Adaptation of Edogawa Rampo’s HUMAN CHAIR
What does it mean to be utterly consumed by longing for another?
Japan Society Presents Dance Production Based on Mishima
Japan Society’s Fall 2025 Yukio Mishima Centennial Series: Emergences continues with the world premiere dance production of The Seven Bridges (Hashi-zukushi). A vibrant new work for all ages from the Tokyo-based dance company CHAiroiPLIN with choreography by company founder Takuro Suzuki is based on a lesser-known short story of the same title by Yukio Mishima.
Kabuki, Noh, and More at Carnegie Hall
Discover the heritage and evolution of Noh and Kabuki theater, taiko drumming, the three-stringed shamisen, and more led by today’s foremost actors, musicians, and representatives of art forms that have been handed down and passionately studied for centuries.
Dance-Theater Piece Retells Akutagawa Short Story
Led by dancers Yusuke Mori and Alaisha Sharma, Spider’s Thread is a performance based on Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s well-known short story.
The International Center of Photography (ICP) presents I’m So Happy You Are Here: Japanese Women Photographers from the 1950s to Now, highlighting the extraordinary and varied work produced by twenty-eight intergenerational artists