The final day of Hiroshima’s annual Flower Festival is all about Yosakoi. Whether you are interested in Japanese dance or not, you will enjoy watching the parade along Peace Boulevard. Around 50 groups of dancers ranging in age from 2 to 82 take part in the contest. The kinsai yosakoi parade was introduced into the Flower Festival in 2002, and has established itself as one o the event’s highlights. The teams, which incorporate energetic, traditional Japanese dance moves with with modern dance music, pumped out of sound cars, show a real “joy” of dance. The energy and the smiles of the dancers are infectious and it is impossible not to be impressed.