The dance has attracted so much attention that Tokyo Disneyland has a sequence using Mickey Mouse dancing to para-para and the latest humanoid robot from Sony can do the para-para dance apart from dozens of other tricks.

Remember that dancing the para-para is not easy.  There are hundreds of moves that have to be memorized and there is little scope for changing these as each moment in the song has a movement associated with it.  The overall movement of the body is rather limited and hands and arms are the body parts most active.  Since dance movements are difficult, only the serious dancers climb onto the stage while others just watch them or move at their will following the dancers on stage.  (Related: iPod docking station)

While the dance itself is not new, its recent revival has been interesting.  The dance is even more interesting since the popularity of the dance is confined to young adults.  A typical dance club for para-para is packed with kogals, Japanese teenagers who will embrace anything that will make them look cool among their peers.  Since the dance is a combination of Japanese and non-Japanese dance forms, it is easy for everyone to enjoy it even if they do not fully understand the movements.  There are several people who think that this dance borrows heavily from the movements of bon-odori, which is a more traditional dance in Japan.  (Related: Stacy Keibler)

If you happen to visit one of the para-para dance clubs in Japan, what you will find is a small dance floor packed with blonde kogals, dressed in micro mini skirts, fishnet stockings, tank tops, platform boots, designer hand bags, and other bizarre fashion items as see-through or sheer dresses, white lipstick or blue contact lenses or false fingernails.  Of course, there are guys, but far fewer and it is mostly the professional types who have developed a high level of proficiency in the dance and can use it to impress these girls, who would fall for a dancer any time.

Nothing in Japan these days lasts forever.  The fads among young people change every other week and para-para may be just one of these.  This may not be the way how some young Japanese think though.  Ruri Chabatake, a 17-year Japanese kogal, says, " I can dance over 30 para-para.  Some people say that para-para and kogals are stupid and dumb, but I don't think so.  I have blond hair, I wear micro mini skirts and very high platform shoes, but I'm just being myself!!"