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 ...

One new section utilizes digital technology to offer visitors a chance to try their hands at traditional Awa Odori dance in synch with CG images shown on life-size touch panels. In another ...

UGO, Akita -- The Nishimonai Bon Odori dance, a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, was recently performed in this northern Japan town, mesmerizing spectators from Japan and abroad. The ritual is ...

Gataine Odori is a dance that depicts what happened generations ago in Omuta, a city in Fukuoka Prefecture. In the 19th century, an embankment was constructed as a barrier against the strong tidal ...

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 ...

Central to the event is the Yagura stage, which will host interactive Bon Odori dance sessions, inviting the public to join ...

From August 13th to 16th, participants can dance all night. The summer tradition was registered as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2022. Gujo Odori festival back in full | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News ...

yosakoy') Odori may not have the most alluring origin story – it was first devised in the 1950s as an effort to revive the post-war economy – yet festivals celebrating the dance demonstrate ...

There were Buyuo-Duo, Bon Odori and Wadaiko dances and songs performed to drum beats as well as Selangor’s Soblang Sari dance. Visitors also flocked to booths selling a variety of Japanese ...