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When do Kabukiza tickets go on sale?

Tickets go on sale on fixed dates set by the organiser for each event.

Kabukiza is a kabuki theatre in Tokyo. Regular seats for each program go on sale on a date set for that program, so far the 14th of the month before. Single-act seats, for watching just one act, are sold separately: online from noon the day before, and at the box office on the day.

Where

Tokyo

Price

Single-act seats ¥1,500 to ¥4,000 on the 4th level (October 2026)

Book ahead

About three weeks for regular seats; single-act seats from noon the day before

Confirmed on the official site Last checked Oct 17, 2026, 12:00 JST

How hard to get: Usually sells out within days or weeks. Why we say this

Official booking page ↗

How to book, step by step

1. Regular seats: check the program and its sale date on Kabukiza's English website. So far each program has gone on sale on the 14th of the month before, but each sets its own date.
2. From 10:00 Japan time on sale day, buy on Shochiku Multilingual Online Ticket, or call the English line on +81-3-6745-0888 (10:00 to 17:00 Japan time). For the October 2026 program, the theatre box office opened two days after online sales.
3. Online and phone sales for Kabukiza close the day before the performance.
4. Single-act seats (hitomakumi), for one act only: reserved seats go on sale at 12:00 noon Japan time the day before the performance, on Shochiku's single-act e-ticket site.
5. The act times for each day are announced on the evening before the program's run begins.
6. Same-day single-act seats are sold at the Kabukiza single-act box office from 10:00 to 18:00, for cash or credit card. One ticket per person.

Good to know for overseas visitors

• The multilingual site sells only its own share of seats. If it shows nothing, phone or the box office may still have seats.
• Single-act seats are on the 4th level. Upgraded 2nd-level seats cost ¥5,400 to ¥13,800 (October 2026) and are not offered every day.
• Same-day single-act tickets can't be changed or refunded. IC cards and QR code payments aren't accepted at the single-act box office.
• Children need their own single-act ticket from age 4.
• We could not check the single-act e-ticket site, so its account and payment details are not confirmed.

Where it is

Sold out? Other ways in

• Buy a single-act seat: online from noon the day before, or at the box office on the day from 10:00
• Leftover regular seats are sold at the door before curtain
• Tokyo kabuki experiences on Klook (Klook)

FAQ

Sources

• www.kabukiweb.net: “On sale: from Oct 14 (Wed), 2026 10:00 AM(JST)” (checked 2026-10-17)
• www.kabuki-bito.jp: “11月14日（土）チケット発売予定” (checked 2026-10-17)
• www.kabuki-bito.jp: “パソコン、スマートフォンより24時間受付。販売初日は10：00～” (checked 2026-10-17)
• www.kabuki-bito.jp: “ご観劇前日正午より指定席を販売いたします” (checked 2026-10-17)
• www.kabuki-bito.jp: “当日窓口販売分の4階自由席が全席指定席になります。” (checked 2026-10-17)
• www.kabukiweb.net: “Shochiku Multilingual Online Ticket serves as a ticket agency, meaning you can only purchase tickets allocated to it.” (checked 2026-10-17)

Sale dates are from Kabukiza's official program pages. The December page gives the date only; the 10:00 start comes from the official ticket page, which says online sales start at 10:00 on the first day. Single-act seat times are from the official program and news pages.

How hard to get (“Usually sells out within days or weeks”): Estimate, not measured: the official pages don't say how fast seats sell. Leftover regular seats are sold at the door before curtain, and single-act seats are sold every day.

Rule changes

• 2026-10-18: Added. Regular seats on a set date per program (December 2026: November 14, 10:00 JST); single-act seats from 12:00 JST the day before (official pages).