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真夏の祭典! 400年以上続く日本最大級の夏祭り、本場阿波国 (あわのくに, 令制においては南海道の阿波。阿州ともいわれる。江戸時代の阿波藩は阿波国・現在四国の徳島県および淡路国・現兵庫県淡路島も含む領国) 「阿波おどり」は、毎年8月12日から15日までの4日間開催。 今や東京はじめ日本で大人気の阿波おどりは全国各地の夏祭りや国内外の様々なイベント・コラボレートショー・エキシビジョンなどでも踊られています。 AwaOdori is the biggest summer Matsuri festival in Japan, a huge city-wide dance party held in Awa. It is also the most famous traditional Japanese dance and music. Meaning of AwaOdori, AwaOdori originally means ”Awa No Bon Odori\\\" based on a Japanese Buddhist celebration & custom related to the Ullambana aka Obon/Bon and annual dance festival held in the Awa region (present-day Tokushima Prefecture on Shikoku in Japan) during Obon (Aug 12-15) in Summer.
The Narita Performance Art Fest 2015 (Narita Traditional Performance Art Festival) AwaOdori Live was held for 2days at the newly opened Narita Skytown Hall and on the front approach to the “Naritasan Shinshoji” Temple in Narita, Chiba Japan.
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Many number of the AwaOdori Shamisen Players entering into the Minami-Uchimachi Embujo at the AwaOdori 2015 Grand Finale “SohOdori” in Awa Japan RT uvride
Yoko Shono a Japanese announcer of the Fuji Television is getting ready to perform “OnNa Odori” with The TENSUI-REN at the Minami-Uchimachi Embujo, AwaOdori 2015. The performance was live broadcasted on the Fuji TV News from Awa Japan (Fuji Television “MinNaNo News”)