Set against beautiful Fukura Bay, Awaji Ningyoza offers a magical entrance into the captivating tradition of Japanese puppetry. The beautiful one-of-a-kind theater offers daily performances with skillfully manipulated puppets, stunning sets, and a mesmerizing fusuma karakuri show.

Kabuki is a traditional Japanese form of theater with roots tracing all the way back to the Edo Period. It is recognized as one of Japan's three major classical theaters along with noh theater and bunraku theater, and has been named as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. Kabuki is an art form rich in showmanship, renowned for its appearance involving impressive costumes, striking makeup, eccentric wigs, and not to mention, the exaggerated actions performed by the actors.

Music and dance are skillfully applied, bringing life to the characters from Japan’s past, both real and fictional. Plays can range from realistic tragic dramas to thrilling adventure stories. Plots are usually based on historical events, moral conflicts, love stories, warm hearted dramas, tales of tragedy, tales of conspiracy, and many others.

"井の中の蛙大海を知らず。"

--a frog in the well does not know the know the great sea, people are satisfied to judge things by their own narrow experience, never knowing of the wide world outside.