The Yosakoi Festival is held every year on August 9th (festival eve), 10th, 11th (day 2), and the 12th (post-festival evening celebration and national convention) at nine competition and seven dance performance venues around Kochi City, involving approximately 200 teams and roughly 19,000 dancers showing off their moves with wooden naruko clappers. It is a Tosa carnival featuring wild dancing and elaborately decorated local trucks.
| Event Dates | Early August - Mid-August every year (tentative) |
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| Official site | http://www.cciweb.or.jp/kochi/yosakoiweb/ |
| Location (venue) | 追手筋本部競演場 |
| Address | Otesuji, Kochi-shi, Kochi |
| Region | Shikoku |
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| Category | Dance, Processions and parades |
Event organizers may change the date and time. Please check the official website.
update: Aug.10.2018