The Tokyo Traveler

The Tokyo Koenji Awaodori Dance Festival is held annually on the last Saturday and Sunday of August and is one of the three largest festivals held in Tokyo each summer.  This year marks the 52nd year of the festival and events are scheduled for on Saturday, August 23rd and Sunday, August 24th from 6-9PM. So what is the Awaodori?  The Awaodori is a dance that originated on Shikoku Island in southern Japan’s Tokushima prefecture over 400 hundred years ago.  Some say that it started as a dance of celebration performed upon the completion of the the Tokushima Castle in 1587 …read more

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Last week I posted about Willow Trees and Ghosts and The Japan Time talks more about this eerie subject in their article “It’s ghost season in Japan — who you gonna call?“ 
The Mainichi Daily News has put together a photo special covering Tokyo’s Top Tourist Spots.
Matador Nights included 101 Tokyo Contemporary Art Fair on their list of the 10 Hottest Up and Coming Art Fairs Worldwide at the number two spot.
Economic worries in Japan have sparked new interest in a Marxist novel, “Kanikosen”, or “A Crab-Canning Boat”, written in 1929.  The book has been on the best seller …read more

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