We held a Japanese culture workshop “Kabuki Makeup and Costume Try-on Experience” on a cruise ship while the international sports event was held in Nagoya in the middle of September.

The venue is the cruise lounge.

The event content is Kabuki Makeup and Kabuki Costume Try-on Experience.

Kabuki has unique Japanese culture lasting over 400 years and has registered as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.

In our workshop, they enjoyed a hands-on introduction to Kabuki in a relaxed setting.

After getting an overview of Kabuki, let’s try drawing Kabuki face!

They chose a design of their choice from 18 types of samples and drew it on a face mask with paints.

It was a very lively venue throughout the workshop.

They chatted happily with their friends about how to draw and their progress, but when it came to drawing moment, they focused on their work!

Some of them were drawing each other.

They must have been excited imagining their face while drawing!

When the staff gave a demonstration by applying Kabuki makeup directly on her face in front of participants, some participants wanted to have it applied on their faces as well.

That made the whole venue much more exciting!

The staff who is good at painting became their makeup artist.

Participants around were fascinated by the drawing process.

After finishing Kabuki makeup, let’s putting on rare Kabuki costume!

We prepared a unique hat Tojingasa. It is a famous design for feudal load Muneharu Tokugawa, who encouraged the entertainment like Kabuki in Nagoya in the Edo period.

Strike a pose!

The Kabuki pose Mie suited them!

All of the participants enjoyed the photo time by striking their favorite poses.

East Asia like Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Southeast Asia like Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Central Asia like Uzbekistan, West Asia like Iran – About 50 players from many countries and regions participated in our workshop, and they had a good time experiencing Kabuki, traditional Japanese culture.

Thank you for your participation!