Awa no Tanuki Festival
awa tanuki festival 阿波の狸まつり festival held year early november tokushima city tokushima prefecture awa tanuki festival first started aim promoting local culture since grown tokushimas main autumn festival event saw good weather three day held coincidence public holiday drew visitor roughly size population tokushima city festival popularly known tanuki festival tokushima home many tale tanuki since long past several tale talk interaction tanuki local town resident tanuki often acting positive changing force come surprise tanuki chosen symbol energise local culture way current event main ground aibahama park ground tokushima city tokushima art foundation culture becomes place sale local regional produce around prefecture several large industry tokushima hold event three day festival special stage open karaoke competition awa odori awa puppet theatre local cultural tradition well festival particularly popular child festival officially run furusato carnival executive committee receives large assistance prefecture