2024 Annual Oxnard Summer Obon Odori Festival Event (Remodeling - Will Return in 2025)NEW

2024 Oxnard Buddhist Temple social hall will be under remodel and will not have any Obon dancing or food.

We look forward to Obon on July 12, 2025. 

 

 

 

PREVIOUS YEAR

Oxnard Mini Obon Festival Event
Join us for a Mini-Obon Festival. We will have food, Obon dancing, Taiko drumming, and a raffle!

Event Date 
July 9, 2022 Saturday

Event Time
3 pm - 4 pm

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PREVIOUS OBON

Annual Oxnard Buddhist Temple Summer Obon Odori Festival Event "Gathering of Joy" in sunny breezy Oxnard, CA. We offer Japanese cultural exhibits and demonstrations in bonsai, taiko and traditional Japanese dance. Enjoy tasty treats, delicious sushi, teriyaki foods, ice cold snow cones, and much more. There's a fresh farmer's produce market, a Japanese boutique, games, a silent auction, and raffle drawing. End your fun summer day with Bon Odori - Japanese folk dance circles. Let's dance!

Oxnard Buddhist Temple Bon Odori - Obon is an annual Buddhist event for commemorating one's ancestors. It is believed that each year during obon, the ancestors' spirits return to this world in order to visit their relatives. Traditionally, lanterns are hang in front of houses to guide the ancestors' spirits, obon dances (bon odori) are performed, graves are visited and food offerings are made at house altars and temples. At the end of Obon, floating lanterns are put into rivers, lakes and seas in order to guide the spirits back into their world. The customs followed vary strongly from region to region.

Obon is celebrated from the 13th to the 15th day of the 7th month of the year, which is July according to the solar calendar. However, since the 7th month of the year roughly coincides with August rather than July according to the formerly used lunar calendar, Obon is still celebrated in mid August in many regions of Japan, while it is celebrated in mid July in other regions.

Obon Festival Dates
July 13, 2019 - Saturday

Obon Festival Times
Sat: 1:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Bon Odori Dance Time
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

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Bon Dance Festival Ondo Practice Schedule
Dates: June - July
Times: 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm


Oxnard Obon & Practices Dates

Obon Festivals & Practice

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Celebrate the Japanese Culture food, performances and dancing.
(Please always confirm date & times, the schedule could change)

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Contact
(805) 483-5948, Rev. Masanori Watanabe

Obon Festival Location
Oxnard Buddhist Temple, 250 South 'H' Street, (Between 2nd St. and 3rd St.), Oxnard, CA 93030

Obon Festival Title
2022 Annual Oxnard Buddhist Temple Summer Obon Odori Festival Event (Saturday Only) Bon Odori, Dance, Martial Arts, Taiko, Cosplay, Games, Bonsai..