We have started our new service: “Enjoy a Kabuki performance with your tour guide” service for people who attend our private tour.

 

 

TOKYO KABUKI GUIDE

TOKYO KABUKI GUIDE is a special concierge service. We have been providing you all the information you need to know about Kabuki in Tokyo since 2010.

We operate several types of Kabuki tours to enhance your Kabuki experience. We provide advanced tickets, handouts, English summaries and a pre-performance presentation. Tours for people who buy one act tickets or visit the Kabuki-za Gallery are also available.

Tailor-made tours, such as tours for a big group, students etc. are also available. Please feel free to contact us!

Where and when is Kabuki performed?

Kabuki is performed for about 25 days per month at two theatres in Tokyo as below:

Kabuki-za Theatre: every month.

The National Theatre: January, March, June, July, October, November and December.

There are some theatres for Kabuki in other cities but Kabuki is rarely performed outside of Tokyo.

Why did you start this service?

Founder Kazui Yabe, a Japanese female licensed tour guide and volunteer Japanese language teacher, has enjoyed introducing Kabuki to both Japanese and visiting friends for many years before establishing Kabuki tour guide in 2010.

A note from Kazui: "I believe that with the help of some essential information about the art itself and the plays in performance, Kabuki becomes even more understandable and enjoyable. As a Japanese person, I love to help guests find points of interest to them within each performance and am passionate about sharing my knowledge and experience of Kabuki. I look forward to welcoming you to my tour!"

Seeing Kabuki is to see Japan’s traditional stage arts which have been established for over 400 years.

The Japanese government had a seclusion policy in place for more than two hundred years, from 1639 to 1853.

In this period, the administration was stabilized and a period of peace ensued bringing with the unique cultural development.

Kabuki is one of the best examples of this.

 

Kabuki, which is the most popular of the traditional Japanese stage arts, is still hugely popular in Japan.

It is said that there are so many Kabuki plays in existence.

However, only about 400 of these have retained their popularity over time.

 

Kabuki has developed by taking many elements of the traditional stage arts,

such as Noh theatre and Bunraku Puppet theatre and combined them with the Japanese sense of beauty.

There are many unique features of Kabuki performance including acting techniques,

costumes, wigs, stage setting mechanisms etc. that can only be seen in Kabuki.

 

It has been said that Kabuki is the closest you can get to a true sense of Japanese aesthetic beauty.

 

Kabuki is unpretentious, easy to enjoy and much more accessible than other traditional performance such as Noh theatres.

However, knowing a little background information will enhance your Kabuki experience.

Which is why we would like to provide our guests with a pre-performance presentation.

 

Please join us!

We are looking forward to ensuring every moment at the theatre will be unforgettable for all our guests,

beyond couples, family, student on a group tour or anything in between.

May 2025- July 2025

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“Enjoy a Kabuki performance with your tour guide” service for people who attend our private tour. 

■ May 2025 ■

Kabuki is performed at one theatre, Kabuki-za theatre, in Tokyo.

Venue The Kabuki-za theatre
Performance date

May 2nd-11th, 13th-21st, 23rd-27th

Show Matinee Evening show
Start time 11:00pm 4:30pm

End time

3:38pm 8:45pm
Ticket grade and price

Box: 25,000 yen, First: 23,000 yen, Second: 18,000 yen, 3A: 8,000 yen, 3B: 6,000 yen

English subtitle device

Available

Rental fee: 1,500 yen

If you would like more information, we will be happy to email you programs and photographs from the shows.

We provide advanced tickets, handouts, English summaries etc. in our pre-performance presentations. We offer tailor-made tours, such as tours for a big group, students etc. also. Please feel free to contact us!    

Tour No. Tour No.1 Regular tour
Venue The Kabuki-za theatre
Show Matinee Evening show
Meeting time 9:30am 3:00pm
Tour ends 10:40am 4:10pm
Show starts 11:00am 4:30pm
Package Contents Ticket handling, pre-performance presentation over Japanese tea and sweets, handouts, English summaries etc.
Lecture venue
Tour fee per person 6,000 yen
Please note the total tour fee is tour fee plus show ticket fee.
Ticket grade and price

Box: 25,000 yen, First: 23,000 yen, Second: 18,000 yen. 3A : 8,000 yen, 3B grade: 6,000 yen.

  

Ticket presale April 11th
We like to buy our guests' tickets during presale to provide them with better seats.
English subtitles

Available.

Rental fee: 1,500 yen

Tour No.3 One-act show tour
Venue Kabuki-za theatre
Show Matinee Evening show
Act Second Forth First
Program

"Kanjincho"

"Kyokanoko Musume Dojoji" "Goto Sanbaso"
Dates 2-11, 12-21, 23-27 

 Meeting

time

10:30am

1:00pm

3:00pm

Tour end

time

11:40am 2:10pm 4:10pm

Performance

time

12:02pm- 1:13pm 2:30pm-3:38pm 4:30pm-5:50pm
Lecture venue  

Performance

If you would like have more information, we will happy ti email you programs and photographs from the show 
Tour fee per person

5,500 yen

Tour contents: Ticket handling, Kabuki lecture, handouts, English summary, Japanese tea and sweets. Please note total fee is tour fee plus ticet fee.

One act show seats

All seats on the 4th floor

Estimate Ticket fee

2,110 yen 2,110 yen 2,110 yen
English devices

English subtitle devices are available at the theatre. Rental fee: 1,000 yen 

 

    

 

■ June 2025 ■

Kabuki is performed at two theatres, Kabuki-za theatre and Sunpearl Arakawa (Large Hall).  

If you are interested in the performance at Sunpearl Arakawa, please feel free to ask us!

 

Venue The Kabuki-za theatre
Performance date

June 2nd-9th, 11th-18th, 20th-27th

Show Matinee Evening show
Start time 11:00pm 4:15pm

End time (TBC)

3:00pm 9:00pm
Ticket grade and price

Box: 25,000 yen, First: 23,000 yen, Second: 18,000 yen, 3A: 8,000 yen, 3B: 6,000 yen

English subtitle device

Available

Rental fee: 1,500 yen

If you would like more information, we will be happy to email you programs and photographs from the shows.

We provide advanced tickets, handouts, English summaries etc. in our pre-performance presentations. We offer tailor-made tours, such as tours for a big group, students etc. also. Please feel free to contact us!    

Tour No. Tour No.1 Private tour
Venue The Kabuki-za theatre
Show Matinee Evening show
Meeting time 9:30am 2:15pm/2:45pm
Tour ends 10:40am 3:55pm
Show starts 11:00am 4:15pm
Package Contents Ticket handling, pre-performance presentation over Japanese tea and sweets, handouts, English summaries etc.
Lecture venue
Tour fee per group

17,000 yen / group of people (1)

19,000 yen / group of people (2)

26,000 yen / group of people (3)

33,000 yen / group of people (4)

-If the number of people is five or more, the cost will be 33,000 yen plus 7,000 yen per person thereafter.

For large group, we would like to give discount.

 

Please note the total tour fee is tour fee plus show ticket fee.
Ticket grade and price

Box: 25,000 yen, First: 23,000 yen, Second: 18,000 yen. 3A : 8,000 yen, 3B grade: 6,000 yen.

  

Ticket presale May 11th
We like to buy our guests' tickets during presale to provide them with better seats.
English subtitles

Available.

Rental fee: 1,500 yen

Tour No.2 One-act show tour
Venue Kabuki-za theatre
Show Matinee Evening show
Act Second Third First
Program

"Kurumabiki"

(Drama)

"Terakoya"

(Drama)

"Shibaraku"

(Drama)

Dates 2-9, 11-18, 20-27 
Meeting time 10:30am 11:15am 2:45pm

Tour end

time

11:40am 12:25pm 3:55pm

Performance

time 

(TBC)

11:55am- 12:25pm 12:40pm-2:05pm 4:15pm-5:25pm
Lecture venue  

Performance

If you would like have more information, we will happy ti email you programs and photographs from the show 
Tour fee per person

7,500 yen

Tour contents: Ticket handling, Kabuki lecture, handouts, English summary, Japanese tea and sweets. Please note total fee is tour fee plus ticet fee.

One act show seats

All seats on the 4th floor

Estimate Ticket fee

2,110 yen 3,110 yen 3,110 yen
English devices

English subtitle devices are available at the theatre. Rental fee: 1,000 yen 

 

    

 

■ July 2025 ■

Kabuki is performed at two theatres, Kabuki-za theatre and Tiara Koto Hall.  

If you are interested in the performance at Sunpearl Arakawa, please feel free to ask us!

 

Venue The Kabuki-za theatre
Performance date

July 5th-10th, 12th-17th, 19th-26th

Show Matinee Evening show
Start time 11:00pm 5:00pm

End time (TBC)

4:00pm 9:00pm
Ticket grade and price

Box: 20,000 yen, Special seat: 20,000 yen

First: 18,000 yen, Second A: 15,000 yen,

Second B: 14,000 yen, Second C: 9,000 yen

Upper Tier A: 6,500 yen,

Upper Tier B: 5,000 yen

English subtitle device

Available

Rental fee: 1,500 yen

If you would like more information, we will be happy to email you programs and photographs from the shows.

We provide advanced tickets, handouts, English summaries etc. in our pre-performance presentations. We offer tailor-made tours, such as tours for a big group, students etc. also. Please feel free to contact us!    

Tour No. Tour No.1 Private tour
Venue The Kabuki-za theatre
Show Matinee Evening show
Meeting time 9:00am/9:30am 3:00pm/3:30pm
Tour ends 10:40am 4:40pm
Show starts 11:00am 5:00pm
Package Contents Ticket handling, pre-performance presentation over Japanese tea and sweets, handouts, English summaries etc.
Lecture venue

9am tour lecture venue is coffee shop

Tour fee 9am tour Other tours
Group of people (1) 16,000 yen 17,000 yen
Group of people (2) 17,000 yen 19,000 yen
Group of people (3) 23,000 yen 26,000 yen
Group of people (4) 29,000 yen 33,000 yen
If the number of people is five or more the cost will be 29,000 yen plus 6,000 yen per peson thereafter. the cost will be 33,000 yen plus 7,000 yen per person thereafter.
Please note the total tour fee is tour fee plus show ticket fee.
Ticket grade and price

Box: 25,000 yen, First: 23,000 yen, Second: 18,000 yen. 3A : 8,000 yen, 3B grade: 6,000 yen.

  

Ticket presale June 11th
We like to buy our guests' tickets during presale to provide them with better seats.
English subtitles

Available.

Rental fee: 1,500 yen

Tour No.2 One-act show tour
Venue Kabuki-za theatre
Show Matinee
Act 2nd 3rd 4th
Program

"Funabenkei"

(Dance)

"Takatoki"

(Drama)

"Momijigari"

(Dance drama)

Dates 5-10, 12-17, 19-26 
Meeting time 11:15am 12:45pm 1:45pm

Tour end

time

12:25pm 1:55pm 2:55pm

Performance

time 

(TBC)

12:35am- 1:45pm 2:05pm-2:55pm 3:10pm-4:10pm
Lecture venue  

Performance

If you would like have more information, we will happy ti email you programs and photographs from the show 
Tour fee per person

7,500 yen

Tour contents: Ticket handling, Kabuki lecture, handouts, English summary, Japanese tea and sweets. Please note total fee is tour fee plus ticet fee.

One act show seats

Upgraded seats: 2nd floor

Regular seats: 4th floor

Upgraded seat estimate ticket fee

6,500 yen 6.200 yen 7.100 yen

Regular seat estimate ticket fee

1,510 yen 1,210 yen 2,110 yen
English devices

English subtitle devices are available at the theatre. Rental fee: 1,000 yen