TOKUSHIMA--Summer here is busy with more than 1 million spectators expected to pack the Awa Odori dance festival, which dates back over 400 years. But the festival from Aug. 12-15 this year is not the ...

One of the most popular street dance festivals in Tokyo, Koenji's Awa Odori is returning this summer in full swing. This year ...

“Some fools dance, and some fools watch. You’re a fool either way, so why not dance?” are the words to the famous Awa Odori. This video presents the dance and a 2014 interpretation inspired by its ...

TOKUSHIMA--After stumbling over finances amid the novel coronavirus outbreak, the famed Awa Odori has a new entity to help the dance festival gets its groove back. The steering committee to preserve ...

Both ceremonies of "sky boundary" and Mikiya Kurogiri appear in 2009 postersSince then, in addition to the versions that used the usual Awa dance pictures for the Awa dance poster in Tokushima, a ...

The Awa Dance poster presentation was held on the stage in Shinchomachi Higashi Park. Events are free viewing by anyone, but rules such as recording / shooting prohibitions determined for each event ...

One of Japan’s most iconic summer folk dance festivals, Awa Odori can be traced back to its origins in Tokushima prefecture more than 400 years ago. This lively celebration has since brought its ...

TOKUSHIMA -- The summer Awa Odori traditional dance festival began for the first time in two years in this western Japan city, and will run from Aug. 12 to Aug. 15. Awa Odori dancers on stage charm an ...