Performance Time

【Summer vacation Bunraku performance Part1】 11:00 - 13:00
【Summer vacation Bunraku performance Part2】 13:45 - 17:20
【Bunraku Summer Festival】 18:00 - 20:25
*End times are estimates and could vary.

English language services

Program

【Summer vacation Bunraku performance Part1】11:00 - 13:00
 - Introduction to Bunraku
 - Yuki wa Konkon Sugata no Mizuumi (The Kind Hunter and the Female Fox)
  Konzan no Aki (Mt. Kon in Autumn)
  Ryōshi Genza no Ie yori Fuyu no Kohan (Genza's House)

【Summer vacation Bunraku performance Part2】13:45 - 17:20
 - Gempei Nunobiki no Taki (The White Banner of the Genji Clan)
  Kurosuke Sumika (Kurosuke's House)
 - Koimusume Mukashihachijō (The Story of Okoma and Saizaburo)
  Shirokiya (The Shirokiya Lumber Shop)
  Suzugamori (The Suzugamori Execution Grounds)

【Bunraku Summer Festival】18:00 - 20:25
 - Kotobuki Hashiradate Manzai (The Monzai Ceremonial Dance)
 - Machi no Hi
 CITY LIGHTS © Roy Export S.A.S. All Rights Reserved.
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 Produced in cooperation with the Chaplin Society of Japan.

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)

【Summer vacation Bunraku performance Part1】: Adult 5,000yen / Student 2,500yen / Child (18 years old and under) 2,000yen
【Summer vacation Bunraku performance Part2】: Adult 6,700yen (Student 4,600yen)
【Bunraku Summer Festival】: Adult 6,000yen (Student 4,200yen)

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

Booking Opens

Online & Telephone : 10:00 Monday, June 8, 2026
Box Office : 10:00 Tuesday, June 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】
Book Online

(updated February 25, 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.