Want to learn Japanese folk dancing, known as odori? There are three free lessons the week of July 16 to help people prepare ...

San Jose hosts it annual Obon Festival this weekend as local Japanese Americans draw parallels between internment camps in ...

San Jose's Obon Festival is the largest of its kind in the U.S. The festival's big attraction is the traditional Bon Odori, in which hundreds of people perform a community dance.

Summer Puppetry Festival, Menlo Park: The festival continues into July with two events: a mini puppet workshop for kids ages ...

Obon Festival, organized by the Salt Lake Buddhist Temple, returns on Saturday and will feature temple tours, drum ...

The Pasadena Buddhist Temple has announced the cancellation and rescheduling of its annual Obon Festival, originally planned ...

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Hundreds of people attended the Obon Summer Festival Saturday, July 13, at the Ekoji Buddhist Temple in Fairfax Station. The 1,500-year-old Japanese tradition with music, dancing, food and ...

Traditional Japanese festivals, such as Tanabata (Lovers' Day) and Obon (Festival of the Dead), are commonly transliterated in English and recognized by authoritative dictionaries.

From the Scottish Highland Gathering and Games to the Aloha Festival, here are eight Bay Area cultural festivals to add to your 2025 calendar.

The Zhongyuan Festival, an occasion to pray for safety and express filial piety, falls on the 15th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar. It happens to fall on Sunday this year.