Tickets available for cable car, performance, and museum separately or as a package (Image credit: Eugene Lee) Located at the foot of Mount Bizan (眉山), the Awa odori Festival Hall functions as a museum tracing the history of the Awa odori, a small theater with multiple Awa odori performances and also offers cable car rides to the top of Mount Bizan for a fabulous view of the Tokushima area. Opening hours: 9am–9pm (Monday–Sunday) Closed on the second Wednesday of February, June, and October, 28 to 31 December, and 1 January.Ĭovered seating shaped like Awa odori hats, in front of the festival hall (Image credit: Eugene Lee) The festival usually runs during the middle of August, but the Awa odori Festival Hall (阿波踊り会館 Awa odori kaikan ) is available for people to visit year-round.Īddress: 2-20 Shinmachibashi, Tokushima-shi, Tokushima 770-0904 Wall scroll depicting awa odori (Image credit: Eugene Lee)Īlthough Japanese dance festivals are not as well-known as the fireworks or summer festivals, the biggest, and most iconic folk-dance festival is the Awa odori (阿波踊り) in Tokushima Prefecture (徳島県 Tokushima-ken ). There is electricity in the air, things familiar and exotic, and at the root of it all-there is a practised and unwavering method to every detail. In the days leading up to a large festival, you’ll hear the distant sound of drums banging, and chanting from festival revellers practising for their big event. There is something truly magical about Japanese festivals.
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