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New Spring Tenku Kyogen
Osaka Nohgaku Kaikan
Jan 1–3
This event started in 2000. Daizo-ryu
including living national treasures will
provide four performances that make
you laugh for the first time in the new
year.
Time: 1; 1:30pm, 5pm 2; 2pm, 3; 5pm
Getting there: JR Osaka line, Osaka
stn/Hankyu Osaka line, Umeda stn/
Subway Tanimachi line, Nakazaki-cho
stn, exit 4
Admission: ¥3,500/¥5,000
Tel: 06-6353-8988
Karuta Hajime
Yasaka Shrine, Kyoto
Jan 3
First card game of the year. In the game
being played at this shrine, the women
players all dress in Heian court costumes.
Time: 1pm~
Getting there: JR line, Kyoto stn, 206
bus, Gion/Keihan line, Shijyo stn
Admission: free
Tel: 075-561-6155
The 32nd Gafu Exhibition
Miyako Messe, Kyoto
Jan 4–7
The number of bonsai collected by
fans from around the country has been
increasing every year and has reached
about 1,200. Many bonsai by celebrities
are on display. This event has
become famed as a New Year's event
in Kyoto, and attracts visitors from all
over Japan.
Time: 9:30am–4:30pm
(closes at 3pm on the last day)
Getting there: JR Kyoto line, Kyoto stn,
City bus 5, Kyoto Kaikan Bijyutsukan
Mae
Admission: ¥800
Tel: 075-691-5488
New year's Kite Flying
Festivals
Shoutoku Junior High School in
Higashi-oumi City, Shiga
Jan 7
You can bring a kite or buy one at the
event. The first two hundred people to
arrive can take part in the drawing of a
New Year's gift, game events and have
miso soup with pork and vegetables.
A huge kite whose size is 20 tatami
mats will fly by the Youkaichi Big Kite
Preservation Association.
Time: 1pm–5m
Getting there: JR Biwako line, Oumiyahata
stn, Oumi Railroad, Youkaichi sta,
Bus, Bungei-kaikan Aoba Medical mae
Admission: free
Tel: 0748-24-5662
New Year Concert 2007 -
Viennese Waltz with Melanie
Holiday
Festival Hall, Osaka
Jan 8
Vienna Opera Orchestra is very
famous for the orchestra playing in a
well-known ball, Operaball, held in
Vienna National Theater in February.
Just six dancers will accompany the
orchestra on this outing. The queen
of Operetta, Melanie Holiday will
perform.
Time: 3pm~
Getting there: Subway Yotsubashi line,
Higobashi stn, exit 4
Admission: ¥10,000/¥8,000/¥ 6,500/
¥5,000
Tel: 06-6231-2221
Berlin Philharmonic Octet
Orchestra–
Kobe Bunka Hall, Hyogo
Jan 8
Top players in Berlin Philharmonic
Orchestra perform chamber music
with Ayako Uehara, Japanese pianist.
Schubert: Piano Quintet in A, D.667
'The Trout' and others.
Time: open: 2pm start: 3pm
Getting there: Subway Yamanote line,
Okurayama stn
Admission: ¥4,500/¥5,500
Tel: 078-351-3535
Four Stories, Osaka
Portugalia Bar and Grill
Jan 14
This is the Osaka version of the hugely
successful Boston, US, reading event.
Guest readers will be Jessica
Goodfellow, Michael Hoffman, Maihc
O'Cathail and Hillel Wright.
Getting there: Subway Midosuji Yodoyabashi
stn (just north of US Consulate)
Admission: free
Email: tracy@fourstories.org
Toushiya
Sanjusangen-do, Kyoto
Jan 14
Japanese archery is also known as
kyudo. At this event see archers in
traditional dress take aim at a distant
target in this unique mid-13th century
temple that is also a national treasure.
Time: 9am–4pm
Getting there: Keihan Electric Railway,
Shichijyo stn
Admission: free
Tel: 075-561-0467
Pirates of the Dotombori
Improv Comedy
The Balabushka in Shinsaibashi
Jan 21
A short-form improv comedy group
(think "Who's Line Is It Anyway?")
with members from the USA, Canada,
UK, New Zealand, and China. No
script, no plot, but with random
suggestions from the audience, the
Pirates bring plenty of laughs with a
form of comedy you have to see to
believe. Though the shows are in
English, topics relating to life in Japan
frequently spring up, and Japanese
attendees have enjoyed past shows
immensely.
Time: 7:30pm (Doors open 7pm)
Getting there: Subway Midosuji line,
Shinsaibashi stn
Admission: Free admission,
one drink minimum
Tel: 06-6211-5369 (Balabushka)
www.piratesofthedotombori.com
2007 Osaka International
Ladies Marathon
Nagai Track and Field Stadium,
Osaka
Jan 28
This competition is a race from which
participants for the world championships
in athletics are selected. Therefore,
don't miss it!
Time: 12:10pm
Getting there: Subway Midosuji line,
Nagai stn
Admission: free
Tel: 06-6633-9632
The Twelve Months - Young
People's Opera Theater
Biwako Hall, Shiga
Feb 3, 4
Great music, great stories for all ages.
Time: 2pm~ (Opens at 1:30pm)
Getting there: JR Biwako line, Otsu
stn, Omi, Keihan bus, Biwako hall /
Keihan line, Ishiba stn
Admission: ¥3,000/Under 25 ¥1,500
Tel: 06-6233-8888
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The Kyoto International Manga Museum
opened this November. The Museum aims
to undertake research and studies concerning
manga culture. In this event, more
than 1,000 copies of comics in Western
and Asian countries are on display. You
can also read Japanese comics translated
into a number of different languages. This
exhibition has a long history and has been
held six times in 10 years. You can see a
selection of notable exhibits from previous
exhibitions, which combine to create a
graphic history of the event.
Minako Imada
is a leading food
researcher. She not
only brings the art
of European sweet
and pastry making
but also reproduces
the table
settings of noble
ladies European
courts. The base
of her activities,
Imada Minako
Table Art Salon
will celebrate its
30th anniversary,
so artistic food
and gorgeous
table settings lead
you into a dreamy
world. About 110 works are exhibited including thea recreation
of the table at the wedding of Marie Antoinette d'Autriche and
Louis XVI, Versailles Palace. The elaborate decorations create a
fantasy of a luxurious life.
