Reserved Tickets for 64th Gion Odori Maiko and Geisha Dance in Kyoto (Nov. 1~10)
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4.62
Need to allow photos
Reviewed by: Ron, 2017/11/25For some reason they do not allow photos. This is 2017, every smart phone has a camera and especially coming from a foreign country you want to capture the experience. Next time just watch online the dozens of postings.
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| Activity Date: | 2017/11/01 |
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wonderful show, strange seats
Reviewed by: suzanne sasse, 2017/11/25We arrived and were given some tickets in exchange for our online voucher. Then we were taken to some folding chairs in a passageway. I dont understand why we didnt get a normal seat in the theatre.
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2017/11/04 |
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Simply Magical
Reviewed by: Tatjana, 2017/11/25If you gave the chance to see this performance, don't miss it!
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| Attended as: | Families |
| Activity Date: | 2017/11/01 |
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Easy check-in; great experience
Reviewed by: Catherine, 2017/11/12The Gion Odori was an emotional, moving performance. You could never have the same authentic experience anywhere but Japan. There were maiko and prominent Kyoto residents in the audience, too, so you know it’s for real! The Veltra booking service made it super easy to get a ticket as a foreigner. I picked up my ticket at the theater about 30 minutes before the performance.
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| Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
| Activity Date: | 2017/11/10 |
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Gion Odori Fall performance
Reviewed by: Ramon, 2017/11/12The show was very nice with magnificent colors. The location of our seats (view of the scene) was very good but the quality of the seat was poor, we were on add-on type hard seats instead of the normal softer seats. The show lasts one hour and tends to be boring with the same music and voice all along. In any case, a must-see show to get acquainted with Japanese culture.
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2017/11/04 |
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100% worth it, definitely one of those rare Japanese experiences you gotta do in Kyoto!
Reviewed by: Princeton, 2017/11/10If you're fortunate enough to be in Kyoto for this, I recommend you absolutely do it!
A few things to note:
-Booking online through Veltra guarantees you a seat; we were originally going to wait for tickets at the theatre itself, but they had long lines on the day of and it was SUPER cramped.
-We arrived an hour early to check in; just showed a print out of the Veltra voucher and got some souvenir stickers, and the lady at check-in said "Your seats are not very nice, so please accept this as an apology" -she gave us a free souvenir cloth - the same ones the Geiko & Maiko throw at the crowd during the show!
-We opted for the Tea Ceremony - After getting into a bit of a tight line on the upper level for 20 minutes, we got a piece of mochi and a bowl of green tea - just enough for a few sips, nothing too crazy/big. The room it is held in is quite small; it felt like a classroom with desks very close to each other. You are squeezed into a spot as soon as the previous people have vacated their seats; No photos but there is a Maiko and a Geiko at the front of the room looking quite solemn/stern so you might be lucky to be seated directly in front of them while you're enjoying your snack but you're equally likely to be put in the far corner. Again, a tight squeeze.
-The seats were really not that bad, we were on the highest level and it seems like other Veltra buyers were too (other Westerners). The view for us was great but it seems you don't have a choice in selection.
-It's not in the same spot as Gion Corner; the theatre for this is actually across the street from the Yasaka Shrine.
-Everything's in Japanese, heads up - even the program you receive. Again, we're a couple of fairly smaller people under 5'8" and it was a bit cramped - so take note if you're on the larger side. We noticed a heftier American couple with mobility issues having a slightly tougher time... but they also talked through the entire show. Avoid coming with bags!
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2017/11/04 |
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AMAZING!
Reviewed by: Alexandra , 2017/11/10One of the most beautiful dances I have ever seen and one of the highlights of my trip in Japan.
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| Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
| Activity Date: | 2017/11/08 |
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Awesome
Reviewed by: Erik, 2017/11/08Nothing short of spectacular! These public dances emit a magical atomsphere that is sure to spell-bound everyone. There is nothing else like it in the world !
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| Attended as: | Friends |
| Activity Date: | 2017/11/06 |
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Interesting show with beatiful outfits and dance
Reviewed by: Ingrid, 2017/11/08Good show with a quick cup of tea at first in a separate room. Easy to change the voucher into ticket (one hour before the show). Very pleased.
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| Activity Date: | 2017/11/06 |
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Very nice performance
Reviewed by: Raquel, 2017/11/08Very nice and impressive performance. The tee ceremony not really worth it, but the performance was excellent
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| Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
| Activity Date: | 2017/11/06 |
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Great experience
Reviewed by: Jessica, 2017/11/06Having the ticket beforehand has been great. I think there were still available tickets onsite when we got there but the place was pretty packed by showtime so still good to plan beforehand.
If you plan to do the tea ceremony, there will be several batches as the room is small. Try to sit in the first row to experience the Maiko serving you your tea.
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2017/11/03 |
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Good show, bad seat
Reviewed by: Bervin Cheong, 2017/11/06I was given a foldable chair to sit in while other had regular seats in the theatre. I understand that I was not the only one given such a seat but it indicated that the theatre oversold their tickets? And given that I purchased my ticket one month in advance, I don't see how it should come to that. Veltra, as the go between, you should really look into the matter, or at least drop the booking from your site – as it reflects badly on you to be listing activities that don't meet a certain standard for paying customers. The show was great though.
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| Activity Date: | 2017/11/04 |
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Super style disappointing reality
Reviewed by: Tony, 2017/11/05Performance was excellent but was treated like maximazing turnover - tea ceremony too fast and on a personal level having book most expensive options well in advance was disappointed to be on an end row -on an additional hard chair unlike the the more comfortable seats in the auditorium - so my 3 reflects the efforts of the artists not the management
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| Activity Date: | 2017/11/03 |
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Loved this performance!!
Reviewed by: jnypny, 2017/11/05Have been to Kyoto before but never saw a dance performance. It was fantastic and the seats were very good too. I really appreciated being able to get them from the US before the trip -- I expect they would have been sold out by the time we were in Kyoto, especially as we had 7 people attending. Thanks, Veltra!
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| Attended as: | Families |
| Activity Date: | 2017/11/03 |
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Una bonita experiencia.
Reviewed by: Mercedes, 2016/11/24Una actuación que recomendaría no perderse a cualquiera que visite Kyoto. Son bailes tradicionales japoneses y es posible que no a todo el mundo le guste pero creo que es algo que hay que conocer. La reserva de los asientos estuvo bien, lo malo que no puedes elegir asiento.
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| Activity Date: | 2016/11/05 |
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Must see feature
Reviewed by: Olga, 2016/11/19This is traditional japanese thing you definitely want to see.
I personally love it.
You can watch it only here and only 10 days in a year, SO JUST DO IT.
On the other hand, tea ceremony is not the thing you want spend money on. It's not even ceremony: you just get matcha tea and small sweets.
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| Attended as: | Friends |
| Activity Date: | 2016/11/06 |
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Wonderful, enchanting experience
Reviewed by: Leilani W, 2016/11/18The opportunity to see the Gion Odori was such a lovely and unique pleasure. The dance was beautiful, and the costumes and sets were spectacular. I highly recommend this to anyone wanting to see into the traditional and exquisite world of Geiko and Maiko.
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| Activity Date: | 2016/11/10 |
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Great cultural experience!
Reviewed by: Grover, 2016/11/12It's great that Veltra offered this service which allowed me to buy the ticket in advance. The tickets of this performance were actually only sold at the theater
As I bought it in advance via Veltra, I just collected my ticket at the entrance without worrying about the queue and out of tickets. The show was actually full house when I arrived there! So I highly recommended to buy ticket online in advance.
Before the show, there was a brief tea session in a big room with Maiko performing tea ceremony. The dance performance was like going back in time and totally immersed into Japanese culture!
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| Activity Date: | 2016/11/03 |
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Seat
Reviewed by: Leika Ejiri, 2016/11/11The show was perfect, but my seat had a partial view of it! I was disappointed because I paid the same amount as other people but couldn't enjoy 100% of the show.
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| Activity Date: | 2016/11/09 |
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The essence of Gion
Reviewed by: Victoria, 2016/11/11This is the meaning of it all, this is what the Geiko & Maiko are trained for. And this might be one of the very few opportunities that a tourist can see a Geiko perform. Not to be missed if you are in Kyoto during this period.
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| Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
| Activity Date: | 2016/11/09 |
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Definitely worth doing! :)
Reviewed by: Sarah, 2016/11/10It was a really good experience, definitely worth doing. We had really good seats right at the front, and thoroughly enjoyed each performance. One of the highlights whilst staying in Kyoto.
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| Activity Date: | 2016/11/01 |
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Great tradition
Reviewed by: Nobody, 2016/11/08Beautiful show of gheishas dancing singing and displaying beautiful kimonos and other costumes
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| Activity Date: | 2016/11/06 |
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Great performance
Reviewed by: Bob, 2016/11/08We went to the tea ceremony and geisha performance in Kyoto and thought both weee wonderful. The geisha doing the tea was stunningly graceful- beautiful to watch. Re the performance, the Kabuki in Tokyo had finished the October sessions and the place in Kyoto was still not open after renovations but this performance was fabulous alternative. Beautiful costumes, live musicians, well designed sets etc made for a dramatic performance- not just beautiful girls moving around to recorded music.
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2016/11/06 |
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Wonderful experience in Kyoto!
Reviewed by: Carlos Eduardo , 2016/11/07Everything was perfect. The tickets were reserved by the time we checked in and the place of the seats were very good (third row quite near to the stage).
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| Activity Date: | 2016/11/01 |
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Beautiful performance
Reviewed by: Alina, 2016/11/07It was very beautiful and interesting show. As foriegner I didn't understand anything from songs, but I want to mention orchestra, very beautiful melodies. I enjoyed the show. Thank you!
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| Activity Date: | 2016/11/02 |
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Great show, great seats!
Reviewed by: Stefan, 2016/11/04As my heading states the show was great and the seats were perfect, we were sitting on the wing with a perfect eye level view of the stage.
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| Activity Date: | 2016/11/02 |
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authentic performance
Reviewed by: A.Liang, 2016/11/03We were very happy with the show and even more pleased we had the opportunity to be a part of the annual dance performance. The final act was beautifully done with Maikos and Geishas. The tea ceremony was quite rushed and did not resemble a traditional Japanese tea ceremony. Overall a real authentic cultural experience, without any pictures as they were not allowed.
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2016/11/01 |
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Lovely Geisha Performance
Reviewed by: Nan, 2015/11/13I wanted to be sure to see a geisha performance while I was in Kyoto, and I was lucky that this one was on while I was in town. It was perfect. There were 6 different short dances. The costumes were beautiful, there was live singing, the location was very convenient, and the venue was good. The tea ceremony was like the "fast food" version, as they needed to get everybody in and out quickly to accommodate an entire theater full of people in the 1 hour before the show. But it was fine. No need to get there an hour early. 15 minutes is probably enough, and you'll still have time for your "fast food" tea ceremony. And they give you the plate as a souvenir. No photography is allowed, so I can't post any pictures.
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| Activity Date: | 2015/11/10 |
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