Kabuki Round 2

Woohoo! Again, I went to a traditional Kabuki performance in the National Theatre. Of course, it was another story than the one I saw already. And today, Oliver accompanied me.

National Theater

It was no Taifun, so we came punctual. We thought ... actually the act started already since 3 or 4 minutes. So we had to be over punctual to see the start or what? Anyway, this time one story went over the whole 5 hours. It was a story about revenge, so I actually saw some fights ^^

During the 1st break, I discovered a booth in the lobby with English Speaking Guides. So finally, I could fully understand what's going on! So I got a small receiver with an earplug. Besides the translation of the dialogues, I got some background information about the scenery. Even little signs and the location were explained, I think that many of the viewers didn't know all of this.

View from outside the Theater to Tokyo

But one thing was a bit strange: I told you in the last post about Kabuki, that sometimes the names of famous actors who went on stage were shouted from some viewers. But now I think, the ones that shouted, weren't viewers. Because the sound of their voice were exactly the same like the last time. And this would be a huge coincidence of the same people went again on the same time as me into Kabuki. So I suggest, that they are employees of the theater :)

Nevertheless, it was a great act, there was of course many tragedy but also some humorous scenes ^^ Just have to say, that the fights weren't as spectacular as I expected them to be. They were more like a dance, which is pretty much obvious, because the ones who founded Kabuki were women. Not that women can't fight, but it would have been nearly impossible for them to learn Martial Arts in the early days ;)

The whole set was about 600Yen (4,30€)

And of course, we had some Japanese dinner in Tokyo. And again for a cheap price. Why is even Tokyo the most expensive city in the world? I didn't know this city before, but I found anytime easily awesome food for a good price.

Half House?