TO the stage world, Japan’s Kabuki theater is a respected example of traditional dance-drama. Its beginnings go back more than 350 years to an Izumo priestess, O-Kuni, who is said to have ...

Japan's National Theatre ... A rare piece of staging equipment at the theater A stage device that weighs about 300 tons and extends down 13 meters is installed under the stage to move the ...

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Japanese moviegoers are famously well-behaved ... Tsujimoto Takanori, on stage prior to the screening in the trendy Tokyo Midtown shopping and entertainment complex. But another, more important ...

As anticipation rises for the story that is about to unfold on the stage, the theater curtain--“doncho” in Japanese--begins to rise. A form of exquisite textile art that evolved only in Japan ...

and YOASOBI, at the Peacock Theater in L.A. Tickets ... making waves on the global stage. Their remarkable success continues to shine in various arenas both in Japan and abroad.

And he's breaking conventions in Japan’s 420-year-old Kabuki ... usual cuisine of fish and rice served at the theater. The huge curtain for the stage, which also works as advertising space ...