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 ...

(KRON) — Kaori Suzuki joined KRON4 anchor Stephanie Lin to discuss the performance and rich history of Japanese traditional dance. Awa-Odori is one of “Bon-Odori”, traditionally mourning death and ...

Dancers stage an Awa Odori performance at the World Expo venue in Osaka on May 3, 2025, as people observe the event from the top of the "Grand Ring." (Mainichi/Yoshihiro Yamamoto)=Click/tap photo for ...

(THE YOMIURI SHIMBUN) - An online service that uses artificial intelligence to provide tourists with information about Awa Odori Japanese folk dancing in Tokushima is now available. The Awa Odori AI ...

Taking the Michael. Min doubt it’s the only time they get any tourism, one of the least visited prefectures in Japan, guess they are trying to make the most of it and hoping for the best. I go there a ...

TOKUSHIMA--A famed dance festival that was held for the first time in three years on a full-scale basis in August here resulted in a COVID-19 superspreader event among participants, the organizers ...

(MENAFN- PR Newswire) TOKUSHIMA, Japan, Nov. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Tokushima Shimbun, a publisher of the namesake daily headquartered in Tokushima City, western Japan, will live-stream a ...

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David Cowland-Cooper (front in a red T-shirt) fell in love with Awa Odori, a Japanese traditional folk dance, and started a local dance group in Brisbane. Source: Tensui Australia Mr Cowland-Cooper ...

The traditional "Awa Odori" performing art has over 400 years' history. With Awa dance lovers existing all over the world, video messages from dancers in the United States, France, Brazil, mainland ...