//4th January 2026 in Koto-ku, Japan//

New Year's Japanese Music "Wasshoi" Part 15

https://www.kcf.or.jp/kameido/event/detail/?id=8900

Performers:
Bunraku Puppets + Tsugaru Shamisen + Shinobue
Kanroku + Mokugusha (Bunraku Puppets)
Nobuto Yamanaka (Tsugaru Shamisen)
Kazunari Abe (Shinobue)

三音色
Junichi Suzuki (Taiko)
Suikei Nishikata (Taiko)
Nsomi Koizumi (Shinobue)

Guide: Kocho Tatekawa (Rakugo Storyteller)

Date and Time:
Sunday, 4th January 2026
Doors Open 14:30, Performance Begins 15:00

Place:
Kameido Cultural Center Camellia Hall
(5F Camellia Plaza, 2-19-1, Kameido, Koto-ku, Tokyo, Japan)

Price:
¥4,500 (All seats reserved, tax included)

Inquiries:
Raku Kobo +81 3 6453 4848


Camellia Hall +81 3 5626 2121
Ticket Pia https://t.pia.jp (P-Code: 307513)
Raku Kobo +81 3 6453 4848 http://www.raku.co.jp
Or contact each performer.


Raku Kobo


Koto City Cultural Community Foundation
Koto City Kameido Cultural Center


Mokugusha

//17th October 2025 in Osaka, Japan//

Kazunari Abe will be performing at the 40th anniversary special concert of P.I.S. Music Publishers (cozee records), who have helped him with the release of his three original albums and the album by TEAM EN featuring Estonian songstress Liisi Koikson!

Performance details
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The 40th Anniversary of P.I.S Music Publishers Inc.
The 20th Anniversarｙ of cozee records
Special Live!!!

Date: Friday, 17th October 2025

Venue: Umeda BANANAHALL, Osaka
https://www.banana-hall.com

Doors open: 6:00 p.m.
Show starts: 6:30 p.m.

Performers: Akiko Mori / TOUMA / Kazunari Abe and more...
(Other participating artists will be announced as they are decided)

Price: Advance ticket 3,900 yen - On the day 4,400 yen
*An additional 600 yen drink fee is required at the entrance
*Reservations will start from July 28th at the following address.

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For ticket reservations and inquiries,
please contact each artist or
BANANAHALL +81 6 6809 3016
P.I.S Music Publishing +81 6 6585 0364, info@pis-music.com
(Weekdays 11:00-17:00).

　

//11th October 2025 in Yawatahama, Japan //

Japanese Taiko Performance "AI-EN KI-EN"

A grand gathering of skilled Japanese instrument players with ties to Yawatahama!!!

The details are here:
https://www.city.yawatahama.ehime.jp/doc/2022102600023/

Directed by Shogo Yoshii

APPEARANCE:
Chieko Kojima, Tetsuro Naito, Kazunari Abe, Tomoko Takeda, Shogo Yoshii, Ryota Kawano, Riko Hirata, Kenshiro Sano, Shuya Kikuoka
Japanese Taiko Group Miyabi-gumi from Yawatahama

DATE:
Saturday, 11th October 2025
Show Starts at 3:00 PM (Doors Open at 2:30 PM)

PLACE:
Yawatahama Shimin Bunka Katsudo Center Comican, Chuhachi Hall

TICKET:
[Reserved Seating] (Tickets required even for free seats)
Adults: ¥2,000 / High School Students and Under: Free

TICKET SALES:
Yawatahama Shimin Bunka Katsudo Center Comican
Yawatahama City Cultural Hall Yume Mikan

CONTACT:
Yawatahama Shimin Bunka Katsudo Center Comican +81 894 21 3335

　

/8th October 2025 in Osaka, Japan//

Kazunari Abe will be performing as a shinobue player in NEW RENSAGEKI "Momotaro-Zero," which will be performed at the Pop-up Stage West at the Osaka-Kansai Expo 2025.

NEW RENSAGEKI "Momotaro-Zero"
A performance of sword fighting and live music that will thrill all five senses!

DATE:
Wednesday, 8th October 2025

PLACE:
Osaka-Kansai Expo 2025 / Pop-up Stage West
(Yumeshima, Osaka, Osaka, Japan)

SCRIPTWRITER & DIRECTOR: Genki Takigawa

MUSIC PRODUCER: Tetsuya Kajiwara

ACTION DIRECTOR: Matt Okui

*Show times, cast members, and other details will be updated soon.

　

//20th, 21st September 2025 in Tottori, Japan//

Mokugusha's musical puppet play "FUDOKI" will be performed at the international theater festival "Bird Theater Festival," which has been held annually since 2008 mainly at the Bird Theatre in Shikano-cho, Tottori City. Kazunari Abe will be performing with shinobue and wadaiko drums.

Musical puppet theater "FUDOKI"

APPEARANCE:
Kanroku + Mokugusha (Bunraku puppets)
Kazunari Abe (shinobue, taiko)

DATE:
Satyrday, 20th & Sunday, 21st September 2025
Both days start at 2pm

PLACE:
Gijo Theater
(Shikano-cho, Tottori, Tottori, Japan)

ACCESS:
https://www.birdtheatre.org/engekisai/access/

TICKET:
https://www.birdtheatre.org/engekisai/ticket/

For more details, please visit the "Bird Theater Festival 18" special page.
https://www.birdtheatre.org/engekisai/