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Yosakoi (よさこい) is a unique style of dance and a modern rendition of a tradition summer dance, AWA ODORI. The style of dance is highly energetic, combining traditional Japanese dance movements with modern music. In the dialect of Tosa province (modern-day Kōchi Prefecture), "YOSAKOI" means "Come at night."
The costumes used by yosakoi teams vary widely. Happi coats and yukata. However, some groups choose costumes that are based on historical attire, popular fashions, or ethnic fashions.
One of the defining aspects of yosakoi dance is the use of NARUKO: small wooden clappers that are held in the hands of each dancer. Naruko were originally used to scare birds away from rice fields.
Super Yosakoi 2011 (Aug. 27 to Aug. 28, 2011)
Access: Harajuku Sta
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HARAJUKU SUPER YOSAKOI
AUGUST 29 (SAT) - 30 (SUN), 2009
Yosakoi (よさこい) is a unique style of dance that originated in Japan. Yosakoi started in the city of Kōchi in 1954, as a modern rendition of Awa Odori, a traditional summer dance.
The official yosakoi dance is based on a song called "Yosakoi Naruko Dancing", written by Takemasa Eisaku. This song was created by combining elements of three songs: "Yosakoi-bushi" ("yosakoi melody"), "Yocchore" (a children's song), and "Jinma-mo" (a folk song of Kōchi Prefecture).
no rules, no limitations, no boundaries it's like an art™
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Yosakoi (よさこい) is a unique style of dance and a modern rendition of a tradition summer dance, AWA ODORI. The style of dance is highly energetic, combining traditional Japanese dance movements with modern music. In the dialect of Tosa province (modern-day Kōchi Prefecture), "YOSAKOI" means "Come at night."
The costumes used by yosakoi teams vary widely. Happi coats and yukata. However, some groups choose costumes that are based on historical attire, popular fashions, or ethnic fashions.
One of the defining aspects of yosakoi dance is the use of NARUKO: small wooden clappers that are held in the hands of each dancer. Naruko were originally used to scare birds away from rice fields.
Super Yosakoi 2011 (Aug. 27 to Aug. 28, 2011)
Access: Harajuku Sta
no rules, no limitations, no boundaries it's like an art
© All Rights Reserved by ajpscs
HARAJUKU SUPER YOSAKOI
AUGUST 29 (SAT) - 30 (SUN), 2009
Yosakoi (よさこい) is a unique style of dance that originated in Japan. Yosakoi started in the city of Kōchi in 1954, as a modern rendition of Awa Odori, a traditional summer dance.
The costumes used by yosakoi teams vary widely. Happi coats and yukata are the most predominant costumes and can be seen in a wide variety of colors. However, some groups choose costumes that are based on historical attire, popular fashions, or ethnic fashions.
Shishi-odoshi (鹿威し lit. "scaredeer" or "scareboar"), in a wide sense, refers to Japanese devices made to frighten away animals which pose a threat to agriculture, such as the kakashi (scarecrow), naruko (clappers) and sōzu. In a narrower sense, it is synonymous with sōzu.
Sōzu is a type of water fountain used in Japanese gardens. It consists of a segmented tube, usually of bamboo, pivoted to one side of its balance point. At rest, its heavier end is down and resting against a rock. A trickle of water into the upper end of the tube accumulates and eventually moves the tube's centre of gravity past the pivot, causing the tube to rotate and dump out the water. The heavier end then falls back against the rock, making a sharp sound, and the cycle repeats. This noise is intended to startle any herbivores such as deer or boars which may be grazing on the plants in the garden.
Shishi-odoshi (鹿威し lit. "scaredeer" or "scareboar"), in a wide sense, refers to Japanese devices made to frighten away animals which pose a threat to agriculture, such as the kakashi (scarecrow), naruko (clappers) and sōzu. In a narrower sense, it is synonymous with sōzu.
Sōzu is a type of water fountain used in Japanese gardens. It consists of a segmented tube, usually of bamboo, pivoted to one side of its balance point. At rest, its heavier end is down and resting against a rock. A trickle of water into the upper end of the tube accumulates and eventually moves the tube's centre of gravity past the pivot, causing the tube to rotate and dump out the water. The heavier end then falls back against the rock, making a sharp sound, and the cycle repeats. This noise is intended to startle any herbivores such as deer or boars which may be grazing on the plants in the garden.
Performing Yocchore (よっちょれ) at the JCCC's annual Spring Festival.
(Photo by Slav Kovalsky: www.panoramio.com/user/2553989)
Senior maiko (apprentice geisha) Fukiko (centre) with Naruko (left) and Hisayuu (right) standing on a summer balcony in Kyoto.
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Yosakoi (よさこい) is a unique style of dance and a modern rendition of a tradition summer dance, AWA ODORI. The style of dance is highly energetic, combining traditional Japanese dance movements with modern music. In the dialect of Tosa province (modern-day Kōchi Prefecture), "YOSAKOI" means "Come at night."
The costumes used by yosakoi teams vary widely. Happi coats and yukata. However, some groups choose costumes that are based on historical attire, popular fashions, or ethnic fashions.
One of the defining aspects of yosakoi dance is the use of NARUKO: small wooden clappers that are held in the hands of each dancer. Naruko were originally used to scare birds away from rice fields.
Super Yosakoi 2011 (Aug. 27 to Aug. 28, 2011)
Access: Harajuku Sta
This postcard of Maiko Fukusuke (on the right) smiling makes me pretty sure that she is the maiko (apprentice geisha) pictured wearing the fabulous sacred deer darari obi (dangling sash) at around this time.
HARAJUKU-OMOTESANDO SUPER YOSAKOI
原宿表参道元氣祭 スーパーよさこい
AUGUST 24-25 2013 (SAT & SUN)
Yosakoi (よさこい) is a unique style of dance that originated in Japan. Yosakoi started in the city of Kochi in 1954, as a modern rendition of Awa Odori, a traditional summer dance. As of 2005, yosakoi-style dancing has spread throughout much of Japan.
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Naruko Gorge
The 1,000-year-old Naruko hot spring area boasts some 400 springs. The compact town center of Naruko Onsen welcomes visitors with a mix of craft shops, restaurants, and art galleries. The surrounding mountains offer many pleasant hiking trails, particularly colorful in autumn.
鳴子峽是因大谷川侵蝕形成的大峽谷，獲指定為宮城縣名勝，位於栗駒國家公園內。懸崖延綿約100公尺，眾多豊奇岩與岩石長出的樹木形成雄偉景觀。這裡同時也是東北數一數二的賞楓景點，楓紅妝點下的峽谷景色令人屏息！從樹葉間露出的白色岩石更襯托出樹葉的鮮艷色澤。
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Yosakoi (よさこい) is a unique style of dance and a modern rendition of a tradition summer dance, AWA ODORI. The style of dance is highly energetic, combining traditional Japanese dance movements with modern music. In the dialect of Tosa province (modern-day Kōchi Prefecture), "YOSAKOI" means "Come at night."
The costumes used by yosakoi teams vary widely. Happi coats and yukata. However, some groups choose costumes that are based on historical attire, popular fashions, or ethnic fashions.
One of the defining aspects of yosakoi dance is the use of NARUKO: small wooden clappers that are held in the hands of each dancer. Naruko were originally used to scare birds away from rice fields.
Super Yosakoi 2011 (Aug. 27 to Aug. 28, 2011)
Access: Harajuku Sta
Six lovely maiko girls (apprentice geisha) with their hikizuri (trailing kimonos) tucked under their obi-jime (thin braid worn around the sash) so that they can walk through the grass, showing their lovely naga-juban (lingerie kimonos).
I have three other postcards from this same series dated 1937. However, this particular postcard pushes the date further back as it is from the photograph album of a British sailor from the autumn 1934 voyage of the HMS Kent.
HARAJUKU-OMOTESANDO SUPER YOSAKOI
原宿表参道元氣祭 スーパーよさこい
AUGUST 24-25 2013 (SAT & SUN)
Yosakoi (よさこい) is a unique style of dance that originated in Japan. Yosakoi started in the city of Kochi in 1954, as a modern rendition of Awa Odori, a traditional summer dance. As of 2005, yosakoi-style dancing has spread throughout much of Japan.
no rules, no limitations, no boundaries it's like an art™
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