Hatsudai Awaodori Festival 2015
This year’s two day Awaodori festival in Shibuya Ward’s Hatsudai was just as great as usual. Lots of great dancers and a splendid effort from all the organizers and volunteers who helped pull it all off. Here are just a few of the snapshots I took during the first day of the festival. I will have time to properly go through the image some day in the far future when I am retired!
In these photos you will find the Hatsudairen (初台連), the Hachamecharen (波奴連), the Otoriren (鳳連), the Gorakuren (伍楽連) and the Susonoren (すそ野連).
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Nice photos, as always! I made it there on Wednesday, for what may well be my last awa fix if the year. What I like about the Hatsudai awaodori is that despite its compact size/route, it always seems to have a relaxed atmosphere – maybe everyone has that end-of-season feeling!
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Thank you! There are still a few events for the year, but this was the last of the main season. I think you are right that this festival feels very relaxed, possibly because it is a very very local festival, about half of the teams performing each day are local teams, and I guess most of their families and friends show up to enjoy it. Despite being so close to Shinjuku a lot of Hatsudai is old residential streets, so quite a few people live and work here.
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i like that last shot. looks fun.
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