Rohm Theater Kyoto
- Published on : 20/05/2019
- by : Japan Experience
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Rohm Theater, Kyoto ロームシアター京都 is a performance space in the Okazaki area of the city. It replaced the former Kyoto Kaikan and opened in 2016.
Rohm Theater, Kyoto ロームシアター京都
Rohm Theater, Okazaki, Kyoto
Rohm Plaza, Okazaki, Kyoto
The Rohm Theater, in the Okazaki museum district in Kyoto, replaced the Kyoto Kaikan building in 2016.
Parts of the original, modernist Kyoto Kaikan, which opened in 1960 and was designed by architect Kunio Maekawa, have been retained in the new building.
The theater includes the main concert hall with seating for over 2,000 guests, as well as two other performance spaces the South Hall and North Hall with capacities for 700 and 200 people respectively.
Rohm Square and Park Plaza, the latter with several shops, cafes and restaurants are part of the development.
The refurbishment and redevelopment of the former Kyoto Kaikan was financed by local Kyoto company ROHM semiconductor. The new structure is named after the company.
The theater hosts concerts, film screenings, performances of traditional Bunraku, Noh and Rakugo as well as other cultural events.
Rohm Theater, Okazaki, Kyoto
The interior of the new Rohm Theater which opened in 2016
Rohm Theater
13 Okazakisaishoji-cho
Sakyo-ku
Kyoto 606-8342
Tel: 075 771 6051
Access: From JR/Kintetsu Kyoto Station (Kyoto-eki-mae boarding area A1); Kyoto City Bus No. 5 (toward Iwakura Soshajo). Get off at Kyoto Kaikan Bijutsukan-mae.
From Hankyu Karasuma Station/Kawaramachi Station or Keihan Sanjo Station Kyoto City Bus No. 5 (toward Iwakura Soshajo). Get off at Kyoto Kaikan Bijutsukan-mae.
Alternatively, Rohm Theater is five-minute walk from the Higashiyama Station on the Tozai subway line of the Kyoto subway or just two minutes from Jingu-Marutamachi Station (Exit 2) on the Keihan Line.
The Rohm Theater is in the Okazaki museum area of Kyoto, west of the tall torii gate of Heian Shrine and close to Miyako Messe, the Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art and the National Museum of Modern Art.
Rohm Theater, Okazaki, Kyoto
Main Hall Entrance, Rohm Theater, Okazaki, Kyoto
Rohm Plaza, Okazaki, Kyoto
