Kabuki
Last night I went to see a Kabuki adaptation of an opera called Aida with Chris and two other Waterloo co-ops. For ¥1300 we got standing-only rush tickets and an additional ¥400 got us a headset with a running English explanation. Interestingly, even some of the Japanese get such headsets with explanations in modern Japanese because the style of discourse used in kabuki is sufficiently archaic that it can be hard to follow even for native Japanese speakers. I'm not sure if Shakespeare or Chaucer would be the better analogy though. It was very enjoyable, although the ending was rather heart-wrenching. I suppose that's just par for the course with operas. I'd definitely go again but I'd probably pay more for a seat next time.
