Kichijoji Gessoji Temple Takigi Noh  This tour is for you who want to know all of Noh performance.

This tour is for you who want to know all of Noh performance. You are interested in Japanese traditional mask performance Noh, however, you may feel it a little difficult to understand well. We present you the golden opportunity to appreciate Takigi Noh performance with the lecture and visit the museum to see valuable masks and costumes.

Tour Highlights

* Noh is a traditional stage art established in 14th century and a kind of symbolic drama performed by songs and music and expressed through the word yugen ("elegant, refined, and elusive beauty"). Its subjects are taken from history or classical literature. Its most obvious characteristic is that the main actor performs while wearing a mask of exceptional beauty. Takigi Noh is a kind of performance styles conducted on a temporary open-air stage lighted up with bonfire. Lighted up by fire Noh performance will get more yugen elegant world.
* Kichijoji Gessoji Temple Takigi Noh are performed by the first-class players and the programs of this year are Kagetsu and Nomori. Kagetsu is the story that a father finds his disappeared son by chance. Some dances by the son are highlights. Nomori is the story of a devil who has a mysterious mirror. Kyogen ( spoken comic drama )and shimai ( dance) are also performed.
* The lecture by Mr. Noh Enthusiast who has been loving Noh and watching it over 50 years. The history of Noh, masks, costumes, stages, musical instruments. stories, players and so on. You have time to ask some questions after the lecture.
* The museum of National Noh Theater holds special exhibition of Noh masks and costumes. Visit there and appreciate works of art with your own eyes.

* All photos are sample images.

Visiting Spots

National Noh Theater  Lecture and Gessoji Temple in Kichijoji

Tour fare (per person)

Departure

OCT. 17 Fri. 2008

Itinerary

1:30pm Leave Shinjuku Station for Sendagaya   1:50-2:30pm Visit National Noh Theater Museum    2:45pm Leave Sendagaya Station for Kichijoji Station   3:45-5:15pm Lecture and Q and A    5:30-8:40pm Go to Gessoji Temple and appreciate Noh   9:15pm Disband at Shinjuku  

Conditions

Tour Code

GTN001

Important Remarks

When it rains Takigi ( bonfire ) Noh will be changed to Rosoku ( candle ) Noh in different facility. The performance is held at night on the open-air theater.  Bring warm clothes in preparation for cold weather.

Planner

If you learn and appreciate Noh, you are a real authority on Japanese tradition. Open the classical door and you will find the still living world where Japanese traditions, arts, folk stories and legends have been kept.

HOW TO APPLY
You can apply for the tour by phone or web.
Tel: 03-5322-8988