For many people, Bon odori dance festivals are an annual summer tradition ... a local specialty--in the pouring rain. Taking elegant steps and keeping her fingertips aligned together, she danced ...

On that occasion, he taught basic dance steps to about 100 members of a Brazil-based Awa Odori group, Represa-ren. “I still remember how they got it right so quickly, and how they lost ...

UGO, Akita -- The Nishimonai Bon Odori dance, a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, was recently performed in this northern Japan town, mesmerizing spectators from Japan and abroad. The ritual is ...

One of the students resides in Byron Bay, NSW. Mr Cowland-Cooper said that there might be some people who dance Awa Odori at the annual Bon-Odori dance festival in Byron Bay this weekend.