Ninja + Kabuki Tokyo — Attraction in Tokyo

Similar experience to samurai restaurant. Some aspects better some worse. Not I went to the 3pm showing on a Monday. We were a mighty crowd of 3. Essentially a private showing, a bit weird since the show relies a bit on the crowd for ambiance. I tried being a good crowd, but a crowd of 3 is rough. There is more staff than crowd. 😅

Venue is better for viewing, sound, visuals, lasers, gear for a show, etc. I want to have a rave in this place. Decoration is worse than samurai restaurant, but then again that place's deco is meme levels.

The actual show is a mixed bag. Overall rating, the same as samurai restaurant. Started off better then went downhill finishing off weak. Samurai restaurant has a solid consistent experience through out. Ninja live show, starts of way stronger but runs out of gas at the end.

The first show of godess/black/white ninja 10/10. Choreography, execution, visuals, costumes all impeccable. I preferred it to all parts of the samurai restaurant.

Next the DJ part, I loved it felt like a taste of a rave in there which I would 100% do. However, clearly not for everyone. You need to like electronic music, dark rooms, lasers, walls of neon visuals and probably people running around munching candies. Loved it but subjective.

Not so much for me from this point on. I preferred the samurai restaurant overall to everything from this point on.

A crew of female dancers, prancing around with ribbon things. Overall OK well choreographed and executed show, just not for me.

Then a performer, juggling bottles, some fire stuff, cool but OK sure.

Then some ninja finger signs (think Naruto ninjutsu). Kinda interesting knowledge/lore wise, kinda feels slapped on as an after thought. Crew did a good job selling it but sometimes, the product is the problem. Meh could of skipped this.

Crowd participation for throwing ninja stars. Not for me. Again being a mighty crowd of 3 just made it odd but even then, not my thing. Felt like someone milking the ninja lore, milking a bit too far.

Picture taking with performers, sure if that's your thing.

Overall, I liked it. You need to take a later showing, that is not a recommendation but a necessity. You need to hit the show when there is a crowd or you bring the crowd. Private showing is weird unless you bring the party. The venue is basically a club, an empty...

May 2025 The show was advertised to be 90 mins but it finished within 60 minutes. The intro taiko drum performance was quite captivating but I felt it was a little dragged on that made me wonder when the acting would actually start-- I guess because I've seen a bigger drum performance elsewhere so with just 2 drum players this time it felt like a smaller scale. Following it was a kabuki-inspired performance with the princess, the hero and the enemy. I liked that the show was supervised by Japan Ninja Council and kabuki master Denjiro Tanaka and it has been revamped and adjusted for better show content since its opening. The venue being a nighclub, Warp was fine for me and I don't really mind it.

On the other hand, I didn't enjoy the foreign, English-speaking MC too much. It was a bit cringe sometimes when he talked about things unrelated to the show (chitchatting with us about where we’re from and giving food recommendations; a bit is fine but it was a bit too long) while the audience would've all agreed that we would just prefer the performance to run a bit longer instead of too much filler time, probably for the whole last 30 minutes. We also wouldn't mind that he brought his family including his toddler with him to watch the show and take photos with the performers but I found it unnecessary for him to announce it 4-5 times. It didn’t feel very professional since he was technically at work.

Please continue to showcase good drum skills, acting skills, sword performances and cut out the fluff -- I'm sure visitors will have a more...

If you are looking for a fun and unique experience in Tokyo for the family, Shinjuku ninja live is an option. This is probably most suited for families and is more of a Vegas type show/performance vs a cultural theater experience like shin yun, Siam niramit etc. The first half is a kabuki style ninja show with the second half more modern hype performances.

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The show is broken into two halves. The first half has no words, but there’s an intro provided in English on screen to set the stage. This was very enjoyable, with story telling, culture, taiko and cool screen projections. It felt a bit short because I was so wrapped up in it and I wish the second half was more ninja performances!

I personally didn’t too much care for the second half which felt more like a talent show with dancing, a juggler/swordsman, and loud music. It was entertaining, but I came for a Japanese experience and couldn’t get into this section as much. The dancing was Japanese inspired, but it was more pop culture with American music and just wasn’t my jam.

That said their overall performance was good- would recommend if you need a break from the hustle and bustle of Shinjuku and don’t mind the price. If you get half price tickets I’d say this is worthwhile.

Note: if you are prone to seizures from flashing lights there is a minute where they strobe the lights during a fight scene. This was my favorite part!! But...