Golden Time prominently features lead cast members along with their friends in their college club, the Japanese Festival Culture Research Society, performing the Awa dance multiple times during the story. Posters representing popular anime characters practicing the Awa dance are also printed every year for the festival. They featured "Fate/stay night", for example, in 2014. In the 1994 Studio Ghibli film Heisei Tanuki Gassen Ponpoko (released as Pom Poko in English-speaking countries), during the scene where the film's tanuki use their transformation magic to put on a parade of yokai, part of their display includes a procession of tiny Awa dancers. See also Tourism in Japan Yosakoi Notes References Miyoshi, Shōichirō (2001) Tokushima Hanshi Tokuhon Wisniewski, Mark (2003) "The Awa Odori Trilogy" in Awa Life, published by TOPIA (Tokushima Prefecture International Association) de Moraes, Wenceslau (1916) Tokushima no bon odori. House, Ginevra (2004) "Dancing for the Dead", Kyoto Journal Issue 58. External links Official Japanese sites Awa Odori by the Japan National Tourist Organization Japan Atlas - festivals by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (click "19" for Awa Odori) Koenji Awa Odori official site Japanese Awa Dance homepage by www.awaodori.net (Japanese) Awa Odori blog (Japanese) Golden Time official anime website English/English translation Awa Dance homepage by www.awaodori.net (English translation by Google) Awa Odori by web-japan.org Dance of Fools: Awa Odori Festival, Japan by www.pilotguides.com Japanese Line Dance? by www.country-dance.com (many pictures) Dyeing to Dance: an English Translation by Mark Wisniewski Official homepage of Tokyo Ebisuren, a Tokyo-based classical style Awa Odori team (English site, contains pictures and video) Awa Odorian - Awa Odori related blog by an experienced performer (English site, contains pictures and behind the scenes insight) Awa Odori Paris 2015 - home page of Awa Odori Paris 2015 (English & Japanese site) Awa-Dance in Koenji "Sui-ren" official website (English site, contains pictures and information) Audio and video Awa Odori dance video (Japanese) Awa Dance Festival in TokushimaNHK Festivals in Japan Dance festivals in Japan Festivals in Tokushima Prefecture Festivals established in 1586 August events Summer events in Japan