Osaka's proud traditional performing art "Puppet Joruri Bunraku" was born in Osaka in the Edo period. Many of its technicians have been trained through its own training system.
But this spring, not a single person applied for the training. The number of spectators visiting the theater exceeded 10,4 a year in the first year of Reiwa before the coronavirus pandemic, but in Reiwa 6 years, it was just under 1,10, and the number of visitors has not yet returned.