OTOBUTAI 音舞台

OTOBUTAI

Since 1989, OTOBUTAI has been a one-of-a-kind concert series held at Japan’s most iconic cultural heritage sites. Over 200 world-renowned artists have graced this extraordinary stage, delivering unforgettable performances in settings of profound history and beauty.

Sennyū-ji Temple |

開催


開場 午後5:30 開演 午後6:30

放送
2026年11月22日(日)深夜0:30〜1:30予定
主催

京都仏教会御寺 泉涌寺MBSテレビ

特別協賛

大和証券グループ日本航空

協賛

岩谷産業株式会社エンゼルグループ株式会社西日本旅客鉄道株式会社List Sotheby's International Realty

2026 10/24

泉涌寺

京都

Awai

Launched in 1989, OTOBUTAI is a unique dedicatory concert series held at some of Japan’s most revered temples, including Kinkaku-ji, Kiyomizu-dera, Byodoin, and Todai-ji. To date, more than 200 internationally acclaimed artists have delivered singular and unforgettable performances.

This year, the stage comes to Sennyu-ji, the imperial temple known as Mitera, as it marks the 800th anniversary of its founding.

For centuries, Sennyu-ji has embraced the spirit of Shoshu Kengakua tradition that welcomes and learns from diverse Buddhist teachings. Inspired by the way different paths of faith resonate within this sacred place, this year’s theme is “Awai”: the in-between space.
At this sacred site, where a spring has flowed continuously for eight centuries, a mythical stage unfolds for one night only.

Concept

Awai

「あわい」は、古語「あはひ」に由来する言葉。

「あいだ」のようにふたつを隔てる境界ではなく、

ふたつの世界が出会い、重なり、響きあうことで、
境界がゆるやかに溶け合うところ。

それが「あわい」です。
Awai is a concept rooted in the ancient Japanese word.

It is not a boundary that divides,
but a realm where two worlds meet, resonate, and intertwine.

In that meeting place, distinctions soften and boundaries gently fade.

This is Awai.
Awai
「あわい」は、古語「あはひ」に由来する言葉。

「あいだ」のようにふたつを隔てる境界ではなく、

ふたつの世界が出会い、重なり、響きあうことで、
境界がゆるやかに溶け合うところ。

それが「あわい」です。
Awai is a concept rooted in the ancient Japanese word.

It is not a boundary that divides,
but a realm where two worlds meet, resonate, and intertwine.

In that meeting place, distinctions soften and boundaries gently fade.

This is Awai.

Where a Spring Issues Forth.

For centuries, Sennyu-ji has embraced diverse Buddhist traditions.
Rather than separating different teachings, it embraces them, allowing their voices and wisdom to resonate together.
Under the watch of the Three Buddhas—guardians of the past, present, and future
countless prayers have converged at Sennyu-ji throughout the ages.
Passing through the temple gate and descending the slope.
one feels gently drawn from the ordinary world into a sacred realm.

Heaven and earth.
Past, present, and future.
Life and death.
Dream and reality.

Between them, a spring has sprung forth for eight hundred years.
Like a single prayer becoming a ripple, joining with the prayers of others.

Meeting.
Resonating.
Quietly overlapping.

This year's OTOBUTAI weaves a story of Awai
the in-between.

開催

御寺みてら 泉涌寺2026年10月24日(土)
開場 17:30 開演 18:30

放送

2026年11月22日(日)深夜0:30〜1:30予定(MBS・TBS系列全国ネット)

Performance

Sennyū-ji Temple,October 24, 2026, 6:30 PMDoors Open 5:30 PM

Broadcast

Monday, November 23, 2026, 12:30–1:30 a.m.(JNN stations nationwide)

Application
for invitation
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夢とうつつ

そのあわいに涌く、泉がありました。

From the in-between, a spring issues forth.