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	jpdn.net - photography » Japan - 2005 Super-Yosakoi Festival
		The first Yosakoi Festival was held in Kochi prefecture, southern of Japan, in 1954 to stimulate the economic recovery and rehabilitation of post war Japan.
		In 1970, during the Osaka Expo, the Yosakoi Festival was chosen as one of ten major festivals to represent Japan to the world.
		Yosakoi ("Please come at night" in the dialect of Tosa, the former name of Kochi Prefecture) is a colorful, very energic parade mixing traditional and contemporary elements, and a contest based on the "Yosakoi Naruko Dancing" written by Eisaku Takemasa.
	www.jpdn.net /www_jpdn.net/nuc/item-78.html (233 words)

	Yosakoi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Yosakoi (よさこい) is a unique style of dance that originated in Japan.
		One of the defining aspects of yosakoi dance is the use of naruko: small wooden clappers that are held in the hands of each dancer.
		In Tokyo, the Harajuku Omotesando Genki Matsuri Super Yosakoi [1] is a two-day yosakoi festival that takes place in five locations in Harajuku and Yoyogi Park.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yosakoi (641 words)

	Misawa Yosakoi Festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Yosakoi originated in Kochi City on the island of Shikoku and was originally based on the Bon-Odori dance.
		In Yosakoi dance, synchronization is the most important aspect in judging.
		The annual festival in Kochi City, lasts for four days and has about 130 dance groups and about 15,000 dancers.
	www.misawajapan.com /festivals/yosakoi/yosakoi.htm (186 words)

	summer
		Yosakoi is a form of group dancing performed in summer.
		Hokkaido's Yosakoi Soran Festival has gained national recognition and Yosakoi groups fly up from the lower islands in order to join or just watch the festival in Sapporo.
		As opposed to the style of Yosakoi in its early years, it is now performed in a much more energetic and colorful style in both Kochi and Hokkaido.
	www.geocities.com /japaneseholidays/summer.html (847 words)

	ghanatourism.gov.gh - Yosakoi Dance Festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Yosakoi Dance was started after WWII by the Kochi Chamber of Commerce to encourage the growth of the economy in Kochi, Japan.
		Yosakoi has evolved from a traditional dance/music festival to one where there are infusions of world music and dance styles.
		A festival Committee made up of the Embassy of Japan, National Theatre of Ghana and the Ghana-Japan Cultural Foundation introduced this free style street dance of "Yosakoi" to Ghanaians in December 2002 to create the unique fusion of Ghanaian and Japanese culture and to deepen friendship between peoples of two countries at grassroots level.
	www.ghanatourism.gov.gh /regions/highlight_detail.asp?id=&rdid=402 (384 words)

	Hometown Homepage - Sapporo@Festival and Events
		The festival attracted more and more spectators each year until it finally became one of the major festivals in the world.
		Some students of Hokkaido University introduced the Yosakoi Festival to Sapporo, after they saw the original Yosakoi Festival in Kochi prefecture, and were moved by the enthusiasm of all the participants.
		In the first festival held in Sapporo, there were only ten teams, but the number has increased each time until this year when finally as many as 183 teams with more than a million spectators took part in.
	hometown.infocreate.co.jp /en/hokkaido/sapporo/maturi-e.html (472 words)

	Tussyadiah-Prieler \| a summary page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The festival was celebrated in the Kyoto Imperial Palace from the Heian Period and spread to the general public by the early Edo period, and developed through the centuries into the modern Tanabata festival.
		During the festival poems are written in honor of the two separated lovers.
		The festival began shortly after Sendai city was founded in the early Edo Period and gradually developed and became larger over the years.
	www.tussyadiah.com /neighborhood.htm (955 words)

	FGC--Focus on Greg Cameron: "YOSAKOI" festival in Tokyo/ 「よさこい祭」　in 表参道
		The origin of this festival is Kochi prefectuer in Shikoku island.
		Now this is one of the largst festival in Japan, but this is not traditional festival.
		"YOSAKOI" dancing festival is elected as one of the 10th largest festival in Japan.
	gcameron.net /focus/2006/10/yosakoi-festival-in-tokyo-in.html (391 words)

	Yosakoi - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Nowadays, most of the dance teams taking part in the festival have their own uniforms, coordinating the color, material, and shape of their costumes.
		During the Yosakoi Festival, participants carry a naruko in each hand, and as long as the team incorporates a melody called "Yosakoi bushi," they are free to arrange the music any way they want.
		This freedom is what has made the Yosakoi Festival so popular, and there are new, unique versions of the event springing up across Japan all the time.
	web-japan.org /kidsweb/news/02-10/yosakoi.html (631 words)

	YOSAKOI.NET (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Astoundingly, the related YOSAKOI festivals are held in 250 areas with 5,000 dance teams holding 700,000 dancers at this moment; the YOSAKOI soran festival is the biggest in related festivals.
		The YOSAKOI soran festival of Sapporo, Hokkaido pref., has aged to 15 years old in histry, and now the biggest festival in Hokkaido pref.
		Expansion of YOSAKOI spirit and culture was originated by argent people in Tosa, Kochi pref., with their volunteerism.
	www.yosakoi.net /html/en/aboutus.html (338 words)

	Entertainment of Sunday, 12 November 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The cultural display was part of the celebration of Japanese cultural week where various cultural troupes demonstrated their uniqueness with the Japanese Yosakoi, a free style street dance.
		Another feature in this year's Yosakoi festival was a performance by Batman Samini, a Ghanaian musician who joined in the special group performance at Achimota School.
		He urged the organizers to encourage more people to participate in Yosakoi dance and was optimistic that next year's Yosakoi festival would be more popular to enable Ghanaians identify themselves with it.
	www.ghanaweb.com /GhanaHomePage/entertainment/artikel.php?ID=113762 (371 words)

	Travel in Sapporo - Japan - Asia - Culture - WorldTravelGate.net®-
		Some of Sapporo's many festivals have their origins in traditional events while others are inspired by the seasons.
		The Pacific Music Festival (held from early July to early August) could be called the last dream of premier conductor, composer and educator, Leonard Bernstein.
		The festival was created as a way of realizing Bernstein's dream of sharing the joy of music with people around the world and transcending national boundaries and languages.
	www.asiatravelling.net /japan/sapporo/sapporo_culture.htm (1519 words)

	Sapporo Snow Festival, Sapporo Yuki Matsuri, Hokkaido (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The involvement of the JGSDF was probably what secured the festival's long term success, as it was the soldiers who first built the now famous giant statues, and the wonderful snow slides for children and also the theme sculptures which helped the festival grow.
		Japanese calendars from as early as the mid-1950's began to feature the Yuki Matsuri sculptures, and it was largely due to the giant sculptures and slides built by the Makomanai base personnel that the snow and ice festival became widely known throughout Japan by media, popular culture and domestic tourism.
		The festival is held in Sapporo City in mid-winter.
	www.yamasa.org /japan/english/destinations/hokkaido/snow_festival.html (2131 words)

	Yosakoi Pictures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Yosakoi Matsuri began in 1954 as a festival for the health and prosperity of Kochi as well as for the success of local agriculture and industry.
		The three day summer festival peaks with over 14000 people dancing in Brightly coloured costumed teams through the heart of Kochi City.
		On the first night of the festival the largest fireworks display in Kochi is held.
	www.baobab.or.jp /~stranger/yosakoi/yosapic.htm (104 words)

	rocksea » time for festivals. yosakoi soran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Yosakoi Soran was started just 12 years before, by a university student like me. It gained popularity so fast that it is one of the most vibrant festivals of Sapporo.
		Yosakoi Soran Festival combines Yosakoi-Festival in Kochi prefecture of Shikoku and Soran folk music of Hokkaido.
		the snow festival here is also new and has a similar history or so, with the defense wing of japan also helping in and making it popular.
	www.rock-sea.net /time-for-festivals-yosakoi-soran (440 words)

	Dave and Amity go to Japan - Yosakoi Matsuri (Festival)
		Anyway, last weekend we went to a yosakoi festival and took some nifty pics.
		Yosakoi is also done by a group of dancers.
		Yosakoi finally started, and we really enjoyed ourselves...until the circulation ceased in the lower half of our bodies.
	daveandamity.nukequarters.com /article.php?story=20061012065041185 (1678 words)

	World Scott: June 2006
		In 1991, a student at the University of Hokkaido went to the southern island of Shikoku during his summer vacation where he saw the Yosakoi Festival.
		Yosakoi is a form of traditional dance from Kochi prefecture in Shikoku.
		The festival now draws over two million spectators, who watch over 40,000 dancers in more than 300 teams at 30 different venues.
	lothes.blogspot.com /2006_06_01_lothes_archive.html (420 words)

	Yosakoi Festival WWW Home Page(E)
		Scenes from the 44th Yosakoi Festival in 1997
		Harajuku Omotesando Genki Matsuri (Super Yosakoi 2005) was held on Aug. 27 and Aug. 28 in Harajuku, Tokyo.
		The 52nd Yosakoi Festival was held from Aug. 9 to Aug. 12 in Kochi while 177 teams, 19000 people participated.
	www.yosakoi.com /P_2005en/index.html (122 words)

	The Statesman : News : Yosakoi Festival ends in Accra
		This year's Yosakoi Festival of Unity and Dance was held at the Efua Sutherland Children's Park, with 19 groups comprising four school groups and 15 professional dance groups.
		A main feature in this year’s festival was the presence of Batman and his performance of his song that was used for the anthem in the Super Yosakoi festival that was held in Japan in August, of which the Achimota School was part.
		Speaking at the festival, Jake Obetsebi Lamptey, Minister of Tourism and Diasporan Relations, commended the dancers for their exciting performances and pledged the ministry’s support for this festival in Ghana.
	www.thestatesmanonline.com /pages/news_detail.php?newsid=1431&section=6 (416 words)

	Tokyo tourism info
		Based on the original Yosakoi festival in Kochi, Shikoku, the “Harajuku-Omotesando Genki Super Yosakoi Festival” in Tokyo has been held.
		The event started as a summer dedicatory festival with the special cooperation of Meiji Jingu Shrine and aims to send energy and power around the world.
		On the day of the festival, about 6,000 dancers of a hundred teams dress themselves in their own distinctive costumes including teams from Kochi and perform at several locations of spectator areas to show the result of their hard practice.
	www.tourism.metro.tokyo.jp /spanish/topics/060824/4.html (196 words)

	Songs of Flowers: Yosakoi festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Lately, there are many Yosakoi festivals in Japan, and in some foreign countries as well.
		Some roads are closed for this festival so that people can dance on the streets.
		Nowadays, the Yosakoi Festival in Hokkaido has become more famous than the original one.
	iihana.blogspot.com /2006/08/yosakoi-festival.html (257 words)

	Yosakoi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Yosakoi song includes this scene and the sweet maker 'Hamako' adopts this picture as wrapping paper for its sweets.
		Yosakoi dancing is a main event in the Yosakoi festival, and the dance music is composed from the Yosakoi song.
		Apart from this cheerful festival we do not think often of such a tragic story.
	www.baobab.or.jp /~stranger/kochi/yosakoi.htm (753 words)

	Yosakoi Festival in Sapporo Japan (imgs)...: Olympus SLR Talk Forum: Digital Photography Review
		Today I attended the Yosakoi Soran Festival held annually in Sapporo - shot about 800 frames and thought I would share a few with you to give you a bit more taste of Northern Japan...
		Here is a quick paste describing the Festival...
		Two, the selected music for your performance must incorporate the traditional Hokkaido fishing folksong, 'Soran.' Loosely based on traditional Japanese Obon dancing, every team designs their own colorful costumes and choreographs their own distinctive and unique energetic dance set to lively music.
	forums.dpreview.com /forums/read.asp?forum=1022&message=18785672 (270 words)

	Yosakoi Soran Festival
		It is not just the natural beauty of the season, but also the proud spirit of the local Hokkaido people as they come out from under the cover of winter and burst into life.
		The Yosakoi Soran Festival is a truly poetic sign that summer has come to Hokkaido and is the first full-blown outdoor event of the year.
		There are all kinds of things for sale with the Yosakoi Soran Festival logo emblazoned upon them, from the popular 'naruko' castanet clappers to colorful cuddly stuffed dolls and teddy bears.
	www2.yosanet.com /foreign/en (484 words)

	Yosakoi Festival - photos of festivals & feasts in Japan on Worldisround
		Yosakoi Festival - photos of festivals & feasts in Japan on Worldisround
		Yosakoi is a type of Japanese dance, combining traditiona
		One of the defining aspects of yosakoi dance is the use of naruko:...
	www.worldisround.com /articles/230186/index.html (119 words)

	Talk:Bon Festival - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bon Festival is part of WikiProject Japan, a project to improve all Japan-related articles.
		A photograph was changed, and it got it the thing which was on the item of Yosakoi Festival.
		It restored the photograph of Yosakoi Festival because it seemed that the explanation of "Though the problem of the portrait rights seems that be by Japanese edition, that doesn't occur in English edition." could hang by the notebook of the clause of Yosakoi Festival.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Bon_Festival (367 words)

	Super Yosakoi [Archive] - The Digital Video Information Network
		One time at this nightclub that I used to shoot video for, they had a private party for a deaf group, they had a group of 30 Awa Odori dancers come into the club and they all danced like that, it was wild.
		My wife is japanese and she doesn't really get into the festivals let alone the music, she always trips out when she comes home and I have on NHK listening and seeing some cool festival.
		That would be a good project, the Festivals of Japan, there are 5 major festivals and a lot of smaller ones, I think there is one coming up where they have huge floats made out of paper and they are lit from inside and it happens at night.
	www.dvinfo.net /conf/archive/index.php/t-13690.html (1087 words)

	11390 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Festival in Sapporo, Hokkaido Wednesday, June 8th through Sunday, June 12th.
		The festival started in 1991, and is Japan's largest festival.
		Yosakoi Soran Festival is the most exciting festival I have seen - you will
	eve.bk.tsukuba.ac.jp /TAIRA-archive/tairafilter?request=11390 (329 words)

	Laughter brings good luck! \| YOSAKOI festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Her sister is a member of the city Yosakoi group.
		You can download music clips and moving images of Yosakoi festival at the website of the " HONIYA " which won the top prize in this year,if you want.
		But Yosakoi Bushi which they are using was arranged,it's not an old-style of Yosakoi Bushi.
	555.five.chips.jp /?eid=265915 (517 words)

	Hokkaido Kyokai WebSite
		Yosakoi Soran pode apresentar arranjos livres, mas precisa ser baseada em uma melodia específica.
		Ali, eles misturaram o Yosakoi com o Soran-bushi, uma dança que simboliza os costumes dos pescadores.
		Festival de Yosakoi Soran no Brasil, contando com a participação de 12 grupos.
	www.hokkaido.org.br /yosakoi1.php (159 words)

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