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 ...

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 ...

UGO, Akita -- The Nishimonai Bon Odori dance, a UNESCO Intangible Cultural ... Along with Gujo Odori in Gifu Prefecture and Awa Odori in Tokushima Prefecture, Nishimonai Bon Odori is one of ...

Each car will be repainted in indigo (“ai” in Japanese), bearing the logo of “Ai” rendered with a dynamism reminiscent of the Awa Odori dance. The train’s body will be painted with a ...