Awa Odori dancersPhoto: Ann Lee / CC BY-SA 2.0
Awa Odori is danced in Tokushima city every year from 12 to 15 August.
- Getting there
- Taxi from Akaishi, 16.5 km, about 25 min and ¥5,650 each way, our estimate; about 15 min on foot from JR Tokushima Station
Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · Takumi Yamada
Tokushima’s summer dance, any day of the year. The house troupe Awa no Kaze performs at 11:00, 14:00, 15:00 and 16:00, 40 minutes, adult ¥1,300, and ends with a corner where the audience dances too. The 20:00 show by a famous dance group (50 minutes, ¥1,600) ends at 20:50; with the taxi back it fits only a sailing at about 23:00 or later (our arithmetic), as in Awa Odori week. The building closes on the 2nd Wednesday of February, June, September and December.
- The building closes on the 2nd Wednesday of February, June, September and December. Check the day before you plan around it.
- 2 hr 30 min door to door needs a 4.5-hour call: a 2–3 hour stop cannot hold it. Pick something closer instead.
Awa Odori show at the Awa Odori Kaikan and your ship
Both pins on one map, so the distance is a fact rather than a feeling.
Where the 2 hr 30 min goes
The hour before all-aboard is not in this bar; it is already set aside. The minutes are our estimates from timetables and maps, not timed on the ground.
If your ship is late, cut the 1 hr 50 min in the middle. Never cut the hour at the end.
Routes that already include it
Finished days timed from official timetables and our estimates, with this stop in them.
The Awa Odori show and the Bizan RopewayNeeds a 5-hour call · ~3h door to doorAny call: one building, open every day except the 2nd Wednesday of Feb, Jun, Sep and Dec. Time your exit so you reach the Kaikan before an 11:00, 14:00, 15:00 or 16:00 show
Tokushima city: Bizan, the Awa Odori show, ramen and the castle gardenNeeds an 8-hour call · ~6h door to doorCalls of 8 hours or more on any day but Monday, when the Castle Museum is closed. Times assume 08:30 off the ship
The Otsuka Museum, then the Awa Odori showA wet day · ~7h door to doorA wet day on any call of 9 hours or more except Mondays. Everything is indoors except the taxi stopsWhat to put beside it
Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare.
Do · ~3hNaruto whirlpools by boat
The tide pours through the Naruto Strait at up to 20 km/h and throws up whirlpools 20–30 m across at spring tides.
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See · ~4.5hOtsuka Museum of Art
Western masterpieces from 26 countries, reproduced at full size on ceramic boards, with a walk-in copy of the Sistine Chapel.
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