Kyoto · Entertainment

Best Shows & Entertainment in Kyoto

8 places, each checked by our team.

• Gion Corner ギオンコーナーGion — A 50-minute show in Gion that samples seven traditional arts in one sitting: kyomai dance by maiko, tea ceremony, ikebana, koto, gagaku court music,…
• Kyoto Kanze Noh Theatre 京都観世会館Okazaki — The main Noh theatre of the Kanze school in Kyoto, by the Okazaki canal, where masked Noh plays and kyogen comedies are performed most months. One…
• Kyoto Theatre (Kyoto Gekijo) 京都劇場Kyoto Station — 940-seat theatre inside the Kyoto Station building, mainly used for Shiki Theatre Company musicals and concerts.
• Minamiza Theatre 南座Gion / Shijo — Japan's oldest kabuki theatre site, facing the Kamo river at Shijo bridge. Its famous December Kaomise season hangs the actors' names on wooden…
• Miyako Odori at Gion Kobu Kaburenjo 都をどり（祇園甲部歌舞練場）Gion — Every April, the geiko and maiko of Gion Kobu perform the Miyako Odori, Kyoto's most famous spring dance, in their newly restored 1913 theatre. A…
• Non-Verbal Theatre GEAR ギア専用劇場 GEARSanjo / Karasuma — Kyoto's long-running wordless show of mime, breakdance, magic, juggling and projection mapping, ideal for non-Japanese speakers.
• Pontocho Kaburenjo Theatre 先斗町歌舞練場Pontocho — 1927 theatre of the Pontocho geisha district, home of the Kamogawa Odori spring dances held every May since 1872.
• ROHM Theatre Kyoto ロームシアター京都Okazaki — Kunio Maekawa's 1960 Kyoto Kaikan, a landmark of Japanese modernism with deep eaves and a concrete facade, renovated in 2016 into a performing arts…