The 43rd Yosakoi Festival in 1996

"Kawaruni-Kaaran"
Copyright © 1996, Tadashi Mori. All Rights Reserved.

This WWW page provides information about Kochi Yosakoi Festival

1997 Yosakoi Project

Preparations for the 1997 Yosakoi Project are now underway. Fujimic Inc., Fujitsu BSC and Kochi Systems Co.,Ltd. organized 1997 Yosakoi Project Committee and are promoting Internet Live Broadcast with the cooperation of NTT Kochi, NTT DoCoMo, RKC Kochi Broadcating Co.,Ltd. Information is being provided via WWW pages etc.to present this festival even better than last year. I hope you'll continue to support us and participate in 1997 Yosakoi Project.

Festival Schedule

Saturday, Aug. 9	6:30pm - 10:00pm	Festival-eve show at Central Park Stage
Sunday, Aug.10	[ Otesuji ] Afternoon 3:00pm -6:00pm Evening 6:30pm - 9:30pm	Main Festival
Monday, Aug.11	[ Otesuji ] Afternoon 3:00pm -6:00pm Evening 6:30pm - 9:30pm	Main Festival
Tueseday, Aug.12	6:00pm - 9:50pm	Post Festival Show at Central Park Stage

1997 Yosako Festival was successfully over.

1997 Yosakoi Project Presents...

Live image of Kochi Castle / NTT Kochi

Kochi City viewed from Kochi Castle - QuickTimeVR

1996/YOSAKOI Porject

Yosakoi Gate Every year from August 9 to 12, Yosakoi Matsuri Festival is held in the city of Kochi, Japan. At the festival, people dance with Naruko(Clappers) in their hands, from street to street, passionately, like the Carnival in Brazil. I recommend you to come here and join us!

Also, I helped organize 1996/YOSAKOI Project last year. The project team broadcast live coverage of the festival to the world and held a TV conferencing session between Kochi and Sapporo, Hokkaido via Phoenix from NTT. For more information about this project, please refer to 1996/YOSAKOI Project Page
Snapshot photos of the staff can be seen at this page.

This project was supported by RKC Kochi Broadcating Co.,Ltd., Yosakoi Festival Promoting Conference (Chamber of Commerce in Kochi), Yosakoi Soran Festival Promoting the Spread Conference, NTT Shikoku, NTT Kochi, NTT Kagawa, NTT Hokkaido, NTT Sapporo, Kochi Prefecture, Kochi City, Volunteers Miss A.T. and Mr. S.H. I deeply appreciate their great help with this project.
Also, I thank Mr.G, Mr.S, Miss A, Mr.T from Fujimic Inc.. Further more, I thank Mr.M, Mr.Ni, Mr.No and other staff from Kochi Systems Co.,Ltd. and Volunteer Mr.K.

The 43rd Yosakoi Festival in 1996

I went to Kochi to take photographs of the 43rd Yosakoi Festival again last year. 122 groups / about 13,000 participants took part in the festival.
Since I helped organize the 1996/YOSAKOI Project last year, I had limited time to take photos. But I managed to take some photos including the festival-eve show. I've loaded up some of them. Please enjoy!

Yosakoi Festival '96

Scenes from the 43rd Yosakoi Festival in 1996

Daijiro Hashimoto, The Governor of Kochi Prefecture / Kochi Prefectural Office Team: Number of Participants:100; Governer Hashimoto participated in the festival. He has lived for long time in Kochi now and has become quite a good dancer.
Tetsuto Matsuo, The Mayor of Kochi City / Kochi City Office Dancing Team: Number of Participants:80; Mayer Matsuo leads Kochi City Office Dancing Team.
Kawaruni-Kaaran: Number of Participants:150; "Kawaruni-Kaaran" means "It seems to change" or "It must change" in Tosa-ben (Kochi Dialect).
Shikoku Developement Group: Number of Participants:120; Music: wav file 651.4k
Asahi Foods: Number of Participants:100; This team won the Chairman's award in Otesuji St. which was the central dancing space.; Music: wav file 654.1k
Musical "EKIN": Number of Participants:60
Daio Group: Number of Participants:100
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GAIA: Number of Participants:50; Overall Japanese style was in popular at the festival last year, however this team's style was a noteable exception.
Sunny Group: Number of Participants:100; These girls were so spirited that they danced for three whole days!; Music: wav file 651.4k
Tosa Women's Junior Collage: Number of Participants:135; So many cute girls were dancing in this team.

About general information

: Tourist Section, Kochi City Office; 5-1-45 Honmachi, Kochi, Kochi Prefecture 780 JAPAN; TEL:+81-888-23-9457; FAX:+81-888-23-9492; Yosakoi Festival Promoting Conference / Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Kochi; 1-6-24 Honmachi, Kochi, Kochi Prefecture 780 JAPAN; TEL:+81-888-75-1177; FAX:+81-888-73-0572