The Japan TimesDec 20
Without a permanent “home,” 2025 saw the world of butoh ask itself where it belongs — on opera stages, in abandoned factories or maybe at a bathhouse? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/12/20/stage/new-butoh-japan-2025/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #stage #butoh #2025inreview #kanakitty #akajimaro #dairakudakan #sankajjuku #emikoagatsuma
Butoh fit itself into odd spaces in 2025

Though it has no permanent “home,” butoh’s creativity saw it stretch out to unlikely venues and collaborators this year.

The Japan Times