The fifth generation Kabukiza Theater opened in April this year.
While following the fourth generation, various improvements have been made, such as escalators and elevators inside making it barrier-free, increasing the number of women's toilets, and making the seats wider and easier to see.
Under such circumstances, what was not in the previous Kabukiza was the exhibition of the rooftop garden on the 5th floor and the "Memorial Kabukiza" on the 4th floor corridor.
Fortunately, you can enter for free even if you don't have a play ticket, just like the underground Kibikicho Square.
The rooftop garden, which can be reached by a dedicated elevator from Kiboricho Square, surrounds the lawn in the middle, features the clay roof tile of the Phoenix used in the Kabukiza Theater and the stone lantern in the house of Mokuami Kawatake.
From there, if you go down the red-painted stairs, the 4th floor corridor will be titled "Kabukiza of Memories", a model of Kabukiza from the first generation built in 1889 to the recent fourth generation, and stage photos of old famous actors are on display.
By the way, this red-painted staircase descending from the 5th to 4th floor was named after Goemon Ishikawa, a large thief in the world who said from the Nanzenji Temple Sanmon Gate, "clay roof tile, which can be seen in the middle of the stairs.
That's because only one of the "phoenix" at the tip of the tile is facing the head opposite.
Originally, "Phoenix" is a symbol of the Kabukiza Theater and is used in buildings, interiors, and Japanese lantern.
What's the difference?
I couldn't understand even if I looked down, so when I asked the person in charge nearby, he said, "It's the tip of the seventh tile from the right."
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Let's take a closer look again...。
I had it!
Certainly the direction of the wings and fuselage is the same, but the other is facing the right, but only one opposite to the left!
It may be a little playful, but when I found it, I was really happy.
This tile seems to be called the "Phoenix of Happiness", but it certainly felt a little happy as when I found a four-leaf clover.
Even if you don't see a play in particular, if you have a little time near Kabukiza, how about going to see this "Phoenix of Happiness"?
In addition, since the stairs are narrow, please be careful to keep safe traffic so that you do not disturb the traffic of other people or get absorbed in stepping off.
