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 ...

An event featuring the traditional summer festival Awa dance has been held in Tokushima City, southwestern Japan.

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 "Tsunagu" (connect) tour of ...

Male dancers leap on the stage at the World Expo venue in Osaka on May 3, 2025. (Mainichi/Yoshihiro Yamamoto)=Click/tap photo for more images. OSAKA -- Some 700 dancers descended on Expo 2025 Osaka, ...

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 ...

Shikoku (四国) is one of the four main islands that make up the Japanese archipelago. However, it is less well-known domestically. Compared to Honshu, Hokkaido, and Kyushu, fewer people immediately ...