Music: Kyoto Concert Hall, 1-26 Hangi-cho Shimogamo, Sakyo-ku (tel: (075) 711 2244; website:
www.kyotoconcerthall.org), home to
Kyoto Symphony Orchestra, has a lovely, very modern, exterior design and fantastic acoustics inside. The large hall is home to the city’s symphony orchestra, while the smaller hall is more suitable for chamber music. Classical music performances are also given at the
Kyoto Kaikan Hall, 13 Saishoji-cho Okazaki, Sakyo-ku (tel: (075) 771 6051; website:
www.kyotokaikan.org), a culture and
conference center with several big assembly halls, the largest of which can take more than 2,000 people.
An excellent performing arts venue (for music, dance and theater) is the 560-seat
Kyoto Prefectural Citizen’s Hall, 590-1 Tatsumae-cho, Karasuma-dori, Ichijo sagaru, Kamigyo-ku (tel: (075) 441 1414; website:
www.alti.org).
Theater: The
Kyoto Theater, Kyoto Station building, Shiokoji-sagaru, Karasuma-dori, Shimogyo-ku (tel: (075) 353 3551; website:
www.shiki.gr.jp) is located in the JR Kyoto Station building and puts on classic and modern western plays and musicals.
Kyoto’s most famous theater and one of the city’s cultural landmarks is the
Minamiza Kabuki Theater, Shijo-ohashi-bridge, Higashiyama-ku (tel: (075) 561 1155) in Gion. It is the birthplace of
kabuki, one of Japan’s most famous traditional performing art forms, which combines high drama, dance and music in an extremely stylised manner. Not only kabuki plays, but also concerts and
rakugo (traditional comic storytelling) performances are held here. Kyoto also has its own
noh theater, the
Kongo Nohgakudo (Kongo Noh Theater), Karasuma-dori, Ichijo-sagaru, Kimikyo-ku (tel: (075) 441 7222; website:
www.kongou-net.com). It was established in 2003 just to the west of Kyoto Imperial Palace.
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