Kyoto Prefecture Come see a performance starring high school students! ~ Seeking spectators for the “2025 National High School Students Traditional Culture Festival” ~

[Kyoto Prefecture] Come see a play starring high school students! ~Seeking spectators for the “2025 National High School Traditional Culture Festival”~ ​
Kyoto Prefecture Press release: September 25, 2025 To Members of the Press [Kyoto Prefecture] Come see a play starring high school students! ~Reiwa 7 National High School Student Traditional Culture Festival – Now Recruiting Spectators~
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■The Agency for Cultural Affairs, Kyoto Prefecture, and the Kyoto Prefectural High School Cultural Federation will hold the “2025 National High School Traditional Culture Festival” on December 14th as a grand stage for high school students committed to preserving and developing traditional culture. ■We will be accepting applications for the “Traditional Performing Arts Selected Performance” from September 26th, so please let us know. 1. Overview of the “Traditional Performing Arts Selection Performance” (1) Date and time Sunday, December 14, 2020, 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm (scheduled) (2) Meeting place Kyoto Concert Hall (1-26 Shimogamo Hangi-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto) (3) Information on Participating Schools ＜Local Performing Arts Division (Japanese Drums)＞ Kyoto Tachibana High School Taiko Club ＜Japanese Music Division＞ Saitama Prefectural Ageo High School Koto Club ＜Gineiken Poetry and Dance Division＞ Kagawa prefecture joint team ＜Japanese Music Division＞ Wakayama Prefectural Hashimoto High School Japanese Music Club ＜Local Performing Arts Division (Traditional)＞ Okinawa Prefectural Yaeyama High School Local Performing Arts Club ＜Local Performing Arts Division (Japanese Drums)＞ Sapporo Sosei High School Taiko Club Kyoto Prefectural Toba High School Lecture Research Department
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/5484/1033/5484-1033-70508ea6bec90e39615b56a791eaa830-3600×2400.jpg R6 performing school Aichi Prefectural Shoin High School (Japanese drum)
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/5484/1033/5484-1033-b0932b88069cddec4d34986791e8be85-3600×2400.jpg R6 participating schools Iwate Prefectural Shoin High School (Nakano Shichizumai) (4) Hospitality 1. Welcome flowers Kyoto Prefectural Sagano High School, Kyoto Prefectural Katsura High School, Kyoto Prefectural Kameoka High School, Kyoto Prefectural Nantan High School, Kyoto Koka High School 2. Symbol flower Kyoto Prefectural Agricultural High School, Kyoto Prefectural Ayabe High School 3. Other Welcome by the Hospitality Team 2. Spectator Recruitment (Free admission, limited to 1,000 people (lottery will be held if there are too many
applicants)) (1) Types of Spectator Seating A. General admission seats Anyone can apply (up to two people per application). I. Children’s Invitation Seats (Specially Reserved Seats) 100 children (high school students and younger) and their guardians will be invited by lottery. (Maximum of 6 people per application: 2 guardians and 4 children). *If you are unsuccessful in the selection of the children’s invitational seats, you will automatically be entered into the lottery for general seating. *Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian to receive the children’s invitational seats. If you are applying as a high school student only, please apply for general seating. (2) How to Apply A. Web Form [General Audience Seats]
https://forms.office.com/r/9GqNa3LG3w [Children’s invitation seat] https://forms.office.com/r/i2Xt7eVcAA I Mailing Please write the following information on a postcard: 1. Postal code, 2. Address, 3. Phone number, 4. Representative’s name (kana), 5. Number of
participants, 6. Age (If you would like child seating, please write the child’s age (preschool/elementary school/junior high school/high school)), 7. Wheelchair access or other special considerations (if applicable), and send it to the address below. [Shipping Address] 256 Makieya-cho, Karasuma-dori Nijo-agaru, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-0857 National High School Students Traditional Culture Festival Management Office (Seki Hirouchi Co., Ltd.) [Contact Information] Tel:
070-1388-9650 (10:00 AM – 6:00 PM, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. However, open on December 13th and 14th.) Application Deadline [General seating] Must arrive by Friday, November 14, 2020 [Children’s invitation seat] Must arrive by Tuesday, November 4, 2020 (3) Others The results of the lottery will be notified to those who applied online via email, and to those who applied by postcard via reply postcard. Winners will receive their admission tickets in early November (or special reserved tickets in early December for children’s seats) in the same manner.
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(https://www.pref.kyoto.jp/koukoudenfes/news/2016/rogo.html)