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 ...

KYOTO--A geisha community here will put on its annual “Gion Odori” dance performance in November for the first time in three years. The Gion Higashi Kabukai association, based in one of Kyoto ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...