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 ...

Following the earthquake, the Japan Meteorological Agency issued for ... from people who were planning to attend. The Awa Odori dance festival, which kicks off in Tokushima city on Aug. 11 ...

The Japanese Festival will also feature cultural ... memories together and please stay for the finale — a Community Obon Dance! Dust off your happi coats for the first obon dance of the season!” ...

All for the upcoming Obon and Taiko Festival. That's the work being put on by a crew of Japanese community members. The mochi ...

The Obon service will begin at 6:30 p.m., followed by a floating lanterns procession and ceremony around 7:30 p.m. Maui Taiko will offer a performance in the temple courtyard before the bon dance ...

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 ...