 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. 249 views
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Hatanaka-kikko-ren, Kita-Urawa Awa Odori in Saitama. 畑中亀甲連232 views
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Musashi-Aoi-ren at Kita-Urawa Awa Odori on Sept. 6, 2009.205 views
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Musashi-Aoi-ren at Kita-Urawa Awa Odori on Sept. 6, 2009.200 views
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Musashi-Aoi-ren on Happy Road.198 views
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Kita-Urawa Awa Odori poster for 2009. Gooddesign.146 views
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Miyako-ren 美奴連（みやこ連）139 views
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Kita-Urawa Awa Odori lanterns in front of Kita-Urawa Station.115 views
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Finale on Happy Road. Anybody could join in and dance.95 views
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Kita-Urawa Awa Odori lanterns and signboard in front of Kita-Urawa Station.87 views
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Hatanaka-kikko-ren87 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.86 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.85 views
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Kita-Urawa Aho-ren 北浦和阿呆連85 views
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Kita-Urawa Aho-ren. "Aho" means fool. 82 views
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Happy Road, the main venue of the Kita-Urawa Awa Odori. It is a short route.81 views
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Another one marches on.81 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.80 views
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Kita-Urawa Awa Odori banner.80 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.79 views
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Kita-Urawa Aho-ren79 views
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Lots of local children in Kita-Urawa Aho-ren. 北浦和阿呆連78 views
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Miyako-ren 美奴連（みやこ連）78 views
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Miyako-ren 美奴連（みやこ連）78 views
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Next was Buyu-ren.77 views
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Niiza Kobushi-ren77 views
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Miyako-ren was also good. I have them on video. 美奴連（みやこ連）77 views
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A school marching band starts off the festivities.76 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.76 views
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Musashi-Aoi-ren gives a very good performance. Their dance routine is excellent.75 views
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Hatanaka-kikko-ren 畑中亀甲連75 views
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Hatanaka-kikko-ren75 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.74 views
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These pictures show most, but not all the eleven dance troupes who performed. I missed a few. 74 views
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Niiza Kobushi-ren74 views
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The lighting was dark here, like most of the parade route.74 views
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Musashi-Aoi-ren 74 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73 views
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Niiza Kobushi-ren73 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.73 views
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Musashi-Aoi-ren 73 views
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Hatanaka-kikko-ren 畑中亀甲連73 views
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Buyu-ren 舞遊連72 views
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Musashi-Aoi-ren むさし葵蓮72 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.72 views
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This man does a fan dance with his feet too.71 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. 71 views
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Miyako-ren 美奴連（みやこ連）71 views
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Miyako-ren 美奴連（みやこ連）71 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.70 views
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Miyako-ren 美奴連（みやこ連）70 views
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Ageo Koiki-ren, from the city of Ageo in Saitama Prefecture. あげお小粋連69 views
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Niiza Kobushi-ren musicians. 68 views
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Musashi-Aoi-ren むさし葵蓮68 views
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Awa Odori Hibugi68 views
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Awa Odori Hibugi. "Hibugi" means flying dance. Although I did not see anyone leaping in the air while dancing.68 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.67 views
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Musashi-Aoi-ren 67 views
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Miyako-ren drummers.67 views
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Awa Odori Hibugi66 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65 views
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My YouTube video of the 2023 Kita-Urawa Awa Odori dance festival held on Sept. 30, 2023.20 views
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My YouTube video (three parts) of the 2009 Kita-Urawa Awa Odori dance festival held on September 5, 2009.16 views
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