A Noh or kabuki workshop — the mask, the walk, the voice

能・歌舞伎のワークショップ——面、歩き、声のうかぶきのわーくしょっぷめんあるきこえ

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Ninety minutes on a real stage with a performer: putting on a Noh mask and discovering you can see almost nothing, learning the sliding walk, chanting a line, or — in the kabuki version — the poses, the eyes and the stamping. The National Noh Theatre, the schools' stages and a few kabuki actors' studios run these in English on set dates, and they change how you watch the performance the same evening.

How to arrange it: Dates are set months ahead; check the theatres' sites and book as soon as they appear.
Price band: ¥¥
Allow: 90 min
Where: Ginza, Harajuku & Meiji Shrine

Where to book it

Ginza

Kabukiza Cultural Experience Seminar

歌舞伎座文化体験セミナー

¥¥¥¥ · 90 min · English: yes

Run directly by Shochiku, kabuki's producing company, this 90-minute seminar is led by a professional kabuki actor and a live sound-effects artist, with full English interpretation throughout. It walks visitors through mie poses, tsuke sound effects and kumadori makeup - the backstage craft rather than a finished performance - inside the actual Kabukiza building.

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