Schedule
May
Traditional Japanese Music “A Wonder Box of Traditional Japanese Music!”
Date Thursday (holiday), May 5, 2011
Venue Gymnasium at Geinokadansha
July
Traditional Performing Arts for Kids
Date From Saturday, September 3, 2011 to Wednesday, March 29, 2012
Application period: From Friday, July 1 to Monday, July 25
Venue ○Opening ceremony: September 3 at the National Noh Theatre
○Practice sessions: From September to March at 7 locations in Tokyo
○Performance: March 20 at Hosho Nohgakudo / March 28 and 29 at the Asakusa Public Hall
August
Drums“Summer Concert: TAIKO Drums in Tokyo”
Date Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Venue Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Main Hall
Traditional Japanese Music “The Weekend of Traditional Japanese Music”
Date Saturday, August 20 and Sunday, August 21, 2011
Venue Edo-Tokyo Museum [Hall & the Exhibition area]
Traditional Japanese Music and Classical Dance “Essence of Art Series No. 5 Elegance of Kyoto: Kyoto Dance and the Melody of the Ikkan”
Date Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Venue National Theatre (Large Theatre)
September
Shomyo Chant and Gagaku “Jugyuzu and Shutei-ga Ichigu: Creation of New Tradition”
Date Saturday, September 10, 2011
Venue National Theatre (Large Theatre)
Drums “Drums of Japan: A sound passed down through the generations”
Date Friday (holiday), September 23, 2011
Venue National Theatre (Large Theatre)
October
Tokyo Grand Tea Ceremony 2011
Date (1) Saturday, October 1 and Sunday, October 2, 2011
(2) Saturday, October 22 and Sunday, October 23, 2011
Venue (1) Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum
(2) Tokyo Metropolitan Hama-rikyu Gardens
December
Rakugo Show and Traditional Geisha Dance Performance “O-Edo Yose, Japanese Traditional Story-Telling, and Beautiful Performance of Geisha”
Date Saturday, December 3, 2011
Venue Iino Hall
Japanese Folk Performance “12th Tama River Basin Folk Performance Festival”
Date Sunday, December 4, 2011
Venue Komae Ecorma Hall