UGO, Akita -- The Nishimonai Bon Odori dance, a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, was recently performed in this northern Japan town, mesmerizing spectators from Japan and abroad. The ritual is ...

For more than 700 years, the residents of Nishimonai in Akita Prefecture have welcomed their ancestral spirits home for the annual Obon festival through a Bon Odori. These dances are held across ...

Mesmerized into joining the ring, Yanagita experienced the sheer euphoria of losing himself in the dance. That night inspired Yanagita to become a professional Bon odori researcher. Clad in the de ...

KYOTO--A geisha community here will put on its annual “Gion Odori” dance performance in November for the first time in three years. The Gion Higashi Kabukai association, based in one of Kyoto ...

The Gujo Odori, one of Japan's largest Bon dances, is a spectacle with the ... The main event is the all-night dance for four days starting on August 13. French actor Robin Barde explores the ...

One of the students resides in Byron Bay, NSW. Mr Cowland-Cooper said that there might be some people who dance Awa Odori at the annual Bon-Odori dance festival in Byron Bay this weekend.