The National Theater has been the home of traditional Japanese performing arts since its opening in 1966. Now the aging ...

The Asahi News, Seattle’s only Japanese daily newspaper, was published in the building. During the early 20th century, the Seattle Symphony found a home in the theater’s halls. It was a ...

For the first time in about 30 years, a Japanese theater that uses human-sized puppets is performing across the country. For the first time in 30 years, a treasure of Japan has been touring the ...

The performers are from Yamanashi prefecture, Iowa's sister state since the '60s.

Kyogen master Nomura Manzo IX performs his craft which he learned from his father and grandfather. In Japanese theater, it is often thought that there are three main genres: Noh, Kabuki and Bunraku.