Kyogoku Eiga Theater

50sSNIPES on September 18, 2025 at 6:08 pm

This started life as a playhouse under the name Shinkyogoku Sakaiza during the earlier half of the 1890s. During the mid-1890s, Otani Takejiro became the impresario of the Shinkyogoku Sakaiza in place of his father in 1895. Unfortunately the Shinkyogoku Sakaiza closed in 1899 and was demolished. The following year in 1900, the Gionkan Theater in Hanamikoji relocated to the site of the former Sakaiza and opened its doors as the Kabukiza. It wasn’t until 1934 when the Kabukiza began screening movies, two years before the fire.

The exact address is 557 Nakano-cho, Shinkyogoku-shijo-agaru, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture.