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.

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 ...

The UK government has encouraged schools to hold a celebratory day this Friday aiming to instil pride in Britishness. One Britain One Nation (OBON) Day, at which children are encouraged to sing a ...

Chiomi and Russell ensure they’re not forgotten on Obon, the Japanese day of the dead. Between the 1880s and 1942, 6,000 Japanese divers worked in the Torres Strait. Russell’s father was one ...

Lahaina Jodo Mission will celebrate its first public Obon Festival since the pandemic on July 1. The Obon service will begin at 6:30 p.m., followed by a floating lanterns procession and ceremony ...