The summer obon festivities have been canceled this year by island temples due to the coronavirus pandemic. Temples like Wailuku Hongwanji, shown here during bon dancing, will be taking a ...

The Obon Festival will take place on Friday, August 16 at 6 p.m. People will be able to release lanterns to commemorate their loved ones. There will also be a traditional tea ceremony ...

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 church will hold obon service only at 10 a.m. Aug. 20 for church members and their families. Hopefully, obon dance and related festivities can resume next year, Rinzai Zen Mission said. For ...

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 ...