Kitsune Odori is one of the traditional dances that are danced during Himeshima Bon Dance Festival, which is held from August 15 to the 17 every year. It is said that Bon festival originates in Nenbutsu Odori (a Buddhist dance chanting nenbutsu) in the Kamakura period (1192-1333). The dancing site called “Bon-tsubo” is set up at every village on the island. The traditional dances include Kitsune-odori (fox dance), Saruman-dayu (female dance), and Zeni-daiko (dance with percussion), to which a newly created dance is added every year. Kitsune Odori is the highlight of Himeshima Bon Dance Festival. Children in clothes, who wrap their cheeks with tenugui (towels) and carry parasols decorated with small chochin lanterns, act as foxes and dance cutely and humorously, which attracts a great deal of attention.