They are very much Japanese dances, movement in one direction followed by equal movement in the other, swaying punctuated by claps, or crossing of hands. As the big lines of people circled in stately ...

Dancers perform the Bon Odori no Uta dance during the 74th Annual Obon Festival at the Seabrook Buddhist Temple, Saturday, July 20, 2019.Get Photo Hoh Daiko group member Michael Orange drums for the ...

The Buddhist Church of Sacramento is holding festivities Saturday and Sunday in celebration of Obon, a Japanese Buddhist holiday commemorating the dead and honoring ancestors. In Japan, Obon, an ...

COLORFUL DAY: Lori Nishimatsu carefully eyes the lei she is making at the annual Obon Festival in San Jose’s Japantown on Saturday. The festival included taiko drumming, as well as Japanese dances and ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — The Spokane Buddhist Temple is hosting an Obon Japanese Buddhist Festival on Sunday, August 18 from 2 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Grant Park. The festival is meant to honor the spirits of a ...

This weekend marked the return of the annual Obon Festival in Anaheim since the COVID-19 pandemic. Obon is a time for Buddhists to remember ancestors who have died and celebrate the Buddha Dharma, or ...

This summer, the NARUTO&BORUTO Shinobi-Zato attraction will feature a special Naruto & Boruto version of the Bon-Odori dance during the Obon festival! AWAJI CITY ...