The rules of the competition was simple – like Awa Odori, dancers had to dance down the main street, but teams could apply modern twists to it and the dance-style was entirely up to the team – from the traditional, to samba, jazz, rock’n'roll, Chinese inspired – as long as they used the ubiquitous clapper known as the ‘naruko’ and their music contained the tune and lyrics of the official theme song, ‘Yosakoi Naruko Dancing’.