Kabukitastic.

So yesterday I went to the National Theater of Japan, and saw a Kabuki production. Kabuki is a japanese form of theater theater that was very popular amoung the commoner population is in the edo period especially. It is kind of like us watching shakespeare, except the sword fighting is better. There was romance, revenge, deciet, action, drama, and guys fighting with two swords at once. It was a little long at 4 and a half hours long but we missed the first hour or so because we were late so it wasnt so bad. All the actors were fantastic, the guy who was famous for playing girls was a bit eery though. There was one old guy who was really thrilled by everything this one actor was doing. He would clap and go nuts anytime the actor appeared and the actor was one of the leading roles so we saw a lot of the old guy clapping. Overall a very different expereince then any other play I have ever seen, very interesting, and the visuals and music were quite beautiful.