Statue of Izumo-no-Okuni — Attraction in Kyoto

This statue is located near [ Minami-za KABUKI ]and [Shijo Ohashi Bridge].

【The statue of Izumo-no-okuni  】is located at the corner of Shijo-street  and Kawabata-street.     It is almost diagonally opposite from Minami-za Kabuki.

When you want to go there, if you're around, please check " on foot  " by Google map  from where you are now.

If it says it's within 20 minutes on foot, I recommend you to walk.

Because there is a lot of traffic around the statue.

If you are far away, please use the subway, bus, or train.

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KABUKI, one of the most famouse traditional theater in Japan, is said to have originated around 1600, when a woman named IZUMO-no-OKUNI performed a dance at the foot of Shijo Bridge. Today, a statue of OKUNI stands at the foot of the bridge, and the first theater building dedicated to KABUKI, "MINAMI ZA"...