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Bunraku Performance for Beginners / Discover BUNRAKU

Performance Date

Thursday, June 5 - Thursday, June 19 2025 ※No performance on Tuesday, June 10

Performance Time

10:30 - 13:00 and 14:00 - 16:30
*End times are estimates and could vary.

*This performance is targeted at young students, but the one of June 8 & 15 is at adults.  It starts at 11:00 , 14:30, scheduled to end at 13:15 , 16:45.

Program

-Gojōbashi (The Bridge at Fifth Avenue)
-Guidance for BUNRAKU Beginners (Explanation in JAPANESE)
-Sanjūsangendō Munagi no Yurai (The Origin of the Ridgepole of the Thirty-Three Measure Long Temple Hall)
From Heitarō Sumika (Heitarō's House) to Kiyari Ondo (The Woodcutter's Song)

*Gojōbashi is not performed at the June 8th and 15th performance.
*Japanese subtitles displayed on screen above the stage
*FREE synopsis in English / Chinese / Korean / Spanish / French


Discover BUNRAKU  ―BUNRAKU for Beginners―

Performance Date: Sunday, June 15 2025
Performance Time: 14:30 - 16:45

-The ABC of BUNRAKU ―Introduction to BUNRAKU―
(Explanation in ENGLISH)
   [Navigator]SUYAMA Kentarō (Corporeal Mime Artist) 
-Sanjūsangendō Munagi no Yurai (The Origin of the Ridgepole of the Thirty-Three Measure Long Temple Hall)
 From Heitarō Sumika (Heitarō's House) to Kiyari Ondo (The Woodcutter's Song)

We provide the following FREE services :
English subtitles displayed on screen
・FREE Synopsis in English / Chinese / Korean / Spanish / French

Venue

National Bunraku Theatre
  1-12-10 Nippombashi, 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)

Adults : 4,200yen
/ Student:1,600yen

Seating Plan
Wheelchair spaces are available. For more details, please contact the Ticket Centre.

Booking Opens

Online & Telephone : Thursday May 8 2025
Box Office : Friday May 9 2025

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.

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(updated November 2, 2024)