Uchiko-za was built in 1916 to celebrate the accession of Emperor Taisho, and it still has the compact drama of a small-town kabuki theatre. You can tour the auditorium, stage, revolving platform, trapdoors, dressing areas, and the spaces under the floor where stagehands once worked out of sight.
The building is not just a museum piece. It is still used for performances, which keeps it from feeling embalmed. Even if nothing is on, the tour gives a good sense of how much craft and machinery went into popular entertainment before cinema took over.