The Awa Dance Festival (阿波踊り, Awa Odori) is held from 12 to 15 August as part of the Obon festival in Tokushima Prefecture on Shikoku in Japan. Awa Odori is the largest dance festival in Japan, attracting over 1.3 million tourists every year.

The Awa-Odori Festival is Tokushima’s most famous attraction and the subject of national attention every August when well over a million people turn out in the streets of Tokushima City to watch or participate in this traditional festival of folk dance.

Tokushima's Awa Odori (阿波おどり) is the most famous of many dance festivals held across Japan during the Obon season in mid August. Awa is the former name for Tokushima Prefecture while Odori means dance.

Awa-odori is a traditional Japanese dance festival that occurs in Tokushima, a city on the east coast of Shikoku Island. This matsuri, or traditional festival, happens each year between August 12 and 15 during O-bon...

Kumiodori (the Awa Odori’s peculiar trait of being performed by multiple different groups) is said to have been influenced by the Furyu dance, said itself to be the origin of Noh plays.The Miyoshiki record written in 1663 shows that Sogo Nagayasu (also pronounced Masayasu) held a Furyu dance at Shozui Castle in 1578, and this is believed to be the start of the Awa Dance.

2024年7月12日 · The slow-moving, rhythmic dance of Awa Odori (a.k.a. Awa dance) is one of the defining features of many local Japanese festivals — groups of men and women in conical hats and tabi shoes, advancing slowly down the street to the sound of taiko drums and Japanese music. But what is the dance?

The Tokushima Awa Odori is held from August 12th to 15th as part of the area's Obon festival (a Japanese Buddhist festival that honors the spirits of ancestors). Obon festivals in the area have incorporated dance for many centuries.

2024年7月2日 · Tokushima's Awa Odori Festival is one of Japan's most famous summer dance festivals. The Awa Odori Festival 2024 will be held August 11 - 15. Read on to learn the festival's highlights, how to access the venues, and how to best enjoy the event.

While the dance is performed throughout Japan during the mid-August Obon week, a family holiday marking the return of deceased ancestors to Earth, the annual Awa Odori in Tokushima is the most...

The Awa Odori (Awa Dance) is one of Japan’s most exuberant dance festivals. It dates from the 16th century, and though its exact origins are unclear, it includes ties to the bon-odori, the summer dance that takes place throughout Japan.