Performing on Saturday, April 18! The 6th Performance in 3 Years at the Sacred Site of the Tale of the Heike, Akama Shrine in Shimonoseki: 'Miyako under the Waves'. Reservations Pour in Nationwide for the Biwa and Narration Session

The Biwa reading play 'Miyako under the Waves' (excerpts from the Tale of the Heike) will be held on Saturday, April 18, 2026, at the Ryugu-den of Akama Shrine (4-1 Amidaji-cho, Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture). Tickets are currently on sale through Confetti (operated by Longrun Planning Co., Ltd., Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, CEO: Hirotaka Kurematsu).

Tickets are now available at Confetti.

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The Tale of the Heike excerpts 'Miyako under the Waves' marks its 6th performance since its premiere in 2018, and its 2nd time in three years at Akama Shrine. Every time, customers come from very far away to attend this performance.

This time as well, reservations for the venue in Shimonoseki are pouring in from a wide variety of prefectures including Tokyo, Toyama, Shizuoka, Ehime, Hiroshima, Kumamoto, Saga, Nagasaki, and Oita.

Even if the performers and directors are not celebrities, the reason why people gather from all over the country is simply due to the appeal of listening to the Tale of the Heike recited with a Biwa in a special place like Akama Shrine, as well as the need for a trip to visit the actual Dan-no-ura (Kanmon Straits) along with the performance viewing, and furthermore...