SPRING SUMMER AUTUMN WINTER HOME
AWA ODORI (Awa Folk Dance)
The Awa folk dance is performed in Tokushima Prefecture in August. There are numerous dance groups, with members comprising from tens of men and women up to about a hundred persons. These revelers parade around the city, dancing to the accompaniment of flutes, bells, and drums.
Festival Traditions & Customs
AOMORI NEBUTA MATSURI
HOZUKI ICHI (Ground Cherry Fair)
MIZUKAKE MATSURI
(Water-Throwing Festival)
AWAODORI
TORO NAGASHI
TANABATA (Star Festival)
FIREWORKS
FURIN
SMASHING WATERMELONS
KAKIGORI (Shaved Ice)
TSUYU (Rainy Season)
YAKATA-BUNE (Pleasure Boats)
UNAGI (Eel)
SOMEN (Noodles)


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