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Kjeld Duits's avatar

Loved your descriptions of the differences between the bon odori of your youth and the current ones.

I guess that the last bon odori I attended was in the 1990s, although I may have interviewed some people at bon odori some ten years ago or so. So I was not really aware of the changes that you describe. Time to get the yukata out and check out some events nearby.

I love the atmosphere at bon odori. People are so obviously having fun.

Just realized that I don’t have many images of bon odori in my collection of vintage images of Japan. Time to rectify that!

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Katja Xander's avatar

Thank you for the wonderful post. Especially loved the Bon Odori with Bon Jovi! So joyful. The new mixed with tradition.

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