Tokushima

Tokushima City is the "Awa Odori city." Tokushima holds Awa Odori annually in August (one of Japan's three major Bon dances). Awa Odori dances slowly. "Fools who dance and fools who watch, if both are fools, might as well dance." For Tokushima residents, "dancing slowly" is life. Don't hurry. Don't rush. Awa Odori is tradition from Edo period (about 400 years history). Tokushima residents "protect tradition." Don't challenge new things. Traditional rhythm. Traditional choreography. For Tokushima residents, "change" contradicts tradition. But motorsports is a sport of "change." New regulations every year. New technology. Opposite of Tokushima residents' "protect tradition" culture. Awa Odori attracts about 1.3 million visitors. Tokushima residents pride Awa Odori. But Awa Odori is also "slow." Tokushima residents devote life to "dancing slowly." Tokushima's population is about 260,000. Shikoku prefectural capital. Today again, Tokushima residents dance Awa Odori slowly. Circuits? That's where you "drive fast." Tokushima residents "dance slowly."