May Obara Kabuki Performance
Date: Jun 7,2026(Sun)
A small mountain community's claim to fame
Obara Kabuki began as a form of devotional theater at shrines during the middle of the Edo period in the Obara area of Toyota City as a means of amusement for agricultural villagers who had limited entertainment during their labor-laden lives. Even today, this tradition lives on thanks to those from the Obara Kabuki Preservation Society. Watch these incredible performances available twice a year in May and October at The Obaraza Hall.
Program (tentative)
1. Hiragana Seisuiki: Genta Kando (Obara Kabuki Preservation Society and Fujioka Kabuki)
Break
2. Five Men of the White Waves
3. Keisei Awa no Naruto: Dondoro Daishi (Obara Kabuki Preservation Society)
EVENT OVERVIEW
| Date | • Doors: 10:00 am • Curtains: From 11:00 am |
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| Place | The Obaraza Hall at Obara Community Center |
| Location | 〒470-0562 681-1 Ochi, Eitaro-cho, Toyota-shi, Aichi |
| Fee | Admission free of charge |
| Parking | Available • Parking Lot No. 1: 89 standard-size spaces, 2 large spaces, and 2 handicapped spaces • Parking Lot No. 2: 119 standard-size spaces |
| Restrooms | Available |
| Phone number | 0565-65-3711 (Obara Community Center, Toyota City Lifelong Education Center) |
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ACCESS
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- Access by public transport
- From Nagoya Station, take the Higashiyama Subway Line. Get off at Fushimi station and take the Tsurumai Subway Line. Get off at Toyotashi Station and take the Toyota Oiden Bus's Obara Line bound for Kaminigi. Get off at Eitaro Bus Stop and walk 2 min.
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- Access by car
- Exit at the Tokai-Kanjo Expressway's Toyota Fujioka Interchange or Sanage Green Road's Nakayama Interchange and drive on Route 419 for 15 km toward Mizunami.
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