KINGSTON, N.Y. — Hundreds braved the rain to gather for the fourteenth Bon Odori Dance Festival for Peace, championing a world free of peace and nuclear weapons, on Sunday, Aug. 4. The festival, held ...

CAMP ZAMA, Japan – For the first time ever, Soldiers with 38th Air Defense Artillery Brigade participated in Camp Zama’s Bon Odori Festival to learn more about Japanese culture and share that ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — The Bon Odori Dance Festival for Peace on Sunday, Aug. 6, at Kingston Point Beach celebrated all the possibilities a nuclear-free future could offer to the world, along with Japanese ...

CAMP ZAMA, Japan – More than 15,000 people gathered to celebrate Japanese culture and share in a day of games, live entertainment, dancing and more during the 65th Bon Odori Festival held here Aug. 3.

Dancers flow past the setting sun at a past Bon Odori Festival in downtown Olympia. Tony Overman Olympian file photo Olympia’s Bon Odori — a secular version of the traditional Japanese festival ...

The Bon Odori dance, a Japanese summer tradition, has gone global. We look at events held in Malaysia and Brazil and explore ...

The annual community Obon Festival, a Japanese cultural celebration, is from 2 to 8 p.m. July 27-28 at the Vista Buddhist Temple, 150 Cedar Road. The “gathering of joy and remembrance” includes Bon ...

Community members play taiko, or Japanese drums, at a Bon Odori dance practice in preparation for Obon on Thursday, July 11, 2024. Esther Sun The Sacramento Bee The Buddhist Church of Sacramento is ...

(KRON) — Kaori Suzuki joined KRON4 anchor Stephanie Lin to discuss the performance and rich history of Japanese traditional dance. Awa-Odori is one of “Bon-Odori”, traditionally mourning death and ...

n July 15, Taiko drums and singing echoed through the streets amid traditional dancing near the Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple at the edge of the Chinatown-International District. Onlookers greeted ...

On Tuesday, the festival’s highlight, the “so-odori,” took place at one venue, featuring 1,700 dancers from 15 groups demonstrating coordinated skill, precision and flair. Women moved in elegant ...