Gion Corner: Traditional Arts Performance (Tablet Text)
Welcome to the Gion Corner: Traditional Arts Performance!
Today’s show will include seven traditional performing arts that are associated with Kyoto.
These are chanoyu (the art of preparing tea), koto music, ikebana flower arrangement, bugaku dance, kyogen comedy, and Kyomai dance.
Depending on the season, a scene from bunraku puppet theater or a noh play is performed.
The Gion Corner show was originally created in 1962, two years before the first Tokyo Olympic Games.
It was intended for tourists visiting Kyoto, who could spend the evening enjoying classical Japanese performing arts.
The show was moved to the current location in the spring of 2023 after the construction of a new theater.
Please enjoy the show!