【Information about the Tour】

• Date ： June 2nd（Monday）
• Time ：13:45-21:00
• Place： ROHME Theatre Kyoto & Heian Jingu Shrine

【Time Schedule】

• 13:45 Meeting at ROHME Theatre Kyoto ***Exact position to find the point ****
  *13 Okazakisaishoji-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto City 606-8342
• 14:00-14:45 “Welcome to the World of Noh – A Public Lecture for Appreciation of Kyoto Takigi Noh”
  Details are here
• 15:00-17:40 Free Time Enjoying the Okasaki Area.
  *Please note that we cannot be held responsible for any accidents or issues that may arise during your free time. Enjoy responsibly.
• 17:45 Meeting at Heian Jingu Shrine
  *97 Nishitennocho Okazaki, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City 606-8341
• 18:00-20:40 Kyoto Takigi Noh
  Details are here
• 21:00 Dismiss

【Ticket Fee】

• 15,000 yen (Per person)
  *Payment is by credit card only
  *Each person is limited to two tickets.
  If you would like more, please get in touch with us.
  E-mai：promotion@kyokanko.or.jp

【Important Inforamtion】

• This tour will be conducted only in English. 本ツアーが英語で実施されます。
• The ticket to the Kyoto Takigi-Noh and guided explanations and translations costs are included in this tour.
• In the case of rain, the performance will be held at the Rohm Theatre Kyoto Main Hall.
  The venue will be decided at 2:00 p.m. on the day.

【Contact】

• E-mail：promotion@kyokanko.or.jp

【What is Noh and Takigi-Noh ?】

In the 14th Century a performing art called “Sarugaku” was favored by many of the common people.
Sarugaku had both religious and entertainment aspects and was performed in temple or shrine precincts attached to religious ceremonies there. Eventually, as Sarugaku grew popular with the administrators and cultured people of the capital, Kyoto, it reached a high artistic level inherently expressing Japan’s spiritual nature, transforming into an entertainment art creating an aesthetic world. Since the 19th century this Sarugaku came to be called “Noh”.
Although Noh, based primarily on ancient literary works, was created in the 14th~15th centuries, it has been performed continuously since that time. Noh has continued for over 650 years for the simple reason of the appeal it holds to attract people of any era, its themes never growing old.
Currently, noh is usually performed at theatres expressly for the purpose of performing Noh called “Nohgakudo”.

The Kyoto “Takigi-Noh” was started in 1950 for the purpose of enjoying the atmosphere of the past and is associated with the torchlit Noh performances held at Tofukuji Temple in Nara in medieval times. Held every year, it has become an event representing summer in Kyoto. Coming here, you can enjoy a Kyoto summer evening.
As in the past, a stage has been constructed in the shrine precincts and lighting is provided for the performance by bonfires lit from a pure, sacred flame. Please enjoy the performance this early summer evening, becoming one with the surrounding environment and nature in the gradually changing light.