his year, for the first time in four years, the Tokyo Koenji Awa Odori returns in all its glory. Catch the action in Koenji, Suginami City, just six minutes by train from Shinjuku Station. The “Awa Odori” (Awa Dance), originally a local performance art of Tokushima Prefecture in Shikoku, has become one of Japan’s most important festivals.