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Hanagasa Odori

花笠踊り

[Genre]Min'yo
[School]Min'yo

Hanagasa Odori appears on the following albums

Album Artist

Art of the Japanese Bamboo Flute, The (Olympic)
Play ButtonKoto Melodies of Japan - Hogaku Yonin no Kai (The Four Players Group) Koto : Yazaki Akiko
Koto : Gotō Sumiko
Shakuhachi : Kitahara Kōzan II
Koto : Kikuchi Teiko
In the Bon Festival people of Yamagata Prefecture sing this tune and dance, holding sedge hats decorated with beautiful artificial flowers. It is a colorful sight. The district where this merry tune is sung is a fertile land and it is famous for its production of rice.