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, the celebration will feature over 150 Awa Odori dance groups parading ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Connecting different generations and cultures with their high-energy, innovative performances, the entertainment troupe Takarabune is bringing the dance tradition of Awa Odori to the world. Not only ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The four-day dance festival "Awa Odori" attracts more than 1.2 million people annually Over a million performers and spectators ...

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 ...