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Kōrakukan (Kuni Jūyō Bunkazai)

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Japanese name: 康楽館（国重要文化財）

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WHAT TO DOKōrakukan (Kuni Jūyō Bunkazai)

A playhouse built in 1910 as a welfare facility for a mine. Among the oldest wooden theatres in Japan, it is an important cultural property.

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A playhouse built in 1910 as a welfare facility for a mine. Among the oldest wooden theatres in Japan, it is an important cultural property.

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Korakukan is a theater in Kosaka Mine, Kosaka, Kazuno District, Akita Prefecture. The modern Japanese-style building is a nationally designated Important Cultural Property. Along with the former Kompira Grand Theater in Kotohira, Nakatado District, Kagawa Prefecture, and the Eirakukan in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, it is a theater with one of the longest histories among existing buildings in Japan. On 16 August 1910 (Meiji 43), Korakukan opened as a welfare facility of the Kosaka Mine, and the opening performance was given by the Onoe Shokaku troupe of Tokyo kabuki. Its floor area was 340 tsubo and its capacity was 800 people.

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