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Sep 08 2010 10 Comments

Koenji Awa Odori dancers

The famous Koenji Awa Odori festival is, bar the customary drinking and eating, about three things: dancing, dancing and, erm, dancing. However, the only trouble is, with well over a million visitors over the space of two evenings, seeing said dancing is often easier said than done. And taking photos of it is even trickier. Especially so if too much time is spent dabbling in the aforementioned drinking and eating.

So, whilst I did manage to bag at least a few shots of the main attraction, covering the young.

koenji Awa Odori

Not so young.

koenji Awa Odori

And the two of them in tandem.

koenji Awa Odori

Most of my captures were of those providing the accompaniment.

koenji Awa Odori

Which included all kinds of instruments.

koenji Awa Odori

koenji Awa Odori

And again, all kinds of ages.

koenji Awa Odori

But one thing is for sure: trying to get pictures with so many people there was tiring, but obviously nowhere near as tiring as actually taking part.

koenji Awa Odori

Categorized: Culture, Music, Photography

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  1. keiran8 says

    9/8/2010 at 8:40 pm

    Great festival shots. Big fan of the old guy playing the flute(?),

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    • Lee says

      9/9/2010 at 7:49 am

      Thank you!

      Reply
  2. Alicia says

    9/8/2010 at 11:23 pm

    Very cool. 🙂 Keep them coming!

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    • Lee says

      9/9/2010 at 7:50 am

      Thanks Alicia, I’ll certainly try to!

      Reply
  3. ameiji says

    9/9/2010 at 2:50 am

    Cute youngsters and charismatic elders. 🙂 What never fails to amaze me is the colorful and delicate design of traditional festive garments. Thanks for your struggle with those potables and edibles which provided us this curious review. 😉

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    • Lee says

      9/9/2010 at 7:52 am

      You are welcome!

      Yeah, I know what you mean, they really does make for quite a spectacle don’t they?

      Reply
  4. Abraham Lincoln says

    9/9/2010 at 3:48 am

    You really do nice photography.

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    • Lee says

      9/9/2010 at 7:52 am

      Thanks Abraham! Very kind of you to say so.

      Reply
  5. Lizzy says

    9/9/2010 at 9:42 am

    I think my favorite is the older woman in the second picture. She really appears to be enjoying herself!

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    • ameiji says

      9/10/2010 at 3:09 am

      Btw, does anybody know why is she dressed like a ‘traditional’ thief?

      Reply

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