10,000 Eisa Dancers

Once a year 10,000 Eisa dancers descend on Kokusai Street in downtown Naha (the capital of Okinawa). They drum, they dance and they are uniquely Okinawan. We managed to sneak a picture with two of the dancers:


Do you like the Okinawa sign with the giant waving kitty?

Here are a couple of videos for you viewing pleasure. Let me just say that I was DRIPPING in sweat just standing there videotaping. I can't imagine putting forth as much energy as they were without passing out.