Reserved Tickets for 64th Gion Odori Maiko and Geisha Dance in Kyoto (Nov. 1~10)
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Unique experience!
Reviewed by: Lisa, 2019/12/02If you are in Kyoto during the Festival, I highly recommend going to see the Maiko dance. Because we gave them a little money for a cause, we also got our picture with 2 maikos. We really enjoyed listening to the music and seeing the delicate dances. The tea before the show was rushed and we could have skipped that but definitely go the show.
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2019/11/05 |
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Easy to buy and good experience
Reviewed by: Cat, 2019/12/01Loved Gion Odori experience.
When I purchased the ticket was not sure how will work.You don't have an assigned a seat, so you don't know where they are going to put you, but the site was good, at the top, so I could enjoy the show. It is a pity that no photographs can be taken at any time. I would have liked to keep a graphic memory, even if there could be only in a final part of the show.
Upon arrival you must enter directly through the great door and show the paper of the purchase, inside they have your ticket prepared with your name in an envelope. If you only have the show ticket, you don't have to stand in line, just enter the room and wait for a worker to take you to your seat.
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| Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
| Activity Date: | 2019/11/10 |
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Beautiful way to see Geiko [Geisha]
Reviewed by: Sarah C, 2019/11/19This was a lovely performance by the Gion Geiko and Maiko. Keep in mind this isn't a traditional performing art; in Japan Geisha usually "perform" in private settings for very wealthy individuals. You could book a geisha dinner for several hundred dollars per person, or you could go to one of these shows if you are lucky enough to be in town while one of these performances is going on and get a taste of Geisha art in a theater setting. It was a beautiful performance!
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2019/11/05 |
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Need I say more?
Reviewed by: Axel, 2019/11/10I feel it goes without saying that this was a truly magical experience. I feel privileged to have been visiting Kyoto at the time of the Gion Odori and thank VELTRA for making the experience of organising tickets pain-free.
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2019/11/08 |
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Amazing evening
Reviewed by: Adrian, 2018/11/06Absolutely loved the evening. Great venue & amazing food. The Maiko & Geiko were delightful - loved watching them perform and was overjoyed at opportunity to talk to them and be able to ask questions. Had seen the Gion Adori (annual dance of Geisha) the day before and loved it but being even closer to them & experiencing the geisha hospitality was amazing.
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2018/11/04 |
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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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| Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
| 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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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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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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| Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
| 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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| Attended as: | Friends |
| Activity Date: | 2016/11/09 |
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