“Summer Festival Memories” Part 6 takes us to Amagasaki, but plenty of people from Nishinomiya go too: the “Mukogawa Bon Odori.”
This year, it was held from August 25 to 27. “Summer Festival Memories” is a seven-day consecutive series of reports by Kagayaki No. 509, a Nishitsu supporter.
In addition to Bon Odori songs, it seems they also played popular songs like Beautiful Sunday, Rokko Oroshi, DA PUMP’s U.S.A., and Paprika, so the place was really lively.
Here it is on the map↓
The address is 4-26-5 Mukogawacho, Amagasaki City, Hyogo Prefecture.
As you can see, the scale of the night market stalls looked absolutely huge. Once the new Hankyu station on the Mukogawa Line is built, will even more people start coming?
Maybe because they played pop songs and other tracks besides Bon Odori music, it seems like everyone really came together and had a great time.
One difference from Nishinomiya was that the dance order for the Arale-chan Ondo was reversed, and Kiyoshi no Zundoko Bushi was apparently danced with a hand-movement pattern.
It’s kind of a fun chance to see Amagasaki and Nishinomiya come together and get excited over Rokko Oroshi.
That wraps up our report on the Mukogawa Bon Odori. There’s only one more day left in our Summer Festival Memories series. Which Nishinomiya summer festival will appear tomorrow? Let’s soak in the memories again then.
