The content of this product is provided by machine translation and may not reflect the actual information, please take this into consideration before booking.A large-scale takigi Noh performance featuring a star-studded cast will be held at the Nishinomaru Garden of Osaka Castle. The event will be led by Osaka's leading Noh actor, Otsuki Bunzo (Kanze School shite actor, Living National Treasure), and his successor Otsuki Yuichi, and will feature nationally renowned Noh and Kyogen performers such as Kanze Saburota, the 26th head of the Kanze School, Nomura Mansai, Nomura Yuki, and Nomura Taichiro. The event will serve as a nighttime culture event to attract more inbound tourists due to the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo, and will also feature a spectacular performance of Japan's leading classical performing art, Noh, in the Nishinomaru Garden of Osaka Castle. The classical performing arts that have been nurtured in Osaka will be shared with the rest of Japan and the world. Enjoy the fantastical world of Noh, said to be the oldest performing art in Japan, with the illuminated Osaka Castle as a backdrop. [Performance Date and Time] Saturday, May 24th and Sunday, May 25th, 2025 Doors open: 17:30 Start time: 18:30 Scheduled end time: 20:40 [Event Details] Saturday, May 24 ・Noh play "Iris Crop" by Bunzo Otsuki and others ・Kyogen play "Hino Sake" by Mansai Nomura and others ・Noh play "Kunisu" by Yuichi Otsuki and others May 25th (Sunday) ・Noh play "Kiyotsune Alternative Form" by Kanze Saburota, etc. ・Kyogen play "Futari Hakama" by Nomura Mansai, etc. ・Noh play "Ikaku Sennin" by Otsuki Bunzo, etc.