“Ebisu-kaki” Have you heard of it?
It’s a traditional performing art that helped spread Ebisu worship throughout Japan by making an Ebisu doll hidden inside a box dance. Its history goes way back, and it is said to have existed in Nishinomiya’s Hamawaki area since around the Muromachi period.
The revived Ebisu-kaki looks something like this～ Photo taken in 2019
Captured from the Awaji Ningyoza website
Ningyo Joruri, which is registered as a World Cultural Heritage, developed from Ebisu-kaki after it took root in Awaji and evolved into a three-person puppet style!
It’s amazing that a World Cultural Heritage tradition originated in Nishinomiya～!(^^)!
This time, students from Hamawaki Junior High School and Nandan Junior High School (coming from Awaji Island) will show us this wonderful and highly respected tradition(^^)/
From “Ebisu-kaki” to “Ningyo Joruri”
Date and time: June 4 (Sat) 13:00～15:00 Doors open 12:30
Venue: Hamawaki Elementary School gymnasium Please bring indoor shoes such as slippers
Admission free
※There is no parking, so please come by train or bus! It’s a 7-minute walk south from Hanshin Nishinomiya Ebisu Exit!
For details, visit the Nishinomiya City website
It’s wonderful to see young people carrying on a traditional performing art that originated in Nishinomiya(^^)/
