Performance Date

Thursday, June 4 - Thursday, June 18 2026　※No performance on Tuesday, June 9

Performance Time

10:30 - 12:35 and 14:00 - 16:05
*End times are estimates and could vary.
*This performance is mainly targeted at students, but the one of June 7 & 14 is at adults.  It starts at 11:00, 14:30, scheduled to end at 12:55, 16:25.

English language services

 *FREE handout of English synopsis available.

Program

- Dango Uri (The Dumpling Peddlers)
- Guidance for BUNRAKU Beginners (Explanation in JAPANESE)
- Futatsu Chōchō Kuruwa Nikki (Two Sumō Wrestlers in the Pleasure Quarters)
  Yawata no Sato Hikimado（The Skylight in Yohē's House in the Town of Yawata）

*Dango Uri is not performed at the June 7th and 14th performance.
*Japanese subtitles displayed on screen above the stage.

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 7 & 10.

Ticket Prices (tax included)

Adults : 4,200yen
／ Student：1,600yen

Booking Opens

Online & Telephone : Friday May 8 2026
Box Office : Saturday May 9 2026

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.

(updated October 14, 2025)