Steep stairway

Steep stairway to the forth floor.

One fine day in March

These are flymen's t-shirts and tabi socks on the road at East side of the Kabuki-za theare.

Picture on the last day of the show in March

Actors packs their stuff after they played on the last day of the show.

Undorgetavle day

The banner says,"Thank you. Today is the lasut day for the month.".

I guided 4 people and saw the some great play on the 4th floor.

Preparation for tomorrow

2 men was preparing the banner for tomorrow.

I guided Micheal-san from US. He has already loved Kabuki.

Where?

Under the Hanamichi.

Many kinds of Japanese sweets

We also have the shops on the second floor.

No tickets for April

It is the infromation about " No tickets for April are left".

The picture at foyer

We can buy the pamphlet in front of this picute.

Where?

The east side of the Kabuki-za theater.

We can hear the sound of drums, clappers etc. there.

Only 41 days left

Today is the national holiday.

Therefore the national flags are hung at the entrance.

Program for March show

The cover picture is "sakura" in Japanese, cherry blossom.

43 days left

How many times have I been to the Kabuki-za theater since I was 6?

44 Days left

This beautiful buirlidng will be dimolished..........

What does it say?

It says that the Kabuki-za theater registered as a Tangible Cultural Property by the Agency for cultural affairs in Japanese Government in 2002.

for more detail
http://www.tokyokabukiguide.com/data/page2aboutkabuki-za.html

All tickets of April show are sold out

Entrance for "makumi", a single show, ticket holders.

The line for "makumi" in April must be very long.

The ticket office

All tickets for all shows on April 28, the last day, were sold out.

Taiyaki, a popular Japanese sweets

This is also one of my favorites in the Kabuki-za theater.

The corridor on the third floor

I think I can't forget the old white curtain on the third floor.

Entrance of the Kabuki-za theater

One of my favorite spots.

51 days left

Time flies!

Schedule of construction work for new Kabuki-za theater

The sign says the constrution begins on October 1 ,2010 and ends on February 28,2013.

For three years !

The plan of demolition

This is the information hung on the East wall of the Kabuki-za theather.
It is about the demolition of the theater.

The demolition work : May 1st , 2010 to September 30, 2010.

It is the fact I don't accept.

54 days left

I visited the Kabuki-za at my lunch break.

54 days left before its demolishment.

The back side of the special ticket holder

The picture is printed on the back side of the ticket holder for March.

I chose the afternoon show for Claudia because she has enjoyed kabuki several times.

She loves Benten Kozou, I suppose.

And I saw the evening show with my relative who loves Tamasaburo as much as I do.
She enjoyed the old woman's role by Tamasaburo.

My kabuki tour is Matinee show.
I make sure the Matinee is the best for the foreigners and for the people who are not familiar with Kabuki. I watched 3 shows in March, today it was my third for the month.

Count down board showing the days left it will be demolished

57 days left before this old beautiful building is demolished.

I took many picutres in front of the Kabuki-za tonight and told the couple from South Africa there.

They came there to see and take the picuters of the Kabuki-za.

Speciral ticket holder

Special ticket holder. Beautiful and shiny ticket holder for March! The Kabuki-za theather provides the guests with a specially designed ticket holder since January.

Today is Girl's Festival

March 3rd is the girl's festival in Japan but it is not the national holiday.

The parents or the grand parents buy the traditional Japanese dolls for a new baby to pray for a good marriage

The family decorate the dolls, including emperoro and empress etc. every year.

The picure is my dolls my grand parents bought when I was born more than 40 years ago.

I love the dolls very much because they are a kind of my family.

THe first day of March show

"本日初日” is "Today is the first day" in Japanese.

Karen from US and I enjoyed Matinee show today.

Of course, I tought her about Kabuki and the programs before the show to help her to enjoy Kabuki more and more.

Kabuki lovers have tended to go to the Kabuki-za theater on the first day of the month over 200 years because they want to have many chances to talk others about the show they saw.

The first day is a kind of special day for the Kabuki actores who have to play for 25 days a month.

I felt a cheerful atomsphere at the Kabuki-za theater.

61 Days left

The picute is the count-down sign-board in front of the Kabuki-theater at Higashi-Ginza.

I took the picture this morning.

Only 61 days left before its demolition for rebuilding.

We Japanese have been familier with the theater built in 1950. Of course, I feel very sad because I have visited there to see Kabuki at least twice a month for almost 6 years.

The last show is on April 28,2010.

-The information of Farewell performance at the Kabuki-za in March-

Matinee show:11:00am ～2:00pm

Afternoon show:2:30pm ～5:30pm

Evening show:6:00 ～ 9:00pm

Admission for the entire ticket (Including tax)
(1F) 15,000yen 11,000yen
(2F) 15,000yen 11,000yen
(3F) 4,200yen 2,500yen

for more information
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http://www.tokyokabukiguide.com/