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

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, ...

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 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 ...

San Jose hosts it annual Obon Festival this weekend as local Japanese Americans draw parallels between internment camps in ...

San Jose Obon Festival’s motto could be ‘If you come, we will feed you’ Joyce Aso assembles udon noodle dishes during the annual Obon festival in San Jose's Japantown Saturday, July 13, 2013.

Summer Puppetry Festival, Menlo Park: The festival continues into July with two events: a mini puppet workshop for kids ages ...

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 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 term "Obon" comes from a Buddhist myth unique to Japanese history. A time to honor loved ones who have passed. The festival runs from 12 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday and 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. on ...

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.

Obon — a Japanese Buddhist festival that honors the dead — is one of the city’s longest-running cultural events, dating back certainly to the post-World War II period and probably back to ...