Overview for Japan
Japan
Tokyo is quite a diversion from the relaxed traditional Japan and is Japan’s largest city with some of the best shopping in the world. The best places to check out are a Kabuki (Japanese type of theatre) performance in Ginza (also a top shopping district), the crazy street fashions of Harajuku, The Tokyo Tower, the Ameyoko markets and ‘Electric Town’ at Akihabara.
Japan is a treasure-trove of traditional performing arts. The best known and most loved by people around the world is the traditional performing art of Kabuki. Rhythmical lines spoken by actors, colourful make-up and a stage full of mechanical devices for special effects are essential characteristics, but the most important is that all the roles, including those of women, are played by male actors.