The biggest of the five stages of the festival is set up in Yoyogi Park. Over two days about 100 regional teams compete in dancing all day long.
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The modern take on traditional Awa-Odori dancing is in full display at Tokyo's most hip neighbourhoods of Harajuku and Omotesando.
Koenji Awa-Odori was held for the first time in 1957 and over the years the festival has grown a lot, becoming one of the main events of the summer. You need to raise your hands and lead with the same hand and foot as you move. The Awa Odori Festival, or the Awa Dance Festival in English, is one of the most elaborate street celebrations in all of Japan. Performers wear traditional obon dance costumes and chant and. The "female dance" is done on raised geta sandals. Awa Odori is the largest dance festival in Japan and attracts over million tourists each year. The "male dance" requires that you bent at the waist and keep low to the ground. TOKUSHIMA-The popular Awa Odori dance festival that draws more than 1 million spectators annually opened on Aug.
According to a legend, the dance was supposedly spontaneously created by the townspeople and has been filling people with happy energy. Awa-odori is a traditional Japanese dance festival that occurs in Tokushima, a city on the east coast of Shikoku Island. The festival, traditionally held at the hottest time of. Awa-Odori originates from Tokushima on Shikoku island. An energetic midsummer dance festival called Awa Odori has begun in Tokushima City, western Japan.
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