 Most viewed - Kita-Urawa Awa Odori Dance 北浦和阿波おどり大会 |
A boxy-looking Kita-Urawa Station on the west (nishiguchi) side. Keihin-Tohoku Line. 236 views
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Hatanaka-kikko-ren, Kita-Urawa Awa Odori in Saitama. 畑中亀甲連195 views
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Musashi-Aoi-ren at Kita-Urawa Awa Odori on Sept. 6, 2009.166 views
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Musashi-Aoi-ren at Kita-Urawa Awa Odori on Sept. 6, 2009.166 views
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Musashi-Aoi-ren on Happy Road.166 views
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Kita-Urawa Awa Odori poster for 2009. Gooddesign.133 views
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Miyako-ren 美奴連（みやこ連）130 views
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Kita-Urawa Awa Odori lanterns in front of Kita-Urawa Station.104 views
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Finale on Happy Road. Anybody could join in and dance.83 views
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Kita-Urawa Awa Odori lanterns and signboard in front of Kita-Urawa Station.76 views
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Near the train station is Happy Road. This is the entrance and one starting point of the Kita-Urawa Awa Odori folk dance festival.75 views
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At 5:30 pm, they held a short demonstration of awa odori dancing on Happy Road with the local Kita-Urawa Aho-ren dancing.72 views
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Kita-Urawa Aho-ren 北浦和阿呆連71 views
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Hatanaka-kikko-ren71 views
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Opening ceremony. The festival actually started at 4:20 pm with an opening ceremony and a parade of marching bands from local elementary schools and the fire dept.69 views
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A school marching band starts off the festivities.69 views
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Kita-Urawa Awa Odori banner.69 views
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Kita-Urawa Aho-ren. "Aho" means fool. 69 views
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Happy Road, the main venue of the Kita-Urawa Awa Odori. It is a short route.68 views
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Another one marches on.67 views
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Happy Road goes straight to this road which leads to Fureai Road, another dance venue and Saty shopping mall (now AEON) at the end of the road. The entire route quite short.67 views
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Kita-Urawa Aho-ren66 views
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The 32nd Kita-Urawa Awa Odori was held on Sept. 5, 2009 from 6 pm to 9 pm. About 11 awa odori dance troupes participated. Most of them from Saitama.65 views
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Lots of local children in Kita-Urawa Aho-ren. 北浦和阿呆連65 views
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Niiza Kobushi-ren65 views
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Hatanaka-kikko-ren 畑中亀甲連65 views
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Next was Buyu-ren.64 views
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Miyako-ren 美奴連（みやこ連）64 views
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Kita-Urawa Aho-ren starts the Awa Odori on Happy Road at 6 pm. This was the most crowded section, but even then, not super crowded. They also had chairs that anybody could sit on, though some were reserved.63 views
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Buyu-ren 舞遊連63 views
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Hatanaka-kikko-ren63 views
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This is Niiza Kobushi-ren, from the city of Niiza in Saitama Prefecture. They had a very distinct-sounding beat. 新座こぶし連62 views
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Niiza Kobushi-ren62 views
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Niiza Kobushi-ren62 views
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Miyako-ren 美奴連（みやこ連）62 views
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Miyako-ren 美奴連（みやこ連）62 views
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This man does a fan dance with his feet too.61 views
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This is Musashi-Aoi-ren from the city of Sayama in Saitama Prefecture. They belong to the Aoi family of Awa Odori dance troupes. Their music sounds almost the same as the other Aoi troupes.61 views
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Musashi-Aoi-ren gives a very good performance. Their dance routine is excellent.61 views
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Musashi-Aoi-ren performing in front of Saty (now AEON), a shopping mall. Here too, it wasn't super crowded.61 views
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The lighting was dark here, like most of the parade route.61 views
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This was the brightest section of Happy Road, in front of a pachinko parlor. But the neon lights kept changing color--red, white, yellow, etc. Looks psychedelic on my video.61 views
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Miyako-ren was also good. I have them on video. 美奴連（みやこ連）61 views
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These pictures show most, but not all the eleven dance troupes who performed. I missed a few. 60 views
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Niiza Kobushi-ren perform at Fureai Road which was the worst place to take pictures. They had a canopy (see left) and it obstructs the best view of the dancers. The crowd was sparse here.60 views
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Niiza Kobushi-ren musicians. 60 views
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Musashi-Aoi-ren むさし葵蓮60 views
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Musashi-Aoi-ren on Happy Road. One of the girls lost her balance and fell. See my YouTube video here. 60 views
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Musashi-Aoi-ren 60 views
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Miyako-ren 美奴連（みやこ連）60 views
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Hatanaka-kikko-ren 畑中亀甲連60 views
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Musashi-Aoi-ren 59 views
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Miyako-ren 美奴連（みやこ連）59 views
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Awa Odori Hibugi59 views
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Ageo Koiki-ren, from the city of Ageo in Saitama Prefecture. あげお小粋連59 views
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Musashi-Aoi-ren むさし葵蓮58 views
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Awa Odori Hibugi58 views
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Awa Odori Hibugi. "Hibugi" means flying dance. Although I did not see anyone leaping in the air while dancing.57 views
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Awa Odori Hibugi. This group doesn't have the word "ren" attached to their name. 阿波踊り飛舞技56 views
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Miyako-ren drummers.55 views
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My YouTube video of the 2023 Kita-Urawa Awa Odori dance festival held on Sept. 30, 2023.8 views
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My YouTube video (three parts) of the 2009 Kita-Urawa Awa Odori dance festival held on September 5, 2009.2 views
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