Product Description
Two deep and groovy Japanese street festival tunes recorded by Makoto Kubota in the 2010s released on 12 inch vinyl. In 2010, the first Zomeki album was released of Koenji Awa Odori in Tokyo. Awa Odori, or the Awa Dance Festival takes place in Tokushima, Shikoku every Obon, during August. It is considered the largest dance festival in Japan with about 1.3 million attending. Koenji is an area of Tokyo, popular with students, that has developed its own Awa Odori. It was started in 1956 by immigrants from Tokushima and has become the second largest dance festival in Japan with 12,000 dancers, 188 groups and over 1 million visitors. Kubota become entranced with this Koenji Awa Odori, particularly the groove, the zomeki. Taiko drums, kane bell and shinobue flute. It's a sound that has been heard in Japan for centuries but has become urbanized over time.
Side A is of Kokesaku, who influenced a new generation of Awa Odori dancers, while Side B is a rare recording of Shinmachibashi Yoiyoihayashi and Ren Mayuzaki
Side A
1. Kokesaku (Koenji)
Side B
2. Shinmachibashi Yoiyoi Shiko (Tokushima)
