The 61st Koenji Awa Odori Festival takes place over two days on the last weekend of August. While a surprisingly high number of events at this time of year take place during the scorching daytime heat, this festival is a bit more sensible with festivities kicking off during the cool of evening. Everything starts just as the sun is setting at 5pm and the procession finishes promptly at 8pm – on both days. Organisers tout 10,000 dancers and musicians and an expected 1 million people turning up to watch.
The procession of dancers takes place along the wide road that runs to the south of JR Koenji Station, with two distinct performance zones – one next to the JR station and another located closer to Shin-Koenji Station on the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line.
| Dates: |
24th Aug–25th Aug, 2019 |
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| Start/End Time: | 5:00pm – 8:00pm |
| Entry: | Free |
| Web: | http://koenji-awaodori.com...
Link in Japanese |
| Area: | Koenji |
One of my greatest memory from Japan!!
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