Name: Japanese Bon Dance Festival in Ikebukuro // にゅ〜盆踊り2015 池袋西口公園
Uploaded: 2025-06-17T14:45:07.000Z
Duration: 4 min 31 s
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Future simple

Hey guys, we are in Ikebukuro this afternoon, and apparently, there is some kind of event going on in the park right here, so we're going to go vlog that.

We just got out of the West Gate of the station, and we can see kind of like a matsuri setup, a festival setup going on over there with food stalls and stuff, so we're going to go check it out.

All right guys, so what this is, is like a modern version of the Bon Odori festival, which is a summer festival in Japan where they honor ancestors which have passed away.

So they are dancing to honor their ancestors, and this is usually, this usually goes on during Obon season, which is about a month from now, so this is kind of a little earlier than it should be, but the weather is perfect for it.

So it looks like they're teaching people how to dance, which is good because I do not know how.

You can still join the circle if you want!

皆さん、外にいらっしゃる方々。

They've pulled my friend Kasia into the the mix here, so it looks like she's going to be dancing.

じゃあ、行ってみましょうかね。