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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Buddhist Church of Marysville will host the annual Obon Festival on July 20. Opening at 4 p.m., the festival will begin with a ...

On Sunday afternoon, Santa Maria was host to the Guadalupe Buddhist Church's annual Obon Festival. The festival is a widely-celebrated tradition honoring Japanese culture and heritage. Locals visited ...

People dine beneath multi-colored umbrellas at the 2024 Palo Alto Obon Festival. Courtesy of the Palo Alto Buddhist Temple This weekend members of the Palo Alto Buddhist Temple and the surrounding ...

The Obon Festival, celebrated annually at the Watsonville Buddhist Temple and by Japanese populations around the globe, brings community members together to remember and honor departed family members.

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 is an ...

We spent the weekend at an Obon festival, hosted by the San Fernando Valley Hongwanji Buddhist Temple. What follows is a visual and audio tour of the weekend, from the chopping veggies to dancing at ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- The annual Obon Festival in San Jose's Japantown is once again coming together this weekend where the popular San Jose Taiko will be celebrating their 50th Anniversary.

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Humboldt Asians & Pacific Islanders in Solidarity (HAPI) invites the community to the third annual Humboldt Obon Festival on Aug. 11 from 4 to 8 p.m. in front of the Arcata Playhouse, 1251 Ninth St., ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Community members in Salt Lake City’s Japantown are gearing up for this weekend’s Obon Festival ahead of plans to revitalize the downtown area including Japantown. For Sandy resident ...