OSAKA -- Traditional comic storyteller Koharudanji Katsura will be participating in an international festival in Edinburgh this month, reciting a "rakugo" piece in Japanese.
It is the first time ever that rakugo, traditional comic storytelling -- subtitled in English -- is performed in the Edinburgh International Festival.
Entertainers from around the world will be presenting art and performances during the three-week event. The rakugo show of Katsura, 42, runs from Aug. 7 to 12 at St. Augustine's Studio, and is one of the festival's fringe events.