《kabuki》elevated walkway through the audience to the stage
honourable end to a career
「花道」 has another reading with different meanings.
役者が花道を通って登場した。
The actor appeared through the hanamichi walkway.
花道から観客に手を振った。
I waved to the audience from the hanamichi.
歌舞伎には花道が不可欠だ。
The hanamichi is indispensable to kabuki.