Awaodori was closed due to the typhoon. It was held for two days only on August 14th at 12:16.
Due to the approach of Typhoon No. 10, Awaodori in Tokushima City was decided to be canceled on the 14th and 15th, and measures such as the removal of signboards in the city's performance halls are being pursued.
Tokushima City's Awa Odori was scheduled to be held for four days from the 12th to the 15th.
However, because the approach of Typhoon No. 10 could not ensure safety, it was decided to cancel the remaining 14 days and 15 days.
In the city center, which was the venue, countermeasures against typhoons have been underway since the morning of the 14th.
Of these, at the Minaminaicho dance hall, lighting and signs that could be blown off by the typhoon were removed, and workers on the crane were put on the entrance to the dance hall and the paper lanterns were removed.
In addition, the signs on the sides of the pier seats were removed by the workers on the scaffold using tools, and lowered to the pier seats one after another.
In response to the approach of the typhoon and the cancellation of Awa Odori, there were some visitors visiting JR Tokushima Station as soon as possible to get back on the road.
A 50-year-old man from Fukuoka Prefecture said, “I was planning to stay there in the evening, but I will return early before the bridge over Honshu can't pass through the typhoon.”
Saburo Maeda, director of Kyodo Tokyo, the representative of the consortium responsible for the operation of Awaodori, said, “It ’s a shame, but it cannot be replaced by people ’s lives. I was talking. "