See a Japanese “buyo” (dance) performance

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Ever since the Edo period for over 400 years, “buyo”, a type of traditional dance in Japan, has existed thanks to people who can still dance this delicacy and successfully pass it on. To dance “buyo”, the dancers stamp their feet and make huge hand/body gestures – twisting and turning – to music that can be probably classified as traditional pop music.

In this activity, you’ll...

• Watch a “buyo” performance by a successor of this tradition with an interpreter who will give you English explanations.

With explanations, you will fully experience and enjoy the essence of “buyo”. When you visit Japan, come and see an exceptional and traditional Japanese performance.

Availability:: From 9:30 am on Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat, and Sunday
Duration:: 1 hour
Speaks:: English (Intermediate)
日本語 (Fluent)
Area:: Tokyo
Nearest station:: Tokyo Metro Asakusa station.
Min Participants:: 4
Max Participants:: 10
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Price :
(per person)

4750

About the host

Hosted by
Yoko

Presently, I teach Japanese “Buyo” around Asakusa.
In the past, I made a name for myself as an actress after practicing Japanese “Buyo” and drama. Today, I have a 25-year career as an entertainer. I have acted in many stage plays featuring “buyo” across Japan as well as surrounding Asian countries to master Japanese “buyo”.

Traditional “buyou” and Japanese “buyo”, which I dance, if classified is often classified as strict and formal but it is what it is. Traditional Japanese “buyo” is not like “kagura”, traditional folk entertainment, “bon odori” (a type of dance at a Japanese festival called “matsuri”), and folk songs but is a stage art that is aimed at performing on stage. A lot of the gestures and behavior of Japanese women can be learned through Japanese “buyo” – it is a compilation and the best of all that beauty.