The 8th Koenji Engei Matsuri

*Information at the time of adoption.

Name of the organization or individual

Koenji Engei Matsuri Executive Committee

subsidy category

Support for Regional Arts and Culture Activities

Grant Type

single year

2017 Tokyo Area Arts and Culture Grant (secondary deadline)

"Futatsume no Kyoen" at Chosen-ji Temple

"Tokyo Bike Rakugo" @tokyobike shop Koenji

Bonsaiya Yose at Bonsaiya Rabia Desso

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Business Overview

Now in its eighth year, the Koenji Engei Matsuri is a 10 day festival where visitors can enjoy rakugo, manzai, magic, and other forms of entertainment at shrines, public baths, izakaya bars, bicycle shops, and funeral homes in the Koenji Station area. As the number of events increases, the number of comedians, venues and customers are increasing. There are also rakugo performances with English subtitles at the temple, such as the “First Yose ” with easy-to-understand explanations, the“ Nigaku-gekijo Theater in Koenji, ” where you can fully enjoy kamikiri, the star of yose entertainment, and the “Nagetsunage ~ Daikagura Kyugei ~, ” a stage performance performed by the young Daikagura Kyugei Association.

implementation period

Friday, February 9, 2018 to 18th (Sun)

Place of implementation

61 venues in the Koenji area: Val Research Institute, Heian Ritual Koenji Kaikan, Za Koenji, Tsubameya Optician Shop, Uokou, Kosugiyu, Koshin Bunka Kaikan, Grain, HACO, Kouzushi Shinkan, Used Book Bar Kokutail, AG22 Live Bar, Chinton-chan, Chosen-ji Temple, Mankan, Uptown Koenji Gallery, Kawashimaya Sushi Honten, Yuyu Mabashikan, Hikawa Shrine, Connexion, La Cocina del Quattro, Bonsai Shop Rabi Adesso, tokyobike shop Koenji, Watanabe Kensetsu Underground Hall, Koenji Library, Chozen-ji Temple, Sanwa Comsys Engineering, Cecion Suginami, Meiai Kindergarten, Myoho-ji Temple, Mabashi Inari Shrine, etc.

*Information such as project outlines is provided by organizations and individuals providing subsidies.

Profile

[Koenji Vaudeville Festival Executive Committee]
Many vaudeville performers have lived in the Koenji area for a long time, and there is a climate to protect and nurture them. There used to be an entertainment hall that accommodated hundreds of people, and today there is a theater called Za Koenji and several other shops that hold regular yose performances. We have gathered them all at once, and we have recruited new venues to develop them into "festivals." By performing vaudeville performances centered on rakugo, the purpose is to make people feel familiar with it and recognize it as a cultural art of the Koenji area.