In Tokyo’s Meguro ward, Makoto Nishimura’s small apartment is a trove of traditional Japanese instruments. Hanging in front of her bookshelf is a row of three-stringed shamisen (a type of ...

Unlike Western theater, which presents a heightened version of reality (“Cats” notwithstanding), the Japanese art of Kabuki values style over storytelling. Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s current ...

In the Hawaiian Islands, where many Japanese people had immigrated since the Meiji Era (1868-1912), a unique, localized form of Kabuki has been developing for more than a century. Hawaiian Kabuki was ...

Queen in Japan in 1976 on their Night At The Opera tour. A modern theatre production inspired by the Queen album ‘A Night At The Opera’ has opened in Japan with the band’s blessing. Titled Q: A Night ...

At the Edo-Tokyo Museum, where the charms of Edo and Tokyo cultures are exhibited, visitors can listen, play and find out about the attraction of traditional Japanese music at this two-day event. The ...

Maholo Terajima is the first officially recognised dual-national kabuki actor, following in the footsteps of his grandfather, a star of the traditional Japanese art form. Kabuki is a type of Japanese ...