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Oshika Kabuki Performance
Ichiba Shrine (Fall); Taiseki Shrine (Spring) : 大磧神社(春)・市場神社(秋)

Watch a Performance of a Rare Countryside Kabuki, Twice Yearly.

Southern Nagano

Description

Oshika Kabuki is the best known of Japan''s rural-Kabuki theaters. Two performances a year.

Recommendation

Kabuki theater is primarily seen in Japan''s major cities, with the top stars being celebrity figures. But there is another side to the kabuki world: rural kabuki. In the Edo era, travelling kabuki troupes would put on performances in villages in the countryside, introducing kabuki theater to the peasants. With few other forms of entertainment existing then, in some places kabuki caught on and the local people would start up their own kabuki theater groups. The most famous of these "rural kabuki" theaters is in tiny (population 1,400) Oshika Village.

Details

Hours
12:00-16:00
Date(s)
Oshika Kabuki does two performances a year,
Spring Performance on May 3rd at Taiseki Shrine, and\r\nFall Performance on the 3rd Sunday of October at Ichiba Shrine.
Cost / Price of Admission
Entrance free.Cost is free, but it is customary for viewers to throw money into a collection box in appreciation for the actors' performance.
Time Required
Performance lasts 4 hours
Reservations
Not required(Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.)
Foreign Languages
(Minimal English explanation.)
Luggage Storage
Not Available

Contact

tel : +81(0)265-39-2100　大鹿村教育委員会Official site

Access / Location

By Train
From Ina Ojima Station(JR Chuo Line), Use the event shuttle bus departing at 10:20 (50 min.)
By Car
From Matsumoto IC, Take Route 59 east 50 minutes to Oshika Village; use the event parking lot.
Address
Oshika, Shimoina 390-0812

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