Opening Taiko Live

Opening ceremony

Songs and dances of the Yokohama Geisha

Drum and Flute Club Performances

There are nearly 50 plum trees around the school building of Bailin Elementary School, and they will play three songs with all their hearts: “School Song” starting with “Plum Grove wa Hanazakari”, “Habatake: Our Plum Forest”, and “Astro Boy”!

MDS Brass Band Performances

We have a group of more than 80 students from 4th ~ 6th grade, and we enjoy practicing twice a week in the morning and once a month on Saturdays. This time, 55 5th and 6th graders will perform, and I would like to bring smiles to everyone.

Pop Songs & Piano Mini Live

The duo consists of singer Nao Utsumi and pianist Yoshimi Sakurai from Sugita, Isogo-ku. Two students with the same educational background as Sugita Elementary School, Hama Junior High School, Hitorizawa High School, and Senzoku Gakuen College of Music. Play familiar masterpieces and songs related to Isogo Ward!

Shigin with commentary by Sugita Ume

Keio University’s only Shigin circle. The plums of Yokohama and Sugita, which have fascinated many people since ancient times, have appeared in various forms in Japan literary works, and many of the “Chinese poems” are based on plums. This time, we will deliver a poem with a commentary by Sugita Ume!

Tiko Live

The dojo was started by a professional performance group “Bonten” as a group of instructors, and taiko lovers gathered. There are 400 students in Japan and abroad. At this event, about 30 Japanese drums will perform a passionate performance that takes advantage of the size of Mt. Ushizu and the precincts of Myohoji Temple!

Sugita Plum Forest History

Sugita Plum Forest and Isogo’s Flower Street, which was once bustling as the best place to see plums in the Kanto region.The geisha will recreate the quaint bustle of shamisen and singing voices in the city with song and dance!

Evening Plum Jazz Festival

Formed in 2018 after performing at the Myorenji Jazz Concert, they are active in live houses and events mainly in Yokohama. It features performances that are not bound by genres such as Pops, Soul, R&B, Blues, and Jazz. Please enjoy jazz at dusk and Southern masterpieces!

Opening Lion Dance

Small performance　“Plum Wine Drinking Child,Poem of Umeboshi”

A local theater company celebrating its 23rd year of formation. The Sugita Theater performance in 2024 was very popular with more than 600 visitors. He has been performing since the first Sugita Plum Festival online live, and this time he will show off his work from the fourth year of the series!

Brass Band Performance

“Sound return” You can do most things because you are serious about it, and everything is interesting because you are serious. I‘m serious about it, so someone will help me. We will help each other and deliver heartfelt music Hibiki! Kodasui ♡

Tsugaru Shamisen

Born in Tohoku Town, Aomori Prefecture, he grew up listening to his father’s Tsugaru Shamisen folk songs from an early age, and has a rich repertoire. He has won numerous awards at the Tsugaru Shamisen World Competition. Live performances by professional musicians are a sight to behold.

Enka Mini Live

He started his singing career in the first year of Heisei and made his national CD debut with “I like it, I hate it”, and “Beautiful Japan” in Heisei 22 is a famous song that will be sung for many years to come. In 26, he received the Special Achievement Award at the Japan Record Awards. Energetically working across time and genres!

Guitar Playing

He lives in Okamura, Isogo Ward, and is active in a wide variety of fields such as actor, comedian, singer, emcee, sumo wrestler, and professional wrestling. In Netflix’s “Sanctuary Sanctuary,” he appeared as a rival wrestler, Ma Go, and sang the opening song. He has appeared in many films such as “The Fable Killer Who Won’t Kill” and “Ryu ga Gotoku”.

Sugita Plum Forest History

Sugita Plum Forest and Isogo’s Flower Street, which was once bustling as the best place to see plums in the Kanto region.The geisha will recreate the quaint bustle of shamisen and singing voices in the city with song and dance!

Traditional performing arts “Kagura”

Kagura has been popular since the Edo period. The children and young people of the “Sato Kagura・Kamishiro Kagura Associstion”, who have been participating since the 1st Plum Festival, will always incorporate new things and convey the charm of Kagura beyond the boundaries of generations, so please look forward to this year’s performance!

Taiko Live

The dojo was started by a professional performance group “Bonten” as a group of instructors, and taiko lovers gathered. There are 400 students in Japan and abroad. At this event, about 30 Japanese drums will perform a passionate performance that takes advantage of the size of Mt. Ushizu and the precincts of Myohoji Temple!

Regga Sugita Plum Festival

Based in Yokohama, she sings in a music genre called Reggae and is active nationwide. From the local Hitorizawa town, Isogo Ward! I love old-fashioned pickled plums! What we don’t like, food additives, chemical seasonings! I am happy to be a part of this festival. Local UP‼︎⤴︎⤴︎

Finale “Plum Town Sugita” Praying for reconstruction Uchiwa Taiko

In prayer for the revival of the bustle of “Sugita Plum Forest”, the Yokohama Geisha Troupe, Sato Kagura, Mirai Taiko Dojo, and visitors will come together to parade around the precincts of Myohoji Temple to the rhythm of flutes and fan drums.