The Toyota Oiden Festival in Aichi Prefecture is a dance-focused festival in which groups of varying sizes perform oiden odori dance performances. Anyone can form a group, such as co-workers, friends or family members and perform at the “My Town Oiden” events. Even a single person can perform on their own at these events. However, all performances must be to the same ‘Oiden’ song. The dances and costume styles vary greatly, from traditional Japanese costumes to dresses shaped like strawberry sponge cakes. Other than some common-sense basic rules, it is basically up to the group how they choose…