Noh Performance

One of Sado Island’s attractions, besides its many beautiful temples and it’s gorgeous landscape, is the many Noh (Japanese traditional play) that are actually performed by local villagers in some of the many temples of the Island. Here unlike many other places in Japan, Sado Noh-watching style is more laid-back and convivial and where in the past rich and poor people mingled.

Noh performances are usually quite long and uneventful compared to western style performances. It would be quite difficult to understand if you are not fluent in Japanese. Which explains why today we will only show you a fraction of what the whole performance was all about.