Obon is a summertime ritual when Japanese people welcome ancestors' spirits home from the Buddhist Pure Land. The people of Nagasaki have a distinctive way to commemorate this. They light ...

Obon is the Japanese Buddhist festival to honor the spirits of ancestors and is August 13-15, 2024. This three day celebration is a time for families to gather, eat, dance, and honor their relatives.

An annual event fusing ancient Japanese belief in ancestral spirits and a Buddhist custom honoring ancestors returns to the ...

the residents of Nishimonai in Akita Prefecture have welcomed their ancestral spirits home for the annual Obon festival through a Bon Odori. These dances are held across Japan, but the Nishimonai ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency issued the Nankai Trough Earthquake Extra Information (Megathrust Earthquake Alert), which calls on the public to take precautions against a possible megaquake over ...

It has several organizations, regular morning services, and hosts the famed Obon festival. All three locations work closely with each other and the Japanese community. Though many families may ...

Now their descendants are preparing for Obon, the Japanese festival of the dead, to mark the economic and social contribution of what was once Australia’s largest Japanese community. Siblings ...

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 ...

Following the earthquake, the Japan Meteorological Agency issued for ... Prefecture was scheduled to hold an annual fireworks festival on Aug. 10, where thousands of fireworks would be shot ...

Mochi Tsuki, the community festival that celebrates Japanese heritage in the Pacific ... at 11:45 a.m. and 2 p.m., and lessons in Obon group dancing from 12:45 to 1:45 p.m. Also, this year the ...