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Takarazuka

Address: 1-1-3 Yuraku-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Phone: 03/5251-2001

Category: Theater
Location: Chiyoda-ku

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Fodor's Review:

Japan's all-female theater troupe was founded in the Osaka suburb of Takarazuka in 1913 and has been going strong ever since. Today it has not one but five companies, one of which has a permanent home in Tokyo at the 2,069-seat Tokyo Takarazuka Theater. Everybody sings; everybody dances; the sets are breathtaking; the costumes are swell. Where else but at the Takarazuka could you see Gone With the Wind, sung in Japanese, with a young woman in a mustache and a frock coat playing Rhett Butler? Tickets cost ¥3,800-¥10,000 ($31-$82) for regular performances or ¥2,000-¥5,000 ($16-$41) for debut performances with the company's budding ingenues.

Subway: JR Yamanote Line, Yuraku-cho Station (Hibiya Exit); Hibiya subway line, Hibiya Station (Exit A5); Chiyoda and Mita subway line, Hibiya Station (Exit A13)

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