Bento Rakugo

Bento Rakugo is a dynamic group whose mission is to honor traditional Rakugo and also bring a modern twist to it. Rakugo is a traditional Japanese comic storytelling where a performer sits on Zabuton, which is a Japanese cushion, and tells a comic story using a Japanese fan and a Japanese towel. It has been one of the most popular Japanese traditional theatre forms along with Kabuki and Bunraku. Bento Rakugo has been performing all over the Hawaii from Oahu, Big Island, Molokai to Lanai island. They were featured on National Library Week 2013.