Largest number of Bon Odori participants at Osaka expo

OSAKA, Japan, July 27 Kyodo - A total of 3,946 people of 62 nationalities perform a Bon Odori dance at the World Exposition in Osaka on July 26, 2025, recognized by Guinness World Records as the most people of different nationalities to participate in the Japanese midsummer folk dance. (Kyodo)

Largest number of Bon Odori participants at Osaka expo

Largest number of Bon Odori participants at Osaka expo

A total of 3,946 people of 62 nationalities perform a Bon Odori dance at the World Exposition in Osaka on July 26, 2025, recognized by Guinness World Records as the most people of different nationalities to participate in the Japanese midsummer folk dance.

Largest number of Bon Odori participants at Osaka expo

Largest number of Bon Odori participants at Osaka expo

A total of 3,946 people of 62 nationalities perform a Bon Odori dance at the World Exposition in Osaka on July 26, 2025, recognized by Guinness World Records as the most people of different nationalities to participate in the Japanese midsummer folk dance.

Largest number of Bon Odori participants at Osaka expo

Largest number of Bon Odori participants at Osaka expo

A total of 3,946 people of 62 nationalities perform a Bon Odori dance at the World Exposition in Osaka on July 26, 2025, recognized by Guinness World Records as the most people of different nationalities to participate in the Japanese midsummer folk dance.

Largest number of Bon Odori participants at Osaka expo

Largest number of Bon Odori participants at Osaka expo

A total of 3,946 people of 62 nationalities perform a Bon Odori dance at the World Exposition in Osaka on July 26, 2025, recognized by Guinness World Records as the most people of different nationalities to participate in the Japanese midsummer folk dance.

Largest number of Bon Odori participants at Osaka expo

Largest number of Bon Odori participants at Osaka expo

A total of 3,946 people of 62 nationalities perform a Bon Odori dance at the World Exposition in Osaka on July 26, 2025, recognized by Guinness World Records as the most people of different nationalities to participate in the Japanese midsummer folk dance.

Largest number of Bon Odori participants at Osaka expo

Largest number of Bon Odori participants at Osaka expo

A total of 3,946 people of 62 nationalities perform a Bon Odori dance at the World Exposition in Osaka on July 26, 2025, recognized by Guinness World Records as the most people of different nationalities to participate in the Japanese midsummer folk dance.

Largest number of Bon Odori participants at Osaka expo

Largest number of Bon Odori participants at Osaka expo

A total of 3,946 people of 62 nationalities perform a Bon Odori dance at the World Exposition in Osaka on July 26, 2025, recognized by Guinness World Records as the most people of different nationalities to participate in the Japanese midsummer folk dance.

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[Breaking News]Bon Odori dance in Akita Pref.

UGO, Japan, Aug. 16 Kyodo - Dancers covering their faces with straw hats and black cloth masks perform during the UNESCO intangible cultural heritage listed Nishimonai Bon Odori in Ugo, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 16, 2023. (Kyodo)

Folk dance festival in Gifu

Folk dance festival in Gifu

Bon Odori folk dance festival begins in Gujo, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on July 13, 2024. The summer tradition, listed as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, will run through Sept. 7, including four days of all-night street dancing from Aug. 13.

Folk dance festival in Gifu

Folk dance festival in Gifu

Bon Odori folk dance festival begins in Gujo, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on July 13, 2024. The summer tradition, listed as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, will run through Sept. 7, including four days of all-night street dancing from Aug. 13.

Bon Odori dance in Akita Pref.

Bon Odori dance in Akita Pref.

Dancers covering their faces with straw hats and black cloth masks perform during the UNESCO intangible cultural heritage listed Nishimonai Bon Odori in Ugo, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 16, 2023.

Bon Odori dance in Akita Pref.

Bon Odori dance in Akita Pref.

Dancers covering their faces with straw hats and black cloth masks perform around a bonfire during the UNESCO intangible cultural heritage listed Nishimonai Bon Odori in Ugo, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 16, 2023.

Bon Odori dance in Akita Pref.

Bon Odori dance in Akita Pref.

Dancers covering their faces with straw hats and black cloth masks perform during the UNESCO intangible cultural heritage listed Nishimonai Bon Odori in Ugo, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 16, 2023.

Bon Odori at Abeno Harukasu

Bon Odori at Abeno Harukasu

OSAKA, Japan - Bon Odori, a traditional summer folk dance festival in Japan, is held at the observatory on the 58th floor of Japan's tallest building Abeno Harukas in Osaka, western Japan, on July 17, 2014.

Bon Odori at Abeno Harukasu

Bon Odori at Abeno Harukasu

OSAKA, Japan - Bon Odori, a traditional summer folk dance festival in Japan, is held at the observatory on the 58th floor of Japan's tallest building Abeno Harukas in Osaka, western Japan, on July 17, 2014.

Scantily dressed samba dancers dancing in Kobe Festival

Scantily dressed samba dancers dancing in Kobe Festival

KOBE, Japan - A team of scantily dressed samba dancers are performing Awa Odori, a variation of Buddhist bon dance, known as ''Fool's Dance,'' in the western Japan city of Kobe, on July 20, during the annual Kobe Festival. The summer festival reaches a peak as the samba dancers are dancing along the main street.

Awa-Odori summer festival begins

Awa-Odori summer festival begins

Traditional Awa-Odori summer festival begins in Tokushima Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 12. During the 4-day festival, groups of men and women perform a variation of the traditional Bon dance throughout the streets in the city of Tokushima, encouraging onlookers and tourists to join.

Bon dance festival in northeastern Japan

Bon dance festival in northeastern Japan

Dancers perform during Nishimonai Bon Odori dance festival in Ugo in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 18, 2022.

Bon dance festival in northeastern Japan

Bon dance festival in northeastern Japan

A dancer performs during Nishimonai Bon Odori dance festival in Ugo in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 18, 2022.

Bon dance festival in northeastern Japan

Bon dance festival in northeastern Japan

Dancers perform during Nishimonai Bon Odori dance festival in Ugo in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 18, 2022.

"Bon" dance festival near Statue of Liberty

"Bon" dance festival near Statue of Liberty

People perform Awa Odori, a Japanese Buddhist custom "Bon" midsummer dance in Japan's Tokushima Prefecture, during a two-day festival on Governors Island in New York near the Statue of Liberty on Aug. 30, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

"Bon" dance festival near Statue of Liberty

"Bon" dance festival near Statue of Liberty

People perform Nishimonai Bon Odori, a Japanese Buddhist custom "Bon" midsummer dance in Japan's Akita Prefecture, during a two-day festival on Governors Island in New York near the Statue of Liberty on Aug. 30, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

"Bon" dance festival near Statue of Liberty

"Bon" dance festival near Statue of Liberty

People perform Nishimonai Bon Odori, a Japanese Buddhist custom "Bon" midsummer dance in Japan's Akita Prefecture, during a two-day festival on Governors Island in New York near the Statue of Liberty on Aug. 30, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

"Bon" dance festival near Statue of Liberty

"Bon" dance festival near Statue of Liberty

People perform Gujo Odori, a Japanese Buddhist custom "Bon" midsummer dance in Japan's Gifu Prefecture, during a two-day festival on Governors Island in New York near the Statue of Liberty on Aug. 30, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Disco Bon dance at Tokyo shrine

Disco Bon dance at Tokyo shrine

Women across generations and nationalities dance to disco music and Japanese anime songs during a "Bon" midsummer dance festival at Kanda Myojin Shrine in Tokyo on July 20, 2019. The event, called BON DISCO, combines Japan's traditional Bon Odori dance, performed as a Japanese Buddhist custom during the Bon holiday season, with western-born disco. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Disco Bon dance at Tokyo shrine

Disco Bon dance at Tokyo shrine

People across generations and nationalities dance to disco music and Japanese anime songs during a "Bon" midsummer dance festival at Kanda Myojin Shrine in Tokyo on July 20, 2019. The event, called BON DISCO, combines Japan's traditional Bon Odori dance, performed as a Japanese Buddhist custom during the Bon holiday season, with western-born disco. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Scantily dressed samba dancers dancing in Kobe Festival

Scantily dressed samba dancers dancing in Kobe Festival

KOBE, Japan - A team of scantily dressed samba dancers are performing Awa Odori, a variation of Buddhist bon dance, known as ''Fool's Dance,'' in the western Japan city of Kobe, on July 20, during the annual Kobe Festival. The summer festival reaches a peak as the samba dancers are dancing along the main street.

Scantily dressed samba dancers dancing in Kobe Festival

Scantily dressed samba dancers dancing in Kobe Festival

KOBE, Japan - A team of scantily dressed samba dancers are performing Awa Odori, a variation of Buddhist bon dance, known as ''Fool's Dance,'' in the western Japan city of Kobe, on July 20, during the annual Kobe Festival. The summer festival reaches a peak as the samba dancers are dancing along the main street.

Awa-Odori summer festival begins

Awa-Odori summer festival begins

Traditional Awa-Odori summer festival begins in Tokushima Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 12. During the 4-day festival, groups of men and women perform a variation of the traditional Bon dance throughout the streets in the city of Tokushima, encouraging onlookers and tourists to join. ==Kyodo