Discover Noh in Kyoto

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Oct 13 (Sun), 2024 The NŌWHERE Tours: Tōru/Daikakui-Sagano

Oct 18 (Fri), 2024 The NŌWHERE Tours: Shari/Sennyuji

Dec 7 (Sat), 2024 The NŌWHERE Tours: Kokaji/Sanjo-Downtown

Jan 19 (Sun), 2025, The NŌWHERE Tours: Kokaji/Sanjo

Mar 2 (Sun), 2025, The NŌWHERE Tours: Kokaji/Sanjo

April 12(Sat) Semimaru/Ōtsu
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April 27(Sun) Details coming soon
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What are the the NŌWHERE Tours?

On the NŌWHERE Tours, we will visit places or people related to noh plays and attend professional performances or workshops by specialists. Kyoto is full of places that became stages to the stories in noh, and many of the traditions depicted in the plays are still found here, making it the ideal place to discover noh in both historical and contemporary contexts.

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9:30 – 16:30 Oct 13 (Sun), 2024 , The NŌWHERE Tours: Tōru/Daikakuji
15,000 yen with performance ticket (meals and transportation not included) / Capacity 8
A walking tour of Daikakuji, a temple and former imperial villa, and the scenic countryside of the Sagano area. After the walking tour, we will visit the Kongo Noh Theatre to see the noh play Tōru, the story in which the elegant ghost of the son of the founder of Daikakuji returns to his beloved villa in a priest’s dream on an autumn night.

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14:00-20:30 Oct 18 (Fri), 2024, The NŌWHERE Tours: Shari/Sennyuji
15,000 yen with performance ticket (meals and transportation not included) / Capacity 8
A walking tour of Sennyuji, a temple with a legend about a demon that tried to steal the sacred relics of Buddha (shari), in the quiet, green hills. We will be permitted special access to the sacred relic’s treasury which is usually closed. After the walking tour, we will visit the Kyoto Kanze Noh Theater and see the noh play Shari in which the chase of the demon and the guardian is reenacted on stage.

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10:00-17:30, Mar 2 (Sun), 2024,  The NŌWHERE Tours: Kokaji/Sanjo
15,000 yen with performance ticket (meals and transportation not included) / Capacity 8
A walking tour of the east hills of Kyoto, where the legendary swordsmith Munechika lived and is still enshrined today, and the downtown area of Kyoto in which many traditional crafts are made and a temple exhibits a sword collection. After the tour, we will visit a noh theater to see the noh play depicting how a deity miraculously helped Munechika with forging the emperor’s sword.

For the same tour visiting a different theatre in Jan 2025, please visit see details HERE.