Tourism and Investment in Japan

Gifu is well known for enthusiastic activities by a plethora of groups performing local Kabuki and other Ji-shibai plays “Ji-shibai ” is a generic term for traditional Japanese plays performed by local residents in various parts of Japan. The plays include Kabuki, Bunraku, Noh Kyogen and Shishi-shibai .   One of great pleasures to view the local plays is that it is performed based on scripts made in as far back as the Edo period or earlier, so you can easily be exposed to Japanese traditional culture and history passed down in Japan for a long period of time.   The other feature of Ji-shibai is that it is not performed by professional actors, but by local residents themselves. In addition, local residents prepare almost everything used on the stage from choreography to costumes to musical instruments.  This gives the audience a sense of familiarity with Ji-shibai and its performers. Gifu Prefecture is well known for enthusiastic activities by a plethora of groups performing local pl