior, where you sit on a cushion on the ...

Odd but interesting...

I don't think Kosaka gets many English-speaking tourists, so it's not really set up for people like us whose Japanese is basic to say the least. However, it makes up for it with enthusiasm and open-he...

I was able to understand the stage.

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I stopped by as a couple. He kindly explained the inside of the hall for the two of us. It was a lot of fun. I was able to understand the stage sketch well.

National Important Cultural Finance の Active-duty Zhiju Lodge

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Admission tour with a common ticket for the three buildings. The person in charge was able to guide some visitors together while explaining the 2nd floor, pier seats, behind-the-scenes, dressing rooms, etc. Built in 1910 as a welfare facility for the Kosaka mine, it is still used as an active playhouse. It is also designated as a national important cultural property.