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Kagurazaka Street Stage O-edo Tour 2020 (Japanese Traditional Culture Festival)

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  • Japanese Traditional Art
Videos of Kagurazaka Street Stage O-edo Tour 2020 (Japanese Traditional Culture Festival),
which was scheduled to be held in May but which was postponed, will now be streamed in December.
Please see here for details (11/25/2020)
Due to the concern regarding the outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19), and due to the safety and health for the participants and staffs, we have announced the postponement of this event. A rescheduled date will be announced later.
We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and kindly ask for your understanding. (04/07/2020)

Transforming the entire Kagurazaka neighbourhood into a stage for a festival to enjoy Japan’s various traditional performing arts

Kagurazaka Street Stage O-edo Tour 2020 is a two-day event giving a large trans-generational audience including overseas visitors an accessible way to see, hear and have contact with Japan’s foremost traditional performing arts, combined with the charms of Kagurazaka where the flavor of old Edo still lingers.

*For details of the Main Festival please click here.

Programs

Akagi-jinja Shrine opening ceremony
The spirited sights and sounds of Hachioji Kuruma Ningyo puppetry, Gidayu-bushi musical narrative and Nohgaku-hayashi music announce the opening of the festival.

Kagurazaka performing arts tour and live street performances
Visitors can enjoy katarigei narrative arts such as kodan storytelling, rokyoku narrative singing and rakugo comic storytelling on a special stage at Bishamonten Zenkoku-ji Temple, musical performances including Edo-period koto music, nagauta and hauta at Akagi-jinja Shrine, and a variety of live entertainment at local restaurants.

The streets of Kagurazaka
[Shinnai-nagashi performance]
The troupe of shinnai-bushi Living National Treasure and Kagurazaka resident Wakasanojo Tsuruga will be performing its traditional shinnai-nagashi shamisen music around the cobblestone side streets.

[Johana folk performance of iori-uta music]
The Hikiyama Matsuri festival from the Johana area of Nanto City in Toyama Prefecture is a designated UNESCO intangible cultural heritage. Performers of Hikiyama Matsuri iori-uta music, said to derive from Edo hauta music, have been invited to Kagurazaka and will perform “Bunka no satogaeri”(“cultural homecoming”).

Bishamonten Yakai evening event
This new addition to the festival program is set to bedazzle the night scene of Bishamonten Zenkoku-ji Temple with a musical extravaganza. The show is scheduled to include the kokyu Japanese fiddle, and performances with traditional Japanese and Western instruments.

*Programs are subject to change.

Contact

Kagurazaka Street Stage / O-edo Tour 2020 Office (inside Koten Kukan Office)
TEL: 03-5478-8265

Period

Saturday, May 9 2020, 13:30
*This event will be carried out rain or shine but will be cancelled in the case of a stormy weather.

Venues

Kagurazaka area

Credit

Organized by
Arts Council Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture), NPO Ikimachi Club
Supported by and in cooperation with
Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Co-organized by
Shinjuku City
Supported by
Shinjuku Convention & Visitors Bureau
Cooperated by
Tokyo Kagurazaka Association, Bishamonten Zenkoku-ji Temple, Akagi-jinja Shrine, Ikimachi Co., Kagurazaka Avenue Association, Kagurazaka Merchants Union, Kanze Kyukoukai Yarai Noh Theater, Session House, Edo Tokyo Guide Group, Kosho-ji Temple, Enpuku-ji Temple, Tokyo Metropolitan Comprehensive Consumer Center, Wakamiya-Cho Self-Government Association, Tokyo University of Science, Hosei University, KPMG AZSA LLC, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Credit Cooperative (Kagurazaka Branch), Kumagai Gumi Co.,Ltd., Starbucks Coffee (Kagurazaka-shita branch), Elderly welfare facility Kagurazaka, ONGAKU NO TOMO SHA CORP., Hermann Harp JAPAN (Kagurazaka branch), Chikaken Co.,Ltd, and Mind