YOSAKOI Soran Festival is one of the most famous festivals in Sapporo. The Yosakoi Soran Festival is an energetic dancing event based on the Yosakoi Festival of Kochi Prefecture, featuring Naruko clappers and Hokkaido’s Soran Bushi folk melodies.
Launched in 1992 with 10 teams and 1,000 dancers, it has developed into a major event attracting 27,000 dancers from Japan and abroad and approximately 200 million visitors.
The dancing will give you a lot of energy and they will even give you tears sometimes because of the wonderful performance.
The festival is held at many places within the city. It sums up with 25 stages, and the main venue is Odori park where dances are performed both in a parade and on stage.
Some further stages are; JR Sapporo station, Sapporo Factory, City hall, Sapporo Garden Park, Sapporo Chocolate factory and more!
You can feel a different atmosphere at each stage!
In Odori 7 chome, there is a place called “WAODORI Square” where you are welcome to join and dance YOSAKOI Soran with Naruko clappers!
↑Naruko clapper
Also, there is a competition at this event and each team invests their own uniqueness to compete. Start with first evaluation to the second, and then whichever team gets a high score will go up to the semi-final and lastly to the final. The juries evaluate each team based on the impression they make on their audience during the performance. You can also be a panel and tell them how you liked the performance online! Cheer for your favorite team!!
And I know delicious food makes festivals more exciting, and don’t worry they have an outdoor food-court called “North Food Park!” You can taste a variety of food from all over Japan.
Come to Sapporo and enjoy the dynamic atmosphere!
Written by Rina
(Photos by Christoph Pffaf)
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