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	Tokushima, Tokushima - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tokushima is also famous for the Awa Odori, a lively festival which is held every year during the Obon Festival in August.
		Awa Odori literally translates as "Awa Dance" (Awa being the ancient name for Tokushima prefecture).
		During the festival, residents ranging from young children to professional dance troupes participate in the dance, a distinctive form of Japanese Classical Dance which includes regional costumes and is accompanied by strings, drums, and singing (usually by the dancers themselves).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tokushima,_Tokushima (207 words)

	Dave's Room - The Dancing Fool - Talk the Talk
		As used in Awa Odori, a chouchin never carries a flame, but is instead used as an accompaniment by accomplished dancers and is duly decorated with the name of the dancer's ren.
		Awa Odori is just one of many Bon dances, but it is distinct in its style and famous for the sheer size of the celebration.
		It is also distinct from otoko odori for the upright stance of the dancer, different leg and arm technique, and heightened sense of physical discipline required of the dancer.
	www.cowcoo.com /dave/awaodori-talk.html (818 words)

	Pilot Guides.com: The Dance of Fools: Awa Odori Festival, Japan
		Awa Odori is a dance which takes place in various locations throughout the prefecture of Tokushima in Shikoku, the smallest of the four main islands that comprise the Japanese archipelago.
		Awa Odori is by far Tokushima's biggest claim to fame.
		The Awa Odori Kaikan, which is close to the station, has displays and exhibits relating to the history of the festival, however it is closed during the festival itself.
	www.pilotguides.com /destination_guide/asia/japan/awa_odori.php (1206 words)

	Association for Asia Research- Awa Dance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		It's called Awa odori (dance), and people gather from across the nation from August 12 to 15 both to dance and watch.
		Awa odori is part of the Bon festivities, which are held to welcome one's ancestors back to this world for a few days.
		Because of this chant, Awa odori is sometimes called the "fool's dance." The movements are really simple; all you have to do is keep your legs and arms moving forward with as much vigor as possible.
	www.asianresearch.org /articles/2235.html (357 words)

	Japanese traditional arts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In addition to the Awa Odori dance group, Madame Miki presented and exhibit of calligraphy representing three generations of the Miki family, together with a photo display.
		The local lord encouraged Awa dancing to stimulate the local economy but from time to time he was forced to regulate the dance to keep the people from getting carried away.
		The awa puppet first appeared in Osaka in 1684 and by the early Mejii period there were as many as 74 puppet theaters documented.
	www.arts.wa.gov /progFA/AsianFest/CherryBloss/facherryb4.html (1450 words)

	Non Sequitur: Awa Odori
		Awa Odori is a classical Japanese dance accompanied by similarly classical instruments such as drums, flute, shamisen (a stringed instrument), and gongs.
		All age groups are included in Awa Odori, from toddlers to the elderly, and they all look like they're enjoying themselves immensely.
		This is the key to a successful performance and it made this former dancer want to kick off her western-style shoes and join in.
	whatpleasesyou.blogspot.com /2005/08/awa-odori.html (687 words)

	Essential Medical Online - Lifestyle
		The most famous of these is Awa Odori in Tokushima prefecture on the island of Shikoku.
		Awa Odori was started more than 400 years ago.
		The origins are not clear, but one story claims that a party to celebrate the completion of Tokushima Castle in 1587 got out of hand and that some drunken people danced their way onto the castle grounds.
	www.em-online.co.uk /lifestyle.asp?ID=38 (412 words)

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		That is Awa washi, a type of Japanese paper (washi) that Awagami Factory/Fuji Paper Mills Cooperative, headed by Fujimori Yoichi, produce.
		The origins of Awa washi go back, its thought, 1,300 years—so it is three times older than the Awa Odori, which is said to be a mere 400 years old.
		Awa washi is, thus, a very deeply rooted cultural tradition.
	www.jetro.org.il /files/030612/0305_fuji-e.doc (841 words)

	Japanese Summer Festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		AWA DANCE FESITIVAL in Japan is the most traditional event which was the origin from our "EDO PERIOD" with Samurai's culture.
		Awa dancers were invited from San Francisco, Los Angeles, Honolulu, Australia.
		I understand that the Festival has become one of Tokyo's most famous and as someone who has experienced sthe delight of the Awa Odori dancers, I can certainly see why the Awa Odori dancers visited us as the establishment of the Friendly city relatioonship between our Willoughby City and Suginamiku in Japan.
	y3021.tripod.com /smallbusiness/id5.html (525 words)

	Random Ramblings
		We went to the Awa Odori in Shimokitazawa last night.
		Even so, I think I preferred the Awa Odori that we had gone to a couple of weeks ago in Naka-Meguro.
		We went to the Awa Odori in Shimokitazawa last nig...
	lenora.blogspot.com /2002/08/we-went-to-awa-odori-in-shimokitazawa.html (281 words)

	Sho mo nai!: twelve: summer holidays (with synopsis!) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Odori is a noun form of the verb 'odoru', which means to dance.
		The Awa Odori festival takes place during the o-Bon (oh-bone), which are the four days from August 12-15 when the spirits of the ancestors are believed to come back to their graves.
		Awa Odori was origionally a Bon-dance, and most prefectures have Bon-dances.
	mattoku.blogspot.com /2005/03/twelve-summer-holidays-with-synopsis.html (5053 words)

	MY LIFE AND TIMES IN JAPAN
		From August 12th until the 15th every year there is a big dance festival in my hometown of Tokushima called Awa Odori.
		During Awa Odori tens of thousands of dancers wearing traditional festival yukatas (summer kimono) perform in parades along the decorated main streets of the city, accompanied by drums, bells and flutes and the traditional Yoshikono-bushi song.
		Awa Odori takes place during the Buddhist observance of O-bon, when the spirits of the dead are thought to return to their ancestral homes.
	spaces.msn.com /members/thepoint5 (2074 words)

	DOCUMENTARY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		"Awa Odori" is a traditional dance of Tokushima, known to add color to the summer.
		It is said that there are over 500 Awa Odori dance groups, called"Rens".
		In particular, this year a heated competition is seen among the women to determine who takes on the role of "solo dancer".
	www.jamco.or.jp /english/library/documentary/traditional/dc270019.html (134 words)

	HCDE - Event - Awa Odori
		It is also said that awa odori may have been the so called elegant dances performed by dancers from Kyoto to entertain the upper class samurais.
		Some say that awa odori was a dance to welcome spirits during the bon season.
		Although there are no set moves to awa odori, dances by famous ren groups are very graceful.
	www.country-dance.com /English/e-event/e-awaodori/awaodori-main.html (342 words)

	festivals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Awa Dance is a unique type of dancing that is performed in an area around Tokushima City on the island of Shikoku it is called the Awa Odori, Odori means dance and many people from across the world gather on this occasion from August 12-15.
		Awa Odori is part of the Bon festivities, which are heard to welcome one's ancestors back to this world for a few days.
		Awa Odori has many participants that march in a straight line.
	www.nisd.net /ward/Staff/gt_page/jap_wbpgs_03_04/jp_festivals/festivals.html (447 words)

	Tokushima (city) - Wikitravel
		Awa Odori Kaikan (阿波おどり会館, [1] (http://www.awaodori-kaikan.jp/)) is an interesting museum devoted to the Awa Odori festival (see Do).
		There are also several daily performances of the Awa Odori dances (¥500).
		The yearly Awa Odori (阿波おどり) festival, held in yearly from August 12 to 15, is by far Tokushima's largest claim to fame.
	wikitravel.org /en/article/Tokushima (423 words)

	Tokushima - The City - Hotel Near (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		There are several bridges and prettily designed promenades along the river, with places to sit and some clever pieces of modern sculpture - look out for the street mosaics of Awa Odori dancers reflected in the metallic bollards on the bridge Shinmachi-bashi.
		Five minutes' walk south of the river, at the base of the 280-metre-high Mount Bizan, is wedge-shaped Awa Odori Kaikan (daily 9am-5pm, closed second and fourth Wednesday of the month).
		The highlight is a 360-degree cinema in which you are surrounded by the story of three childhood friends who are reunited as adults at the Awa Odori, travelling from some of the prefecture's most scenic locations in the process.
	www.hotelnear.com /619/737/2198g/Japan-Tokushima-The_City.html (795 words)

	OsakaPrints.com (Glossary)
		Kantô: "East of the barrier," the seven provinces immediately east and north of the Hakone barrier, being Hitachi, Shimotsuke, Kôzuke, Musashi, Shimôsa, Kazusa, and Awa.
		The term was first applied to describe kabuki dance around the Genroku era (1688-1703), with the first known instance in 1687.
		Shosagoto generally comprise elements of pre-Edo dance (mai), Edo-period dance (odori), and everyday gestures (furi).
	www.osakaprints.com /content/information/glossary.htm (8846 words)

	Awa Odori - page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		This is where the parade started before the dancing groups broke off and dissipated throughout the downtown area.
		Some girls in their summer best chat at Tokushima Station before the start of the day's Awa Odori.
		A window depicting Awa Odori at a store that sits at a major intersection downtown.
	www.vivihoang.com /aug03awaodori1.html (165 words)

	Mellow Monk's Green Tea Blog: Photos of Awa Odori in Tokushima, Japan
		The mission of MellowMonk.com is to provide our customers with green tea grown and processed by family-owned and -operated farms in Japan.
		Here are a few pictures of the Awa Odori festival now going on in Tokushima, Japan.
		"Awa Odori" (阿波踊り) literally means "Awa Dance," "Awa" being the old name for the Tokushima region.
	www.mellowmonk.com /2005/08/photos-of-awa-odori-in-tokushima-japan.html (257 words)

	Tokushima - The Dancing Fools - Hotel Near (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Over 1.3 million spectators and 80,000 participants, dressed in colourful yukata (summer kimono) and half-moon-shaped straw hats, parade throughout the city, waving their hands and shuffling their feet to an insistent two-beat rhythm, played on taiko drums, flutes and shamisen (traditional stringed instruments).
		The history of the Awa Odori goes back to 1587, when the first daimyo of Tokushima, Hachisuka Iemasa, is said to have initiated the celebration on the completion of his castle.
		The festival only became known as the Awa Odori after World War II, and it now also attracts participants from abroad.
	www.hotelnear.com /619/737/2202g/Japan-Tokushima-The_Dancing_Fools.html (338 words)

	Windows on Asia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Most community matsuri have omikoshi, or portable shrines which are carried from house to house or shop to shop to bestow good fortune on all.
		Awa Odori Sapporo Snow Festival (Yuki Matsuri) - early February.
		Odori Park in Sapporo is the venue for an incredible array of huge and elaborate snow and ice sculptures.
	www.isp.msu.edu /asianstudies/wbwoa/eastasia/Japan/events.html (1285 words)

	Awa Dance Festival - TheBestLinks.com - Bon Odori, Tokusima City, Ja:阿波踊り, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Awa Dance Festival - TheBestLinks.com - Bon Odori, Tokusima City, Ja:阿波踊り,...
		Awa Dance Festival, Bon Odori, Tokusima City, Ja:阿波踊り
		Awa Dance Festival (Awa Odori 阿波踊り) is held in the Tokusima City circumference every year in the time of Bon festival, Bon Odori.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Awa_Dance_Festival.html (106 words)

	C. Buddha's Hasty Musings: Awajishima Shima Matsuri - Awa Odori
		Buddha's Hasty Musings: Awajishima Shima Matsuri - Awa Odori
		This year, both the crowd and the number of dancers were the largest I've ever seen.
		The Awa Odori is originally from Tokushima, but there's a fair sized turnout in Sumoto every year as well.
	www.cosmicbuddha.com /blog/archives/001470.html (102 words)

	Japan Rider: The Blog
		At the Awa Odori last weekend, we used the movie mode on my Panasonic Lumix DMZ to take some video clips of the dancing.
		Summer in Japan is synonymous with outdoor festivals, where people gather to watch dances or other events, eat snacks such as tako-yaki from the food stands, and drink a beer with friends.
		This is a dance that is native to Tokushima prefecture but was brought to Susono years ago (more information on the Awa Odori can be found here).
	www.japanrider.blogspot.com (1558 words)

	Kissui.net
		We went to the Awa Odori Festival again.
		I also stopped by Super Yosakoi in Harajuku (another dance festival) because my friend was in it, but then I got there too late to see anything, and then I was late for my plan afterwards so I had to give up.
		There were Asakusa Samba Carnival and Awa Odori at Koenji happening.
	www.kissui.net (1035 words)

	C. Buddha's Hasty Musings: Awa Odori - Trolling for Lileks
		Tonight and tomorrow I will be taking photos of the Awa Dance here in Sumoto.
		If you are a Minnesotan named James Lileks who once wrote about the Awa Dance on your kick-ass site (The Bleat) quite fondly, or even...
		If you are a Minnesotan named James Lileks who once wrote about the Awa Dance on your kick-ass site (The Bleat) quite fondly, or even if you aren't, please check out the photos someday.
	www.cosmicbuddha.com /blog/archives/000725.html (122 words)

	Shimaname highway, Dogo hot spring, but sadly not Awa-odori
		I bought lunch at the nearby supermarket, then set off for the final photography session - Awa odori festival in Tokushima.
		Perhaps it didn't matter if I couldn't get to Awa Odori festival.
		I like to think that I've got some reason to return, and I would still very much like to see the Awa Odori festival.
	www.reggie.net /diary.php?date=2002-08-15 (513 words)

	History of Dancing Fools quote
		("Awa" is the old name for that region.) This dance is a "bon odori",
		"Awa no dono sama hachisuka-kou ga ima ni nokoseshi Awa odori"
		bushi* melody to which Awa odori was originally danced.
	www.splittree.org /misc_pages/dancingfoolsquote.htm (484 words)

	Awa Odori 2004 Group of Four on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
		Awa Odori 2004 Group of Four on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
		A group photo of some of us at Awa Odori 2004 in the Tokushima castle park
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	www.flickr.com /photos/36816739@N00/1103429 (63 words)

	Phlog - mexican (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		This from this year's Koenji Awa Odori festival.
		Where I took this picture is about 50m from my building.
		Usually the groups for Awa Odori all wear the same type of traditional Japanese getups, but the group that this dancing Buddha was with looked like they had Koenji Awa Odori confused with the Halloween parade in NY.
	www.phlog.net /user/mexican/archive/20031126 (68 words)

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