"Owara Kaze-no-Bon" Traditional Dance Festival
The elegance and charm of Yatsuo, famous across Japan for the "Owara Kaze-no-Bon" traditional dance festival, can really be felt here among these stores and houses, which retain the appearance of an Edo Period townscape. Selected as one of the 100 best roads in Japan, the cobblestone streets make for a perfect location to take a relaxing stroll into the past.
Etchu-Yatsuo is a sloping town that lies in the foothills that separate the Hida Mountains from the Toyama Plain. It has always been a critical and bustling transportation hub where various goods are collected and distributed. It even accounted for a full quarter of the national volume of silkworm egg distribution in Japan at one time. The wealth of the Yatsuo merchants carries on today in the form of dazzlingly gorgeous festival floats. The profoundly beautiful Owara Kaze no Bon autumn festival is alive with the lofty culture of prominent local traders who created it. The Etchu Owara dance is an unbroken tradition lasting more than three hundred years. Learn all about Yatsuo’s famous Owara Kaze-no-Bon, including the history, songs, dances, costumes and instruments, in a museum that recreates a traditional Yatsuo townhouse. You can even enjoy a film of an Owara dance performance on a big screen in the screening room. A must-see attraction for anyone visiting Yatsuo!
Many tourists visit Etchu Yatsuo town in the Owara Kaze-no-Bon Festival. Dancing men and women stroll through the slopes of the town dancing to a mournful melody and creating an otherworldly experience. Then,if you go back to your usual everyday life, you will find a quiet townscape with the sound of water from stone pavemented road gutter. You can get a glimpse of the original scenery of Japan.
Etchu-Yatsuo is a sloping town that lies in the foothills that separate the Hida Mountains from the Toyama Plain. It has always been a critical and bustling transportation hub where various goods are collected and distributed. It even accounted for a full quarter of the national volume of silkworm egg distribution in Japan at one time. The wealth of the Yatsuo merchants carries on today in the form of dazzlingly gorgeous festival floats. The profoundly beautiful Owara Kaze no Bon autumn festival is alive with the lofty culture of prominent local traders who created it. The Etchu Owara dance is an unbroken tradition lasting more than three hundred years. Learn all about Yatsuo’s famous Owara Kaze-no-Bon, including the history, songs, dances, costumes and instruments, in a museum that recreates a traditional Yatsuo townhouse. You can even enjoy a film of an Owara dance performance on a big screen in the screening room. A must-see attraction for anyone visiting Yatsuo!
Many tourists visit Etchu Yatsuo town in the Owara Kaze-no-Bon Festival. Dancing men and women stroll through the slopes of the town dancing to a mournful melody and creating an otherworldly experience. Then,if you go back to your usual everyday life, you will find a quiet townscape with the sound of water from stone pavemented road gutter. You can get a glimpse of the original scenery of Japan.
