Some 700 dancers descended on Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai on May 2 and 3 for a traditional Awa Odori dance event hosted by ...

On May 2 and 3, there was a big traditional dance event at Expo 2025 in Osaka. Around 700 dancers performed the "Awa Odori" ...

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 ...

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 ...

22. About a quarter of the participants, including dancers, of this year’s Awa Odori festival held from Aug. 12 to Aug. 15 were infected with the novel coronavirus, the organizers disclosed.

Festival-goers in the western Japan prefecture of Tokushima are enjoying a springtime version of the major summer dance event, the Awa Odori. Tokushima city stages the dance around this time every ...

Dancers stage an Awa Odori performance at the World Expo venue in Osaka on May 3, 2025, as people observe the event from the top of the "Grand Ring." (Mainichi/Yoshihiro Yamamoto)=Click/tap photo ...

OSAKA -- Some 700 dancers descended on Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai on May 2 and 3 for a traditional Awa Odori dance event hosted by western Japan's Tokushima Prefecture, with a huge circle dance on ...