Japanese food and dancing as people of all generations come together to celebrate Obon, a joyous holiday dedicated to ...

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 ...

Following the earthquake, the Japan Meteorological Agency issued for the first time the Nankai Trough Earthquake Extra Information (Megathrust Earthquake Alert), urging people to be alert for a ...

Makawao Hongwanji Mission is holding the second day of its Obon festival Saturday, with the food concession opening at 5:30 p.m., Hatsubon First Bon Memorial religious service at 6 p.m. and dance ...

Staff of the OBON SOCIETY study a wartime Japanese flag sent from an American family. The Oregon based non-profit organization the OBON SOCIETY takes mementos that veterans and their families want ...

The Obon festival in Japan lasts three days and honors the spirits of the ancestors through the illumination of countless lanterns all over the country. People return to ancestral places and clean 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 ...