Okinawa Dancers – Ikebukuro Festival
Last months huge Fukuro Matsuri in Tokyo’s northern Ikebukuro district had the same fantastic Okinawan dancers as the last time I visited the festival in 2010. Okinawan dancing is slow, rhythmic and very colorful. For all the times I have visited Okinawa I have yet to see a real Okinawan dancers in their native land! There is something very “nostalgic” about the sound of this kind of music and it makes even a total foreigner like feel “homesick” for Okinawa. I wonder if other people also feel this?
Very colorful and graceful!
Once again, it’s too bad not to have sound with your pics
Thank you! (^-^) Yes, I must get a camera with proper video on it…. (^-^;)
You have made me very curious about Okinawan dancing! I would love to see it one day. Absolutely fabulous costumes!
The costumes are gorgeous! I still have so many photos of different okinawan dancing teams from this summer’s festivals… too many festivals though and the poor old blog will be overwhelmed! (^-^;)