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  • National Bunraku Theatre(Osaka)

Autumn Bunraku performance 2026

Performance Date

Saturday, October 31 – Monday , November 23, 2026
※No performance on Friday, November 6 & Monday, November 16

Tickets

Performance Time

Part1 11:00 - 13:30
Part2 14:15 - 17:00
Part3 17:45 - 20:20
*End times are estimates and could vary.

English language services


FREE handout of English synopsis available.

Program

【Part1】11:00 - 13:30
 - Shinjū Yoigōshin (Love Suicides on the Eve of Kōshin Festival)

  Ueda Mura (Ueda Village)
  Yaoya (The Greengrocer Shop)
  Michiyuki Omoi no Mijikayo (Michiyuki Travel Passage: The Shortness of a Night of Love)

【Part2】14:15 - 17:00
 -Imoseyama Onna Teikin (Husband and Wife Mountains: A Guide for Virtuous Women)

  Sugi Sakaya (The Sugi Sake Shop)
  Michiyuki Koi no Odamaki (Michiyuki Travel Scene: The Spool of Love)
  Fukashichi Shisha (Fukashichi, the Messenger)
  Hime Modori (The Return of the Princess)
  Kinden (The Golden Palace)

【Part3】17:45 - 20:20
 - Honchō Nijūshikō (The Japanese Twenty-Four Examples of Filial Piety)

  Suwa Myōjin Hyakudoishi (The Suwa Myōjin Shrine)
  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 7&10.

Ticket Prices (tax included)

【Part1】: 6,500yen (Student 4,600yen)
【Part2】: 6,500yen (Student 4,600yen)
【Part3】: 6,500yen (Student 4,600yen)
※Set discount for Part 1&2&3 = 18,000yen
※Set discount is available when purchased together.

Seating Plan

*Wheelchair spaces are available. For more details, please contact the Box Office.

Booking Opens

Online & Telephone : 10:00 Thursday, October 8, 2026
Box Office : 10:00 Friday, October 9, 2026

How To Buy Tickets

【Telephone】
0570-07-9900
(From overseas: +81-3-3230-3000)
in Japanese and English
(10:00 - 18:00)

【Box Office (10:00 - 18:00)】
Box office is located at the 1st floor of Natinal Bunraku Theatre.

【Online】
Tickets

(updated April 4, 2026)

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.

Bunraku and National Bunraku Theatre are featured in an online article of "Tokyo Weekender" (page transition).