Concerts and Stage Shows in Yamaguchi, December 2026: 9 Shows at 6 Venues by Date

Nine concerts and stage shows in Yamaguchi Prefecture in December 2026 have their date, start time and price on the venue’s or the organizer’s official page. They are at six venues in three cities: Yamaguchi City, Ube City and Shimonoseki City. This guide lists them by date, then compares the venues for parking and getting there. Only shows we could confirm on an official page are included.

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1. What is on in December, by date?

Depends on the provider: each show has its own organizer and ticket seller

Two shows fall on Sunday, December 6, in different cities: Ube at 14:00 and Yamaguchi City at 18:30. On weekdays there are only two: the ballet on Wednesday, December 9 (18:30) and Kiyoshi Maekawa on Tuesday, December 15 (13:00).

Date	Show	Venue and start	Price (tax included)
Sat, Dec 5	Harami-chan 47 Prefectures Piano Tour 2026	Yamaguchi Civic Hall 16:00	Reserved seats ¥7,300 (child/student ¥6,300)
Sun, Dec 6	71st Yamaguchi Prefecture Symphony Orchestra concert	Watanabe Memorial Hall 14:00	Unreserved ¥1,500 (high school and under ¥1,000)
Sun, Dec 6	I.S.O. Live at Sesshu Garden	Joeiji Sesshu Garden 18:30	Unreserved ¥4,000 (25 and under ¥2,000)
Wed, Dec 9	Tchaikovsky Ballet Theatre “The Nutcracker”	KDDI Ishin Hall 18:30	Reserved seats ¥6,000 to ¥11,000
Sat, Dec 12	Hiroaki Tagawa ROLLING START 2026	Shimonoseki Civic Hall, Middle Hall 15:30	Unreserved ¥4,000 (university students and under ¥1,000)
Sun, Dec 13	Yoshifumi Hasegawa picture-book live in Shimonoseki	Kaikyo Messe Shimonoseki 14:00	Adult ¥1,500, child ¥500
Tue, Dec 15	Kiyoshi Maekawa Family Concert	Shimonoseki Civic Hall, Large Hall 13:00	S seat ¥6,800
Sun, Dec 20	“Ninth” (Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9) THE FINAL	Watanabe Memorial Hall 14:00	Unreserved ¥2,000 (high school ¥500)
Sat, Dec 26	5th Yamaguchi High School Light Music Contest	Shimonoseki Civic Hall, Middle Hall 13:30	Advance ¥500, on the day ¥700

2. How do the six venues compare for parking and getting there?

Depends on the provider: each venue sets its own parking rules

Watanabe Memorial Hall has 138 free parking spaces, and KDDI Ishin Hall connects directly to Shin-Yamaguchi Station. Both Shimonoseki venues are a 7-minute walk from JR Shimonoseki Station.

Venue	City	From the station	Parking
Yamaguchi Civic Hall	Yamaguchi City	About 15 min on foot from JR Yamaguchi Station	Limited spaces; paid lots nearby when full
Joeiji Sesshu Garden	Yamaguchi City	About 10 min by car from JR Yamaguchi Station	About 50 cars (regular-day listing)
KDDI Ishin Hall	Yamaguchi City	Connected to the north exit of Shin-Yamaguchi Station	¥100 per hour
Watanabe Memorial Hall	Ube City	3 min on foot from JR Ube-Shinkawa Station	138 spaces, free
Shimonoseki Civic Hall	Shimonoseki City	7 min on foot from JR Shimonoseki Station	45 spaces, ¥100 per 30 min
Kaikyo Messe Shimonoseki	Shimonoseki City	7 min on foot from JR Shimonoseki Station	181 spaces, ¥100 per 30 min

3. Yamaguchi Civic Hall: Harami-chan piano tour

Organizer: Yamaguchi City Foundation for Cultural Promotion

Harami-chan’s 47-prefecture piano tour comes to the Large Hall on Saturday, December 5. Doors open at 15:00 and the show starts at 16:00. All seats are reserved.

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• Price: ¥7,300 for the general ticket and ¥6,300 for the child/student discount. The discount is for people aged 3 to 18 on the day of the show, and ID such as a student card or health insurance card is checked at entry.
• Children: children aged 3 and over need a ticket. Children under 3 can sit on a lap for free, but a ticket is charged if they need their own seat.
• Tickets: sold at Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media (YCAM), the hall’s counter, Ticket Pia, Lawson Ticket and eplus. General sale started on June 20. The foundation’s ticket information line is 083-920-6111 (in Japanese).
• By train: from Shin-Yamaguchi Station, the JR Yamaguchi Line takes 23 minutes to Yamaguchi Station (¥240), then it is about a 15-minute walk. By Bocho Bus, get off at “Chugoku Denryoku-yab-mae” (about 30 minutes, ¥580) and walk about 3 minutes.
• By car: from Fukuoka, leave the Chugoku Expressway at Ogori IC and take National Route 9. From Hiroshima, leave the Sanyo Expressway at Hofu-higashi IC and take Routes 262 and 9. The hall’s parking has limited spaces. When it is full, the hall asks visitors to use nearby paid lots.

Name	Yamaguchi Civic Hall
Address	2-5-1 Chuo, Yamaguchi City
Hours / Closed	Varies by show (see table above)
Phone	083-923-1000
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Official site	Open the official site ↗

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4. Joeiji Sesshu Garden: I.S.O. live in a temple garden

Organizer: Yamaguchi City Foundation for Cultural Promotion and YCAM

On Sunday, December 6, I.S.O. (Yoshimitsu Ichiraku 一楽儀光, Sachiko M and Yoshihide Otomo 大友良英) play in the garden of Joeiji Temple. It is a related event of the YCAM exhibition “Improvisation!” (即興！). Doors open at 18:00 and the show starts at 18:30. The event is held outdoors in the garden, and in rain it moves to the temple’s main hall.

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• Price: unreserved, capacity 100. The single ticket is ¥4,000. YCAM “any” members and people with disabilities (plus one companion) pay ¥3,000, and people aged 25 and under pay ¥2,000.
• Children: children under school age cannot enter. There is no childcare service.
• Booking: online booking closes at 19:00 on the day before the show (December 5). Ask in advance if you need a wheelchair seat. Details are on the foundation’s event page and YCAM’s page (both in Japanese).
• By bus: from JR Yamaguchi Station, walk about 10 minutes toward Yamaguchi City Hall to the Bocho Bus “Shiyakusho-mae” stop, ride to “Sannomiya”, then walk about 25 minutes.
• By car: about 10 minutes from JR Yamaguchi Station or Yamaguchi IC, and about 15 minutes from Ogori IC. The Yamaguchi Prefecture tourism site lists about 50 parking spaces for regular cars. It does not say how parking works on the day of this show.

Name	Joeiji Sesshu Garden
Address	2001-1 Miyanoshimo, Yamaguchi City
Hours / Closed	Varies by show (see table above)
Phone	083-922-2272
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5. KDDI Ishin Hall: “The Nutcracker”

Organizer: KDDI Ishin Hall (5th anniversary event)

The hall’s only show in December is Tchaikovsky Ballet Theatre’s “The Nutcracker” on Wednesday, December 9, in the Main Hall. Moscow Ballet “La Classique” (モスクワ・クラシック・バレエ劇場) performs. Doors open at 18:00 and the show starts at 18:30. The official page says the music is a special recording, not a live orchestra.

• Price: reserved seats. S seat ¥11,000, A seat ¥8,000, B seat ¥6,000.
• Children: the hall asks that children aged 3 and under not be brought in.
• Tickets: the hall’s operations office (window and phone 083-902-6727, 9:00 to 17:00, closed on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays and over the year-end holidays), Koransha Ticket Center, Lawson Ticket, eplus, Ticket Pia and Seven Ticket.
• By train: the hall connects directly to the north exit of Shin-Yamaguchi Station. A direct bus runs from Yamaguchi Ube Airport in about 30 minutes.
• By car: about 1 minute from Hase IC on the Yamaguchi-Ube Road, via Ogori JCT. The site lists 518 paid spaces at ¥100 per hour, and the first lot has a vehicle limit of 5 m long, 1.9 m wide, 2.1 m high and 2.5 t.

Name	KDDI Ishin Hall
Address	1-1-1 Ogori-Reiwa, Yamaguchi City
Hours / Closed	Varies by show (see table above)
Phone	083-902-6727
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6. Ube City Watanabe Memorial Hall: orchestra and “Ninth”

Organizer: Yamaguchi Prefecture Symphony Orchestra (Dec 6) and Ube City Cultural Creation Foundation (Dec 20)

The hall has two shows in December, both in the Large Assembly Hall with unreserved seating.

6.1. Sunday, December 6: 71st Yamaguchi Prefecture Symphony Orchestra concert

• Time and price: doors 13:00, start 14:00. General ¥1,500, high school students and under ¥1,000.
• Program: Sibelius “Karelia” Suite, Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 and Sibelius Symphony No. 2. Yasuo Shinozaki conducts and Shinobu Tanaka, who is from Ube, plays the piano.
• Childcare: available, with applications closing on November 29.

6.2. Sunday, December 20: “Ninth” THE FINAL and the 28th Ube Citizens Orchestra concert

• Time and price: doors 13:30, start 14:00. General ¥2,000, high school students ¥500, junior high students and under free with an invitation ticket. Children under school age cannot enter, and elementary and junior high students must come with a guardian.
• Performers: Kyosuke Matsushita conducts, with four vocal soloists, the Ube Citizens Orchestra and a chorus.
• Tickets: general sale starts at 9:00 on Saturday, October 17. They are sold at the Ube City Cultural Creation Foundation’s counter and at Lawson Ticket (L-code 61865). The foundation’s online ticket service is listed, but its page says the service is still being set up. Free invitation tickets for junior high students and under are handled only by phone or at the counter, not online. The foundation’s number is 0836-35-3355 (in Japanese). Its counter is open 9:00 to 16:30 and closed on Sundays and over the year-end holidays.
• Childcare: available for children aged 1 and over at ¥500 per child. Book at least one week before the show.

• By train: 3 minutes on foot from JR Ube-Shinkawa Station. The city bus stop “Ube-Shinkawa Station” is also a 3-minute walk.
• By car: the hall has 138 spaces (6 for people with disabilities), and Ube City lists the parking as free. As a rule the lot closes at 18:00, or after the event ends on event days. During events, the passage in front of the hall may be used as a lot, with staff guiding cars. When full, use nearby paid lots.

Name	Ube City Watanabe Memorial Hall
Address	8-1 Asahimachi, Ube City
Hours / Closed	Varies by show (see table above)
Phone	0836-31-7373
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7. Shimonoseki Civic Hall: three shows

Organizer: varies by show; co-hosted by the Shimonoseki City Cultural Promotion Foundation

The hall has three shows in December: Hiroaki Tagawa on the 12th, Kiyoshi Maekawa on the 15th and a high school band contest on the 26th. The 12th and 26th are in the Middle Hall, and the 15th is in the Large Hall.

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7.1. Saturday, December 12: Hiroaki Tagawa ROLLING START 2026

• What it is: a homecoming concert by the Shimonoseki-born guitarist Hiroaki Tagawa. A children’s choir of Shimonoseki and Yamaguchi yosakoi dance teams also appear, and a new Shimonoseki song is performed.
• Time and price: doors 14:30, start 15:30, Middle Hall. Unreserved. Adults ¥4,000, university students and under ¥1,000. Each costs ¥500 more on the day.
• Tickets: TIGET (an online ticket site) and Shimonoseki Civic Hall.

7.2. Tuesday, December 15: Kiyoshi Maekawa Family Concert

• Time and price: doors 12:30, start 13:00, Large Hall. Reserved S seat ¥6,800.
• Children: up to age 2 can sit on a lap. A ticket is needed from age 3.
• Tickets: the hall, Dreamship, eplus, Lawson Ticket (L-code 82600) and Ticket Pia (P-code 332-507).

7.3. Saturday, December 26: 5th Yamaguchi High School Light Music Contest

• What it is: an omnibus live where each high school act plays two songs. The grand prize act is recommended to the national contest, held in Aichi Prefecture on March 21 and 22, 2027.
• Time and price: doors 13:00, start 13:30, Middle Hall. Advance ¥500, on the day ¥700. The page does not say where advance tickets are sold. Ask the organizer, Shimonoseki Live Project, at 083-231-6401 (in Japanese).

• By train: 7 minutes on foot from JR Shimonoseki Station. From the Shinkansen, change at Shin-Shimonoseki Station to a local train, about 10 minutes to Shimonoseki Station.
• By car: 15 minutes from Shimonoseki IC on the Chugoku Expressway, and 15 minutes from the Kanmon Tunnel. The hall has 45 spaces (1 for people with disabilities) at ¥100 per 30 minutes, with a cap of ¥1,520 per parking. The hall asks visitors to use public transport when possible.

Name	Shimonoseki Civic Hall
Address	4-5-1 Takezaki-cho, Shimonoseki City
Hours / Closed	Varies by show (see table above)
Phone	083-231-6401
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8. Kaikyo Messe Shimonoseki: picture-book live

Series: Yamaguchi Monogatari picture-book live

On Sunday, December 13, the picture-book author Yoshifumi Hasegawa gives his picture-book live “Iikara Iikara” (いいからいいから) in the Kaikyo Hall on the 9th floor. The venue says it is the first one in Shimonoseki since 2016. Doors open at 13:30, and the show runs from 14:00 to 15:30. The venue lists it for anyone who can listen to a story.

• Price: adults (high school and up) ¥1,500, children (age 1 to junior high) ¥500, under 1 free. Capacity is 200. Without an advance reservation, each ticket costs ¥500 more, paid at the door.
• Booking: the venue’s page does not say how to reserve. It links to the organizer’s Instagram post, shown above.
• By train: 7 minutes on foot from JR Shimonoseki Station. By bus, get off at “Buzenda” and walk 2 minutes.
• By car: 15 minutes from Shimonoseki IC. Lot 1 is indoors with 150 spaces and Lot 2 is outdoors with 31. Both run 24 hours at ¥100 per 30 minutes with no maximum. Depending on events, neither lot may be available.

Name	Kaikyo Messe Shimonoseki
Address	3-3-1 Buzenda-cho, Shimonoseki City
Hours / Closed	Varies by show (see table above)
Phone	083-231-5600
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9. How do I choose?

Based on the venue pages above

• Arriving by Shinkansen: KDDI Ishin Hall is connected to Shin-Yamaguchi Station. Yamaguchi Civic Hall needs the Yamaguchi Line to Yamaguchi Station (23 minutes) and then a walk of about 15 minutes.
• Going by car: Watanabe Memorial Hall has free parking. On event days the lot closes after the event ends. Parking at Yamaguchi Civic Hall is limited.
• Going with children: children under 3 sit free at Harami-chan, and the Hasegawa picture-book live sells tickets from age 1. The “Ninth” is free for junior high students and under with an invitation ticket. The garden live and the “Ninth” do not admit children under school age.
• Several days in Shimonoseki: December 12, 13 and 15 each have a show, and the hall and Kaikyo Messe are both a 7-minute walk from the station.

Common questions

Are these all the concerts in Yamaguchi in December?

No. This guide lists the nine shows we could confirm for date, time and price on a venue or organizer page. Venue calendars: KDDI Ishin Hall, Yamaguchi Civic Hall, Watanabe Memorial Hall and Shimonoseki Civic Hall (all in Japanese).

How old must a child be to get in?

It depends on the show. Harami-chan: ages 3 and over need a ticket. “The Nutcracker”: children 3 and under are asked not to come. I.S.O. and the “Ninth”: children under school age cannot enter. Kiyoshi Maekawa: ages 3 and over need a ticket. Hasegawa picture-book live: ages 1 and over pay a child fee.

Is there childcare?

Two shows say so. The December 6 orchestra concert has childcare with applications closing on November 29. The December 20 “Ninth” has childcare for ages 1 and over at ¥500 per child, booked at least one week ahead. The I.S.O. garden live has none.

Sources (checked October 2026)

5 pages we checkedShow

• Yamaguchi Civic Hall (Japanese): December events, Harami-chan tour, access. Yamaguchi City Foundation for Cultural Promotion: I.S.O. live. YCAM: I.S.O. live. Yamaguchi Prefecture tourism site: Joeiji Sesshu Garden
• KDDI Ishin Hall (Japanese): The Nutcracker, December calendar, access and parking, contact
• Ube City Watanabe Memorial Hall (Japanese): December calendar, access. Yamaguchi Prefecture Symphony Orchestra. Ube City Cultural Creation Foundation: “Ninth”. Ube City: the hall
• Shimonoseki Civic Hall (Japanese): Hiroaki Tagawa, Kiyoshi Maekawa, light music contest, access
• Kaikyo Messe Shimonoseki (Japanese): events, access and parking

Dates, times and prices can change, so check the official page before you go.