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KABUKIZA

Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 28, 2016
Ichiro Furutachi overwhelms film festival crowd with nonstop chatter
Ichiro Furutachi, a TV personality and former news anchor also known as "the mad chatter," overwhelmed the crowd — and interpreters — at Kabukiza Threatre on Thursday with his nonstop talk.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 28, 2016
Kabuki actor and silent film narrator keep traditions alive
For kabuki actor Onoe Kikunosuke and silent film narrator Ichiro Kataoka, keeping old traditions alive and sharing them with as many local and foreign fans as possible remain their mission.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 16, 2016
When to speak and when to shut up: the art of a Japanese 'benshi'
The silent films screened in Japan from the 1920s to '40s were never completely silent. Katsudo-shashin benshi, or benshi for short, delivered live narration that provided everything an audience might need to appreciate a film — from commentary to translation. Derived from Japan's many narrative art forms, benshi were an effective way to introduce cinema to Japanese audiences.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / BACKSTREET STORIES
Jul 27, 2013
Log-jamming in Shin Kiba
Last month, readers of this column found me frolicking in the sawdust and lumberyards of Shin Kiba — meaning "New Wood Place" — which arose on reclaimed land in Tokyo Bay in the 1970s when the city's timber businesses were moved there from their traditional home in nearby Kiba to make way for rapid urbanization.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 1, 2013
Award-winning architect Kuma reflects on his new design for Kabukiza
Kengo Kuma, 58, is an internationally renowned architect who designed the new Kabukiza theater in Tokyo's Ginza district that opened early last month.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / SWEET INSPIRATIONS
Apr 5, 2013
Springtime sweets come into bloom
The petals may have dropped from the cherry trees, at least in the Tokyo area, but there are plenty of leaves to be seen — and not just on the trees. Look around any shop selling traditional wagashi sweets at this time of year and you'll find cherry leaves in evidence, wrapped around sakura-mochi.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 3, 2013
Renovated Kabukiza reopens in Ginza district
The Kabukiza theater, spiritual home of the 410-year-old performing art, reopened Tuesday in Ginza, Tokyo, after a three-year hiatus following extensive renovation work.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 2, 2013
Refurbished Kabukiza theater reopens in Tokyo's Ginza district
Tokyo's Kabukiza theater, the spiritual home of Japan's 410-year-old performing art, reopened Tuesday after a three-year hiatus following extensive renovation work.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Mar 29, 2013
Revamped Kabukiza theater aims to charm a new audience
The Kabukiza is back — with big ambitions and aspirations to make the nation's classical theatrical entertainment more attractive to a 21st-century audience.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Mar 19, 2013
Ginza stage set for Kabukiza's fifth coming
The venerable Kabukiza Theater in Tokyo's Ginza district reopens April 2 after three years of renovations and the addition of a 29-floor attached office tower.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 27, 2013
New Kabukiza theater, tower completed in Tokyo
A ceremony was held Tuesday to celebrate the completion of the new Kabukiza theater and an adjacent office building called Kabukiza Tower in the Higashiginza district of central Tokyo.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Feb 5, 2013
Kabuki patriarch Danjuro dies at 66
Leading kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro XII, popular for his grand and expansive style of acting, dies of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Dec 28, 2010
Kabuki going strong, 400 years on
The media frenzy over kabuki star Ichikawa Ebizo's drunken midnight brawl in Tokyo last month may be a testament to how, 400 years after its birth, the genre remains a highly popular form of entertainment integral to Japanese culture.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 23, 2008
Kabuki mecca's days numbered
The Kabukiza Theatre, a Tokyo landmark and the mecca of the traditional performance art, will soon vanish to be replaced by a new office-theater complex despite pleas from architects to preserve the building.

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