Fukuyama Daiich Theater, Entertainment venue in Fukuyama, Japan.
Fukuyama Daiich Theater was a theater in Higashimachi 2-chome, Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture. It had an entrance, lobby, seating, stage and office on the first floor, a projection room on the second floor and a dressing room on the third floor. There was no separate dressing-room entrance: performers reached the dressing room through the lobby. A hanamichi walkway and a revolving stage had been added for striptease shows, so the lower hanamichi used in popular theater was not in use.
Founded as a popular theatre, it was later converted into a strip theatre. It closed on 20 February 2011, leaving Hiroshima Daiichi Theater as the only survivor of the six Daiichi Theater group venues. Demolition began in May 2011 and the site became a coin parking lot in August.
The theatre's crest was a circle enclosing three oak leaves (maru ni mitsu kashiwa). In the lobby, photographs and promotional material of dancers who had appeared there covered the walls, and many spectators looked at them during the intervals. Each admission earned one stamp on a card; ten stamps filled the card, which then allowed free entry on the next visit, except at special performances, and the card was valid for one year.
The theater stood in a residential area of Higashimachi 2-chome, far from Fukuyama's downtown, about an 8-minute walk from JR Fukuyama Station. The dressing room on the third floor had no separate entrance, so performers passed through the lobby to reach it. A stamp card gave free admission on the next visit once ten stamps were collected, valid for one year and not usable at special performances.
The theatre's crest was a circle enclosing three oak leaves (maru ni mitsu kashiwa). After it closed on 20 February 2011, only Hiroshima Daiichi Theatre remained of the six venues in the Daiichi Theatre group, which also included Tokuyama, Okayama, Takamatsu and Kobe. Demolition began in May 2011 and by August the site was a coin parking lot.
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