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laughinghyena21
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Kabuki?

Postby laughinghyena21 » February 13th, 2007 12:34 am

Hey Mina,

In one of the pods that I heard, there is a place in Japan that was labled "infamous". Off hand I dont remeber the name, but I think it had "kabuki" in it.

Also, Peter mentioned that its in the site somewhere, but I couldnt find it.

Any ideas?

Doumo Mina

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Re: Kabuki?

Postby Airth » February 13th, 2007 1:47 am

laughinghyena21 wrote:In one of the pods that I heard, there is a place in Japan that was labled "infamous". Off hand I dont remeber the name, but I think it had "kabuki" in it.


Off the top of my head, he was probably referring to the Kabuki-za theatre in Ginza -

http://www.kabuki-za.co.jp/
http://www.kabuki-za.co.jp/english/history.html

I've seen two performances there and can wholeheartedly recommend it.

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Postby laughinghyena21 » February 13th, 2007 2:19 am

I don think its a place, I think its more on the line of a strip. Like Times Sqare or Easy Street. I may have to just listen to the track again to know for sure.

Doumo again

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Postby annie » February 13th, 2007 2:31 am

Kabuki-za is the only place that I can think of in Tokyo.

If you just want to see a bit of kabuki they sell 1 act tickets for quite cheap, but you have to queue for them right before the performance so if you don't get there early enough it can be standing room only.

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Postby Bueller_007 » February 13th, 2007 2:56 am

You're talking about Kabuki-cho (歌舞伎町). That's Tokyo's red-light district.

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Kabukicho

Postby Airth » February 13th, 2007 2:56 am

laughinghyena21 wrote:I don think its a place, I think its more on the line of a strip. Like Times Sqare or Easy Street. I may have to just listen to the track again to know for sure.


OK, that's funny - we are talking about completely different things here. You mean Kabukicho, the wonderfully sleazy area of Tokyo. Here's the Wikipedia entry - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabuki-cho

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