New Year Bunraku performance 2025

Performance Date

Friday, January 3 – Sunday, January 26, 2025　※No performance on Wednesday, January 15

Performance Time

Part1 11:00 - 13:40
Part2 14:15 - 16:55
Part3 17:30 - 19:50
*End times are estimates and could vary.

Program

【Part1】11:00
- Shinpan Utazaimon (The New Scandalous Ballad of Osome and Hisamatsu)
Zama Yashiro (Zama Shrine)
Nozakimura (Nozaki Village)

【Part2】14:15
- Kanadehon Chūshingura (The Treasury of 47 Loyal Retainers)
[Act 8] Michiyuki Tabiji no Yomeiri (Dance Travel Scene: The Journey of the Bride)
[Act 9] Yuki Kokashi (Rolling the Snowball)
Yamashina Kankyo (Yuranosuke's Retirement Home in Yamashina)

【Part3】17:30
- Honchō Nijūshikō(The Japanese Twenty-Four Examples of Filial Piety)
Michiyuki Niai no Myōtogan (The Drug Peddlers' Journey)
Kagekatsu Jōshi (Nagao Kenshin's Son Kagekatsu as Emissary)
Teppō Watashi (The Presenting of the Gun)
Jushukō (The Incense Burning)
Okuniwa Kitsunebi (Foxfires in the Inner Garden)

Venue

National Bunraku Theatre
1-12-10 Nippon-bashi, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 542-0073
Tel. +81-6-6212-2531

How To Get Here?

By Trains
- 1min. walk from Nippombashi Station
(Exit 7, Osaka Metro Sakaisuji and Sennichimae Lines)
- 1min. walk from Kintetsu-Nippombashi Station
(Exit 7, Kintetsu Nara Line)
*You can find a lift at Exit 10.

Ticket Prices (tax included)

1st grade 6,000yen (Student 4,200yen) / 2nd grade 4,500yen (Student 3,200yen)

Seating Plan

*Subtitles: Available only in Japanese. Displayed on screen above the stage.
*English synopsis is available. It is included in the paid Japanese program.

Booking Opens

Online & Telephone : Sunday, December 8, 2024
Box Office : Monday, December 9, 2024

Box Office
0570-07-9900
(From overseas: +81-3-3230-3000)
in Japanese and English
(10:00AM - 6:00PM)

Click here to find the details about how to buy tickets.

Book Online

(updated October 16, 2024)

What's BUNRAKU?

BUNRAKU is one of the representative traditional performing arts in Japan, designated an Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO in 2003.
Please see An Introduction to Bunraku to learn more about BUNRAKU.