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"Awaodori" dance festival in Tokushima

The four-day "Awaodori" dance festival begins in Tokushima, western Japan, on Aug. 12, 2023.

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"Awaodori" dance festival in Tokushima

The four-day "Awaodori" dance festival begins in Tokushima, western Japan, on Aug. 12, 2023.

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"Awaodori" dance festival in Tokushima

The four-day "Awaodori" dance festival begins in Tokushima, western Japan, on Aug. 12, 2023.

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"Awaodori" dance festival in Tokushima

The four-day "Awaodori" dance festival begins in Tokushima, western Japan, on Aug. 12, 2023.

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"Awaodori" dance festival in Tokushima

The four-day "Awaodori" dance festival begins in Tokushima, western Japan, on Aug. 12, 2023.

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"Awaodori" dance festival in Tokushima

The four-day "Awaodori" dance festival begins in Tokushima, western Japan, on Aug. 12, 2023.

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"Awaodori" dance festival in Tokushima

The four-day "Awaodori" dance festival begins in Tokushima, western Japan, on Aug. 12, 2023.

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Event in Beijing to promote Japan-bound trips

Women perform an "awaodori" dance during an event held at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on March 31, 2023, to promote tourism to Japan. The number of Chinese visitors to Japan has plunged in the past three years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Regis Arnaud

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Regis Arnaud, a 42-year-old French journalist based in Japan. Arnaud has organized an event in which around 100 Japanese folk dancers will perform "Awaodori," a traditional Japanese dance, in Paris in May 2015.

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'Awaodori' Japanese folk dance

TOKYO, Japan - People perform "Awaodori," a Japanese folk dance, at the French ambassador's residence in Tokyo on May 30, 2014, a preview event for around 100 Japanese folk dancers to perform the dance in Paris in May 2015.

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'Awaodori' Japanese folk dance

TOKYO, Japan - People perform "Awaodori," a Japanese folk dance, at the French ambassador's residence in Tokyo on May 30, 2014, a preview event for around 100 Japanese folk dancers to perform the dance in Paris in May 2015.

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Japanese perform traditional dance at festival in India

MUMBAI, India - Members of a Japanese group perform a modified version of "Awaodori," a traditional regional dance of Tokushima, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 18, 2014, during the "Cool Japan Festival" held in Mumbai to introduce Japanese food and culture.

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Japan Day in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - An annual Japan Day event is held in New York's Central Park on May 12, 2013, with participants dancing the traditional Japanese "Awaodori" dance in a circle.

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Chartered flight between Changsha, Tokushima

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Local Awaodori dancers (front) welcome visitors from China as the first regular chartered flight from Changsha in Hunan Province arrives at Tokushima airport in western Japan on Jan. 23, 2012.

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Awaodori dancing at Shanghai Expo

SHANGHAI, China - Dancers from Japan's Tokushima Prefecture perform Awaodori dancing at the Shanghai World Expo on May 23, 2010. The performance was part of the ''Tokushima week'' events at the expo.

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Summer 'Awaodori' dancing fever grips Tokyo young people

TOKYO, Japan - Young women sporting traditional straw headgear dance in a traditional ''Awaodori'' parade in front of Bishamonten Zenkokuji Temple in Tokyo's Kagurazaka district on July 24. Frenetic ''Awaodori'' dancing galas in Tokyo are attracting increasing numbers of young participants.

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Japanese dancers perform in the streets of downtown Beijing

BEIJING, China - Wearing traditional Japanese costumes, dancers from Japan's Tokushima Prefecture perform the Awaodori folk dance on the streets of the Wangfujing shopping district in downtown Beijing on Sept. 15 as part of a performing art exchange program to mark the 35th anniversary of normalization of diplomatic ties between Japan and China. More than 300 Japanese performers traveled to Beijing to take part in the Japan-China festival.

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Japanese dancers perform in the streets of downtown Beijing

BEIJING, China - Wearing traditional Japanese costumes, dancers from Japan's Tokushima Prefecture perform the Awaodori folk dance on the streets of the Wangfujing shopping district in downtown Beijing on Sept. 15 as part of a performing art exchange program to mark the 35th anniversary of normalization of diplomatic ties between Japan and China. More than 300 Japanese performers traveled to Beijing to take part in the Japan-China festival.

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Japanese dancers perform in the streets of downtown Beijing

BEIJING, China - Wearing traditional Japanese costumes, dancers from Japan's Tokushima Prefecture perform the Awaodori folk dance on the streets of the Wangfujing shopping district in downtown Beijing on Sept. 15 as part of a performing art exchange program to mark the 35th anniversary of normalization of diplomatic ties between Japan and China. More than 300 Japanese performers traveled to Beijing to take part in the Japan-China festival. (Kyodo)

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Japanese dancers perform in the streets of downtown Beijing

BEIJING, China - Wearing traditional Japanese costumes, dancers from Japan's Tokushima Prefecture perform the Awaodori folk dance on the streets of the Wangfujing shopping district in downtown Beijing on Sept. 15 as part of a performing art exchange program to mark the 35th anniversary of normalization of diplomatic ties between Japan and China. More than 300 Japanese performers traveled to Beijing to take part in the Japan-China festival. (Kyodo)

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Awaodori dancing at Shanghai Expo

SHANGHAI, China - Dancers from Japan's Tokushima Prefecture perform Awaodori dancing at the Shanghai World Expo on May 23, 2010. The performance was part of the ''Tokushima week'' events at the expo. (Kyodo)

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Chartered flight between Changsha, Tokushima

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Local Awaodori dancers (front) welcome visitors from China as the first regular chartered flight from Changsha in Hunan Province arrives at Tokushima airport in western Japan on Jan. 23, 2012. (Kyodo)