Where To Stream Journeys in Japan Season 2017 Episode 26
Awa Odori Festival Spirited Away in Tokushima
- Aired September 26, 2017
- 30 Min
The Awa Odori is a huge dance festival that takes over Tokushima City, Tokushima Prefecture, for 4 days in early August. It features some 100,000 fired-up dancers and attracts as many as 1.3 million spectators from home and abroad. Our traveler B.T. watches the dancing on the 1st day. On the 2nd, he learns a few steps and chorus before jumping into the frenzied dancing himself. He also takes a side trip to Wakimachi, an old town near Tokushima City, where he enjoys its traditional townscape and...