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 ...

While Obon is typically celebrated by Buddhists in Japan, the season always seems to bring people of all backgrounds together ...

Sean Domingo, son of Allan Domingo and Penny Endo, “Painting of Wailuku Hongwanji’s Obon Yagura Tower.” * Casey Kaya, son of Clayton and Kyohee Kaya, “Construction of Chain Link Fence ...

Below is the list of bon dances across Hawaii courtesy of Derrick Iwata of Hawaii’s Plantation Village. All dates and times ...

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Maya Hara of the Lahaina Jodo Mission said the group has been meeting at the Wailuku or Kahului ... came to Maui for the Lahaina Obon. He’s from the Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawai’i, a ...

Learn more about Obon. I attended an Obon festival in the San Fernando Valley, hosted over two days by the San Fernando Valley Hongwanji Buddhist Temple at the San Fernando Valley Japanese ...

We could go on and on. But the bottom line is, the San Fernando Valley Hongwanji Buddhist Temple Obon Festival in Pacoima was the place where the area’s Japanese community shared the festive ...

Obon carnivals were held in the Nishi Hongwanji Buddhist Temple and Zenshuji Soto Mission on Saturday and Sunday, and there many are more to come. Obon is a Japanese Buddhist custom to honor the ...