Journeys in Japan · SEASON 14
Gujo-Hachiman: Dancing the Night Away
Episode 22 · 2023-09-26
- Documentary
Episode overview
The Gujo Odori, one of Japan's largest Bon dances, is a spectacle with the scores of revelers, as well as the live festival music and clacking geta wooden clogs. For more than 400 years, it has been held for 30 nights from July to September in Gujo-Hachiman, a village located deep in the mountains of Gifu Prefecture. The main event is the all-night dance for four days starting on August 13. French actor Robin Barde explores the deep culture of the festival and dances the night away.
28 minutes
Season 14 episodes
1. Nagoya: Exploring with Insiders2023-01-03
2. Ozu: Castle Town Looking to the Future2023-01-17
3. Kyushu: On the Trail of Shoyu2023-01-31
4. Yasugi: Discoveries Along the Iron Road2023-02-07
5. Matsue: The World of Wagashi2023-02-14
6. Kochi: Into the Luminous Darkness2023-02-28
7. Winter Along the Mogami River2023-03-07
8. Live Long, Live Well in Northern Nagano2023-03-14
9. Akita, Yamagata, Niigata: The Textiles and Traditions of Winter2023-03-21
10. Sapporo: Ski Mountaineering Tradition2023-04-11
11. Rambling Around Secluded Yanbaru2023-04-25
12. Onomichi: Vistas, Cats and Steep Hillsides2023-05-02
13. Tobishima Kaido: Taking It Slow on Golden Isles2023-05-16
14. With Isabella Bird — Part 2: On the Road to Tsugawa2023-06-06
15. On the Sugar Road from Nagasaki to Saga2023-06-13
16. Nibutani the Ainu, Living with Kamuy2023-06-27
17. The Wild Life in One-of-a-Kind Amami2023-07-04
18. Amami Oshima: Beauty in the Rain2023-07-11
19. Owase: City of Abundant Rain2023-07-25
20. Discovering the Wonders of Iya Valley2023-08-15
21. Tsuruga Castle, Where the Past Meets the Present2023-09-19
22. Gujo-Hachiman: Dancing the Night Away2023-09-26
23. With Isabella Bird — Part 3: On the Road to Yamagata2023-10-31
24. Koyasan: In Pursuit of Enlightenment2023-11-07
25. From Ise to the Source of the Sacred River2023-11-14
26. The Soaring Dragons of Chichibu2023-11-28
27. Kyushu: On the Shoyu Trail: Nagasaki – Kumamoto – Miyazaki2023-12-05
28. Handa: Savoring a Canal City's Delights2023-12-12
29. Yakushima Awakenings2023-12-26
