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 Obon Festival is seen as a big ...

Hundreds of community members participate in the traditional Odori dancing on the first day of the San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin’s Obon festival in San Jose on Saturday. The Obon festival ...

San Jose’s colorful annual Obon Festival drew hundreds of people to Japantown this weekend. The festival is the largest of ...

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, ...

A visual and audio tour of the San Fernando Valley Obon festival. Obon is a joyous Japanese American summer holiday dedicated to remembering and honoring ancestors.

The Rev. Rinban Gerald Sakamoto, minister for the San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin, will return this year to bless the festival and share the stories and traditions of Obon.

The Obon festival in San Jose’s Japantown is one of the largest in the United States, drawing thousands of attendees and more than 2,500 dancers each year, according to the festival’s Facebook ...

The Buddhist Church of Marysville will host the annual Obon Festival on July 20.

Every summer, Japanese Americans in Southern California gather at temples and community centers to celebrate Obon, a joyous festival dedicated to remembering and honoring ancestors.

At the recent San Jose Obon Festival—one of the largest in the Bay, he said there were over 1,300 dancers present, when there was once only about 300. In Oakland, Yoshihara said he was excited to see ...