KYOTO, Japan >> “Photo time” offers audiences watching Noh, Kabuki and other traditional performing arts the chance to take photos of the stage and actors after the end of the show, and it’s spreading ...

Tamasaburo Bando V is one of Japan’s most celebrated performers of Kabuki, the traditional dance/drama form whose roots date back some 500 years. Now, the 61-year-old artist also is a Kyoto Prize ...

KYOTO, Japan >> “Kokuho” has inspired Japanese fans to not only take in a Kabuki performance, but also take lessons in Nihonbuyo, dance based on the techniques of Kabuki. Etsuko Fujima, a master ...

Discover the many complex connections between kabuki and the historic capital of Kyoto. Actor Kataoka Ainosuke explores the newly restored Minami-za theater and plays set in Kyoto.

What is Kabuki drama? Kabuki is a popular Japanese theater form which experts date back to 17th century Kyoto, at the beginning of the Edo period. The drama employs vivid, elaborate costumes and ...

KYOTO -- Minamiza Theatre, a venue for traditional kabuki plays, will hold a "next-generation festival" produced with advanced digital technologies from May 12. The theater in Kyoto's Higashiyama Ward ...