The Yosakoi Festival is a Tosa carnival held every year on August 9 to 12 at nine competition venues and seven dance performance venues around Kochi City, with approximately 200 teams, roughly 19,000 dancers, performing in thoughtfully designed costumes and with wooden naruko clappers in hand, and elaborately decorated Jikatasha trucks.
The dancers perform to a wide variety of music, from traditional pieces to rock band performances. The festival never lets the crowd get bored, with dance styles ranging from samba to rock and to classical.

Event Dates	Early August - Mid-August every year (tentative)
Event Details	Saturday, August 9, to Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Official site	http://www.cciweb.or.jp/kochi/yosakoiweb/
Location (venue)	Stages within the city of Kochi
Address	Otesuji, Kochi-shi, Kochi

Region	Shikoku
Category	踊り, Processions and parades, Dance

Event organizers may change the date and time. Please check the official website.

update: May.23.2025