My beloved hometown is Tokushima prefecture. When you arrive there, you will
soon feel slow-paced rural life and rich nature. We only have train instead of tube,
and you might be surprised because it is made up of 3 cars at most and it runs twice
every one hour on average. I guess you feel that Tokushima is so rural area when
you see a staff at station check all passenger’s tickets because we have no
automatic ticket gates. Nature, for example, whirling tides, old suspension bridge in
the mountains and the beach where sea turtle comes, makes you feel relaxed and
even the central city of Tokushima is not noisy and brings you peaceful mind.
However, once a year in summer, a traditional event completely changes the
atmosphere of Tokushima: Festival of Awa dance. Awa dance is originated in 17
centuries and is known as one of the most famous traditional dance. There are over
1000 Awa dance groups and they have their own unique styles. Dancers and players
of the instruments who wear colorful traditional costumes attract everybody, and then
all people including tourists and citizen join and start dancing with this catch phrase ‟
The dancers are fools, and the watchers are fools. Both are fools alike, so why not
dance?
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