Yasaka Hall, Gion Kyoto (弥栄会館)

During my first trip to Kyoto (I went there twice) I had the chance to attend at 7 rep of Japanese traditional arts in the Yasaka Hall, in the famous Gion geisha district. It was very rewarding and very quiet of understand more the traditional Japanese culture.

The show began with a tea ceremony with precise gestures.

Another Japanese art of flower arrangement! Called Ikebana in Japanese. Sorry, we see nothing on the picture T_T (there was also a large Japanese instrument called koto).

 

 Gagaku is the name given to the dance and music performed at the Imperial Japanese court, and in the shrines and temples.

The kyōgen is a form of comic theater where are described the pleasant habits and life of common people in ancient Japanese society. The old man make me scared, he was really ugly o_o'

Finally dancing maiko! As you can see they are very young. They performed the dance "kyo-mai".

 And finally a traditional puppet show called Bunraku. Men dressed in black behind take care of each part of the doll for make it move, beautiful teamwork. This is the story of a woman who falls madly in love with a young monk, who had to leave his temple because there was a big fire (logically monks never go outside but there was no choice ). So for see him again, she made ​​a second fire, except that she causes an uncontrollable fire and it's a disaster. End of the story. Haha! Idiot woman.