THEATER

The new Naruto live action play looks more awesome than we ever could have imagined!

Live out your dreams of being a kabuki actor—if you have the cash!

Ancient shrines, traditional crafts, horseback riding, surfing, golf, great food and more all crammed against some of the most picturesque coastline you could hope to see. This is Miyazaki!

Always wanted to train under the guidance of famed general Oda Nobunaga? Unless you have a time machine, this traveling performance group may be the next best thing!

Yusuke Nishimura photographs the unknown world of Japanese performing folk arts.

The immensely popular and talented Takarazuka Revue will be performing a toe-tapping show in New York for the first time in decades.

2016 certainly has a lot of fun and interesting events in store, but you won't want to miss these seven in particular!

Most of the subjects of this story didn't see themselves where they are now—but all of them found something incredible in the Japanese countryside, leading each to develop a unique and indelible bond to the local community.