Overview

• A Guinness World Records official confirmed that over 90% of participants performed the precise choreography for at least five minutes to meet the challenge criteria.
• The event surpassed the previous attendance record of 2,872 dancers from the 2017 Yao Kawachi Ondo Festival and established the first multinational participation benchmark.
• Participants donned yukata, happi coats and ethnic costumes as they moved in concentric circles around an eight-meter yagura tower to the Expo’s official theme song.
• Organizers enlisted local consulates and pavilion staff to recruit a diverse mix of dancers, including a 430-member contingent from Rohto Pharmaceutical.
• The record-setting dance took place on July 26 at the open-air EXPO Arena on Yumeshima in Osaka’s Konohana Ward.