“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--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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Awa Dance Festival is held from 12 to 15 August every year in Tokushima Prefecture. In addition to the special poster featuring Shiki and Mikiya from the anime films Kara no Kyokai, original ...

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 ...

The Awa Dance Festival is held from 12 to 15 August every year in Tokushima Prefecture. Adorning this year's poster of the festival are Shiki Ryogi and Mikiya Kokuto from anime film Kara no Kyokai ...

Japanese dancers perform Awa Dance in Tokushima, Japan on Aug 13, 2011. Awa dance is a traditional Japanese folk dance, and the Awa Dance Festival is an annual summer event in Tokushima prefecture.

TOKUSHIMA -- Twenty-five members of one of some 30 dance groups that performed in the Awa Odori traditional dance festival in this city between Aug. 12 and 15 have tested positive for the coronavirus, ...