When it comes to the festive summer Japanese folk dances of Bon Odori, performed during the Japanese Buddhist celebration of Obon which honors both life and death, Martin Shimizu of Cotati used to ...

NAVAL AIR FACILITY ATSUGI, Japan — This American base outside Tokyo recently welcomed more than 15,000 visitors for its 64th annual Bon Odori festival, a celebration of Japanese tradition with a few ...

An afternoon of traditional Japanese dance, drumming and cultural exchange is planned for Saturday, July 7 on Westport's Jesup Green. The 14th annual Bon Odori Dance Festival, sponsored by the Japan ...

Austin Japanese Minyo Dance Group, Miyagi Ryu Okinawa Dance, and Austin Taiko are hosting Austin's first Bon Odori & Tanabata Matsuri Festival. Guests will be able to learn traditional Japanese Minyo ...

The traditional Obon Odori festival celebrates Japanese folk dance, held on the grounds of the Enmanji Buddhist Temple. Obon, the Japanese Buddhist summer festival honoring the ancestors, continues on ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — The Bon Odori Dance Festival for Peace on Sunday, Aug. 6, at Kingston Point Beach celebrated all the possibilities a nuclear-free future could offer to the world, along with Japanese ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Joshua Ryu, of New Jersey, tries his hand at breaking a watermelon with a stick blindfolded in a ...

CAMP ZAMA, Japan – More than 15,000 people gathered to celebrate Japanese culture and share in a day of games, live entertainment, dancing and more during the 65th Bon Odori Festival held here Aug. 3.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- San Jose's Obon Festival is the largest of its kind in the U.S. The festival honors loved ones who have passed away, but that's only part of what makes it so special. "The ...

CAMP ZAMA, Japan - Hundreds of U.S. Army Garrison Japan residents are prepped and ready to wow their Japanese friends and neighbors with their traditional dancing skills at the Aug. 4 Bon Odori ...

An afternoon of traditional Japanese dance, drumming and cultural exchange is planned for Saturday, July 7 on Westport's Jesup Green. The 14th annual Bon Odori Dance Festival, sponsored by the Japan ...