Discover the heart of Japanese tradition as we celebrate Obon, a summer festival honoring ancestors with prayers, food, and festivities. #ObonFestival #JapaneseTraditions #CulturalCelebration # ...

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 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 obon festival and accompanymg religious ceremonies ... As members of the Maui Minyo Kai, a Japanese dance group, Loo and Valois-Nishimura would normally dance in the inner ring during the ...

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 ...