Takarazuka Grand Theater
宝塚大劇場
Home of the all-female Takarazuka Revue, where dazzling musicals and revues and the flower-lined street draw crowds of devoted fans.
The Takarazuka Revue, founded in 1914, is performed entirely by women. Five troupes, Flower, Moon, Snow, Star and Cosmos, take turns performing at the Takarazuka Grand Theater. Each show consists of a play or musical followed by a spectacular song-and-dance revue, and the grand staircase finale in feathered costumes is its signature. Tickets cost about 6,000–15,000 yen. Popular shows require advance lottery entry or same-day standing tickets; check the official “Takarazuka Online Ticketing” site. The Flower Road walkway around the theater is lined with cherry trees, and the theater has merchandise shops and restaurants, so you can enter even without seeing a show. It is about a 5-minute walk from Takarazuka Station on the Hankyu or JR lines, and about 40 minutes by Hankyu from Sannomiya (transfer at Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi).
Opening hours
Performances approx. 10:00/11:00 and 13:00/15:00 on show days (Wednesdays usually dark)
Nearby sights
- Osamu Tezuka Manga Museum
- Mount Rokko
- Arima Onsen
- Nada Sake Breweries (Hakutsuru Sake Brewery Museum)
- Kobe Oji Zoo
- Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art
- Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution
- Mount Maya Kikuseidai