As a practitioner of the traditional Japanese art of “rakugo” comic storytelling, Ramune goes out of her way to make people ...

After seven years in New York City, Katsura Sunshine's Rakugo will present its final New York performances on August 8, 2026 at New World Stages. The production, which has introduced thousands of ...

Swedish rakugo performer Sanyutei Kouseinen's first-hand experience of budo, Japanese martial arts, in Tokyo. As a unique activity that is part of Japan's sporting culture, budo cultivates the ...

An actor has to memorize a couple of pages of a script before performing in a scene. A Japanese Rakugo master, on the other hand, has to memorize hundreds of detailed stories before going on stage in ...

Kosira Tatekawa, a multi-talented Japanese "rakugo" performer in Japan, will hold his first stage performance in Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne this month. Rakugo is a traditional style of Japanese ...

. Sure, I probably saw it come up in some anime or game, but didn’t recognize it for what it was. I didn’t pinpoint the art form. But the beauty about the story this series is telling is that it feels ...

Sanyutei Kouseinen is a Swedish rakugo performer who had majored in Japanese at Stockholm University before studying at a university in Japan under a study abroad program in 2012. After enrolling in ...