Awa Odori Kaikan

The facility where visitors can enjoy “Awa Odori,” one of the best-known dance festivals in Japan with a history of 400 years, throughout the year. You can view the Awa Odori performance and also dance together.
At the Awa Odori Museum in the same building, you can enjoy and learn the history of Awa Odori.

Street address: 2-20 Shinomachibashi Tokushima-shi, Tokushima Prefecture

Access

Get off at Bus stop Tokushima Station, 10 minutes by foot

Opening Hours: ・Awa Odori
Daytime performance: three times a day on weekdays, four times on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays
・Awa Odori
Night performance: 20:00-20:50

Closed: Second Wednesday of June, October and February, December 28 through January 1

Fee: (Awa Odori Museum)
Adults 300 yen,
free for junior high school students and under
(Awa odori performances)
Daytime performances:
Adults 600 yen,
elementary and junior high school students 300 yen
(performance duration: 40 minutes)
Nighttime performances:
Adults 800 yen,
elementary and junior high school students 400 yen
(performance duration: 50 minutes)

Website: https://discovertokushima.net/en/culture/museums_history/awaodorimuseum/

Best season: All year

Point: At the “Arudeyo Tokushima,” the prefectural products and exchange plaza on the first floor of the Awa Odori Kaikan, you can buy a variety of local products. On the fifth floor is Sanroku Station of the Bizan Ropeway, which allows you to enjoy the commanding view of the city center from the Bizan mountain.