Evenings of Traditional Osaka Performing Arts

Every 1st and 3rd Saturday evening, there is the show which you can enjoy 4 kinds of traditional arts in Osaka, for example, Noh, Bunraku, kyogen, Rakugo, Geisya dance etc. ..
They are difficult to understand for even our Japanese people, but in this show, an comedian(Rakugo-ka) translates each show, so you can understand easily with laughing!
Also, they give you a reference materials in English,Chinese and Korean, and free right food(steamed rice and green tea).

Why don't you try to learn them, instead of night clubbing??

Place: Yamamoto Noh gakudo
Access: Walk from Subway Tanimachi 4 chome station
Admission fee: from 3500 yen

http://kamigata-night.com/

Hiraoka Festival Oct.14th&15th

Largest class autumn festival with 20 taiko drum stands entering the shrine and 3 floats parading.

Every year approx. 150,000 worshippers and numerous stalls fill the shrine premises during the two-day festival.

This is a MUST!!

Date : October 14th and 15th
Time : 15:30 - 23:00
Admission : Free
Place : Hiraoka Shrine (072-981-4177)
* The nearest station is Kintetsu Hiraoka station.

International Beer Summit

Are you missing your country"s beer, or getting fed up to drink Japanese beer, though we have really nice beer in Japan though..

Here is the event which you shouldn't miss, the name is "International Beer Summit 2010"!
You can see/buy more than 100 kinds of beers from all over the world, and not only beer, they also do many attractions .. flamenco,Bali island dance, Japanese drum etc., and of course some cuisine from the world,too !!
So, everybody would be able to enjoy it, even you're not a big fun of beer.


Date: the 1st of October (Sat.) 12;00-22;00
the 2nd of October (Sun.) 12;00-21;00
Place : Itami city Hakkenderamae
*Walk from Hankyu railway Itami station or JR Itami station
Admission : Free

Official HP : http://www.ibws-npo.org/

Kansai Music Conference 2010

Kansai Music Conference (KMC), through co-sponsorship with Osaka Museum of History, brings together musicians from all over the world to network and perform in downtown Osaka with workshops about traditional music and instruments of different cultures for the general public as well as presentations and discussions about the music industry.

KMC２０１０ is the opportunity to have an exchange of cultures, make new friends, contacts and advance musical carrers.

If you are interest in music, why don't you join them?

Date : ２０１０ September １９th and ２０th
１０：００－１６：００

Place : Osaka Museum of History
〒５４０－０００８, ４－１－３０ Otemae Chuo-ku Osaka city
TEL　０６－６９４６－５７２８

Admission Free

Inquiry : KMC　（０６－６８２９－７９７６）
http://www.kansaimusicconference.com/conference.html

Gangara Fire Festival

Gangara Fire Festival is the Ikeda city's most traditional annual event, to wish for safety in the house and fire prevention.　Every year on August 24th, the 4-meter-long and 100-kilogram of torches are carried by young men. The torchlight procession marches around the city and goes up to Atago Shrine (on the Mt. Satsuki).

On the same night, the Daimonji and the Dai-ichimonji Fires are to be lit on the slopes of Mt. Satsuki. This fires are the simbols of the prayer for the inner satisfaction and the world peace.

Date : August 24th 19:00 - 22:00
Place : Walk north from Hankyu Ikeda station.

Osaka Castle Takigi Noh(Performance by firelight)

From tomorrow, the 21st, some attractive night events will be held in Osaka castle, and I'll pick up one of them today, "Osaka Castle Takigi Noh　大阪城薪能" on the 25th.

Osaka Castle Takigi Noh attracts more than 3,000 visitors every year. “Takigi Noh” is a type of noh performed outdoors with light supplied by bonfires. It is performed at night, usually in summer, at a noh theater or on an outdoor temporary stage. For Osaka Castle Takigi Noh, a temporary stage will be installed in front of Osaka Castle.

Enjoy a summer night of traditional Japanese performing art, the world of Yugen, with the illuminated Osaka Castle in the background.

Date: the 25th (Wed.)
18:00 -
*In case of rain, postponed to the follwing 26th.
Place: Nishinomaru Garden of Osaka Castle
Fee: Adult 4500 yen (advance ticket 3600 yen)

Art performance by Tabaimo

Tabaimo is the nickname of a prominent young japanese artist from Hyogo prefecture. Her works are based on video and drawings, and will be in exhibition at the National Museum of Art in Osaka until the 12th of September.

Entrance fee : 420 yen
from 10am-5pm
Access to the Osaka National Art Museum.