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Awa Odori Festival at Kagurazaka (神楽坂の阿波踊り祭り)

kagurazaka matsuri

Last night (and tonight if you are in Tokyo) was the annual Awa Odori Matsuri at nearby Kagurazaka. The day was very hot so I remained indoors (with AC) until I walked the 30 minutes or so to Kagurazaka in order to arrive by the start at 7 p.m.

Summer nights have that magically feel in the air already. Add thousands of Japanese musicians and dancers to the smiling members of the audience and the evening becomes that much more special.

I have never witnessed the Awa Odori before, and I hope it won’t be my last such experience.

Here is a video I took:

Posted on July 23rd, 2010 under Japan • Tags: , , , , . • RSS 2.0 feed • Both comments and pings are currently closed

5 Responses to “Awa Odori Festival at Kagurazaka (神楽坂の阿波踊り祭り)”

  1. 1
    Lili:
    July 24th, 2010 at 1:20 am

    Great!
    Very nice video.. I really like how Japanese people love pereptute traditional festivals!
    Very graceful dance and lovely smiles !
    How lucky you are to live in Japan!

  2. 2
    David @ Ogi:
    July 24th, 2010 at 5:52 am

    Awa Odori in Tokyo?

    How odd…
    But glad you saw it nonetheless…

  3. 3
    Hayato:
    July 25th, 2010 at 8:33 am

    I went there too.
    I like to see traditional festivals which are the symbol of Japan.
    I always feel summer, when this festival is held.

  4. 4
    Christine:
    August 11th, 2010 at 11:18 pm

    Looks like Awa Odori is definitely worth a visit!

  5. 5
    Saipan Awadori Guy:
    January 8th, 2011 at 11:18 am

    Great Video. I have some nice pics of the Saipan Awadori Team that you might want to check out the blog is http://saipanawadori.blogspot.com