The Tokyo Traditional Performing Arts Festival presents a rakugo (traditional Japanese comic storytelling) show. With the theme of "Edo," Shinsuke Kokontei tells "Kogane-mochi (gold rice cake)," a story about Edo's town folk, and Kogiku Yanagiya sings a song entitled "Edo-no-shiki (four seasons in Edo)" with shamisen. The last performer is Gontaro Yanagiya who will tell a story called "Fudobo kaen (fire)," a story of a love rivalry in a terraced house. The audience can enjoy a lively story about people living in a terraced house in a town of Edo.

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[Cast]

KOKONTEI Shinsuke, YANAGIYA Kogiku, YANAGIYA Gontaro,IRIFUNETEI Senyu
and others

IRIFUNETEI Senyu

KOKONTEI Shinsuke

YANAGIYA Kogiku

YANAGIYA Gontaro

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[Date]

Tuesday (holiday), September 22, 2009, Starting at 2:00 p.m. (Opening at 1:30 p.m.)

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[Venue]

Yurakucho Asahi Hall
Address : 11F, Yurakucho Marion, 2-5-1, Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-0006
Telephone : 03 3284 0131
Access : 2 minutes walk from Yurakucho Station or Ginza Station

Access

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[Admission fees]

Reserved seats only: 3,500 yen for adults, 1,000 yen for students and children (from elementary school students to university students)
* No subtitle or explanation in other languages is available. A high Japanese language ability is needed to understand the show.
* Preschool children are prohibited from entry.

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[Ticket Sales]

All the tickets have been sold out.

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    * Supervision: Tomomitsu Kyosu
    * Production: The Asahi Shimbun Company

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