Do you know "若者能（wakamono no）"?

3/ 2/2021

#EXPERIENCE

With the philosophy of "Gentle Noh for first-time viewers" 若者能 organizes, organizes and publicizes events where young people can meet Noh performers. This year marks the 16 year anniversary of the program, which is led by university students.

What does the executive committee of 若者能 do? There are four characteristics.

1. Student viewing fee
In the hope of "Please feel free to come and see Noh." the student admission fee has been set at 1,000 yen.

2. Preliminary explanation corner
In the youth Noh, there is a corner where the student executive committee talks about how to enjoy Noh and the story on the stage before the performance.

3. LINE simultaneous explanation
Unlike regular Noh performances, you can enjoy Noh performances while watching LINE commentary on the smartphone. We also have English versions of the Youth Noh for international students and other foreign audiences.

4. After talk
After the performance, performers will appear in the audience and talk about Noh and the program of the day.
In order to let people know more, we provide an opportunity to make them like it.
It takes 1 year from selecting the venue to the program to the recruitment, and it is held in January.

What was the formation of the 若者能 Executive Committee?

The first one was started by Noh performers and volunteers, and after that, by word of mouth, it is now made up of 10 different university students.

I'm surprised that most students didn't like Noh from the beginning.

Every year, an event is held at various Noh theaters around January, attracting 300 ~ 500 people and showing a great success.

Summary

A performance of Youth Noh will be held in [Sunday, March 28, 2021] at GINZA SIX.

There is also a program explanation on origami and LINE of "owl" that can be done on the seat while taking all possible measures against COVID-19.

http://wakamononoh.jp/

Every year, enthusiastic university students take the initiative in promoting noh in traditional culture, and both the executive committee members and student performers volunteered to promote noh.

I felt the strong feelings of the executive committee members.

They wanted foreign students, foreigners working in Japan, and tourists to experience Noh.

I would like to continue supporting youth Noh in the future.

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