Who we are

We are “Awa Odori” crew in Chicagoland area who are assembled to throw the largest Japanese dancing party in history of Chicago.

This year, we are going to be appearing at Japan Day on July 18 at Arlington Heights Race Track. There, everyone is welcome to join and “dance your soul out”.

As the lyrics of one of the famous Awa Odori song goes(*),

踊る阿呆に	Odoru ahou ni	The dancers are fools
見る阿呆	Miru ahou	The watchers are fools
同じ阿呆なら	Onaji ahou nara	Both are fools alike so
踊らな損、損	Odorana son, son	Why not dance?

We sure picked to be “dancing fools” and I hope you do, too.

We are going to have a plenty of classes and events through out the year to let you familiarize with Awa Odori.

Come and raise your arms.

You are gonna see why people of Japan kept on dancing “Awa Odori” for 400 years.

(*) Wikipedia

Awa Odori Chicago 阿波踊りシカゴ