Uchiko

Roland Carlos 6 months ago

A traditional kabuki theater that is still in operation. If there's no event going on you can tour the theater and see all the special passageways and tricks built into the stage. Despite its age the theater is still in beautiful shape and worth a visit if you're in the area!

Sophie Solioz a year ago

Beautiful building, it doesn't take that long to walk around.

jj walsh a year ago

Fantastic traditional Japanese theatre where they used to have all types of traditional performances - most famous are the Kabuki plays & Bunraku puppet plays of traditional stories and folk tales. If you go below, you can see the trap door and stage rotation magic revealed 😲 The staff say they will make it wheelchair accessible after renovations to make it earthquake resistant which will happen in 2023 and they're working on guided tours for visitors who have hearing loss. It's an interesting old building to sit in different seating areas and go on stage as well as to the basement. It would be great to see a performance here 1/week or 1/month to bring it back to life again!

Ralf Blaich 2 years ago

Went there as it was highly recommended by a colleague to make a stop there on our way to Kyushu island. Unfortunately the place was closed, even though it showed as open in Maps. Seems to be very common in Japan to keep such kind of information not updated :( Bit of a frustrating experience due to Covid19, that's why I'm deducting one star for a less caring management. The over 100 years old traditional Kabuki theatre looks well maintained from the outside and we would have loved to get inside to see and learn more about kabuki..

Martin Holman 2 years ago

The theater was built by wealthy patrons in the Taisho Period (early 20th century) for Kabuki and traditional Bunraku puppet performances when Uchiko was prosperous from the manufacturing of vegetable wax. The building is gorgeous, and boasts a rotating stage and trap doors for characters to appear and disappear. The tour through the faculty was excellent. I had a great time. And there are many other sights to see nearby, including the residences of some of those wealthy families. Performances are still held at Uchiko-za, including annually by the National Bunraku Puppet Theater from a Osaka.