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2025 Japanese Obon Festivals & Bon Odori Practice Schedule (June–August)

2025: 32nd Black Ships Festival: Arts & Crafts and Martial Arts Fair (Taiko, Games, Booths, Workshops, Iaid..) Independence Park (3 Days)

2025 Japanese Obon Festivals & Bon Odori Practice Schedule (June–August)

Discover the Largest Japanese Summer Obon Festivals and Bon Odori Dance Practices Across the U.S.

Celebrate Japanese culture through traditional summer festivals featuring taiko, yukata, lanterns, and community Bon dancing. Find practice schedules and event dates near you.

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Saturday, 16 August, 2025 (in 3 Days)

12:00 am - 5:00 pm
2025 JANM Annual Natsumatsuri Family Festival Event Summer Celebration (Performers, Hula, Tea Ceremony, Taiko, Crafts, Origami..) Nisei Week Event
Natsumatsuri Family Festival, an annual summer celebration featuring free cultural performances, crafts, and activities for famil...

Japanese American National Museum (JANM), Los Angeles, Japantown Little Tokyo
Los Angeles CA
10:00 am
2025: 36th Annual Las Vegas Obon Festival Event (Bon Odori-Folk Dancing, Live Taiko, Crafts, Bento Boxes, Plate Lunches, Sushi, Raffle..) Saturday
36th Annual Obon Festival - Las Vegas Buddhist Sangha.

Bill & Lillie Heinrich YMCA, YMCA of Southern Nevada
Las Vegas NV

4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
2025 JASCO's JapanFestOH! (Previously Called: JASCO Annual Summer Japan Fest): Bon Dancing, Live Taiko, Japanese Food, Riverside Crossing Park, Dublin
Get ready for Japan FestOH! 2025 (formerly the Summer Festival / Obon Festival) on August 16th at Riverside Crossing Park in Dubl...

Riverside Crossing Park, Dublin (JASCO)
Dublin OH

7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
2025 Annual O-Bon Festival Event: The Spirit Festival, Portland Japanese Garden - Tribute to the Memory of Loved Ones (2 Days)
Portland Japanese Garden members are invited to take part in O-Bon, the Spirit Festival, an important Buddhist festival to honor ...

Portland Japanese Garden
Portland OR

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
2025 Obon Lantern Floating Ceremony - Okuribi: Honoring Ancestors by Launching Lanterns, Shofuso Japanese House and Garden
2025 Obon Lantern Floating Ceremony - Okuribi. Obon is a series of Summer events in Japan based on Buddhist and ...

Shofuso Japanese House and Garden [Video]
Philadelphia PA

All Day Event
2025 Obon Weekend at Morikami (Stroll the Gardens, Fill Out Tanzaku Slips, Launch a Lantern, Memory of Lost Loved Ones, Live Taiko..) 2 Days
Obon Weekend at Morikami Museum
Celebrate Obon, a Japanese Buddhist traditio...

Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens
Delray Beach FL

Sunday, 17 August, 2025 (in 4 Days)

3:00 pm - 7:00 pm
2025: 4th Annual Humboldt Obon Festival: A Traditional Japanese Festival To Honor Those Who Came Before Us (Food, Music, Dancing, Crafts..)
Annual Humboldt Obon Festival: A Traditional Japanese Festival To Honor Those Who Came Before Us (Food, Music, Dancing, Crafts.....

Arcata’s Creamery District (Front of the Arcata Playhouse)
Arcata CA

3:00 pm - 9:00 pm
2025: Como Park Japanese Obon Festival Event (Japanese Culture: Japanese Food, Lantern Lighting, Taiko, Music, Crafts, Martial Arts..) Sunday
Annual Como Park & Conservatory Japanese Obon Festival Event.
Martial arts, singing, dancing, drumming,...

Como Park Zoo and Conservatory (Charlotte Partridge Ordway Japanese Garden)
Saint Paul MN

4:00 pm - 6:30 pm
2025 Annual Nisei Week Ondo Festival Event (Community Dance Celebration) & Closing Ceremony - Little Tokyo, LA (Sunday)
The Closing Ceremony and Street Ondo Festival on Sunday, August 17, 2025. This year’s Ondo will be a historic first - featuring...

JACCC Plaza: Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (In Front of Building)
Los Angeles CA

6:30 pm
2025 Lantern Festival in the Spirit of Obon: “Celebrating Life, Memory, and Tradition” Morikami Museum & Japanese Gardens [Video]
A Celebrated Event Returns! We are excited to w...

Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens
Delray Beach FL

7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
2025 Annual O-Bon Festival Event: The Spirit Festival, Portland Japanese Garden - Tribute to the Memory of Loved Ones (2 Days)
Portland Japanese Garden members are invited to take part in O-Bon, the Spirit Festival, an important Buddhist festival to honor ...

Portland Japanese Garden
Portland OR

All Day Event
2025 Obon Weekend at Morikami (Stroll the Gardens, Fill Out Tanzaku Slips, Launch a Lantern, Memory of Lost Loved Ones, Live Taiko..) 2 Days
Obon Weekend at Morikami Museum
Celebrate Obon, a Japanese Buddhist traditio...

Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens
Delray Beach FL

Friday, 22 August, 2025 (in 9 Days)

All Day Event
2025: 32nd Black Ships Festival: Arts & Crafts and Martial Arts Fair (Taiko, Games, Booths, Workshops, Iaid..) Independence Park (3 Days)
JASRI Black Ships Festival - Celebrating Asian Culture

Independence Park on Thames Street
Bristol RI

Saturday, 23 August, 2025 (in 10 Days)

12:00 pm - 4:30 pm
2025: 27th Annual of Greenville Bon Dance Japanese Summer Culture Festival: A Celebration of Japanese Culture (Bon Odori, Performances, Demos..)
The 26th Annual Bon Dance Festival will be August 24, 2024 in Greenville SC! This event is hosted by Japan Affairs, the Japan-Ame...

McAlister Square Greenville
Greenville SC

12:00 pm - 8:00 pm
2025: 34th Eugene Obon & Taiko Festival (Food, Handmade Goods, Taiko, Bon Dancing..) Lane Events Center
This is Exciting! As much as we will miss the park, it was time to refocus on...

Lane Events Center
Eugene OR

1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
2025 Portland Bon-Odori Summer Festival (Live #Taiko, #BonOdori - Come Learn the Dances) Portland Japanese Garden
A highlight of summer festivals in Japan is the bon-odori (盆踊り/ Bon dance). Each region in Japan has their own version of t...

Portland Japanese Garden
Portland OR

3:00 pm - 10:00 pm
2025 Long Beach Buddhist Church (LBBC) Bon Odori Festival Event (Ondo Dancing, Live Taiko, Food..) Saturday
Long Beach Buddhist Church (LBBC) Obon Festival Event. Obon is a Japanese festival to honour the spirits of one...

Long Beach Buddhist Church (LBBC)
Long Beach CA

All Day Event
2025: 32nd Black Ships Festival: Arts & Crafts and Martial Arts Fair (Taiko, Games, Booths, Workshops, Iaid..) Independence Park (3 Days)
JASRI Black Ships Festival - Celebrating Asian Culture

Independence Park on Thames Street
Bristol RI

Sunday, 24 August, 2025 (in 11 Days)

All Day Event
2025: 32nd Black Ships Festival: Arts & Crafts and Martial Arts Fair (Taiko, Games, Booths, Workshops, Iaid..) Independence Park (3 Days)
JASRI Black Ships Festival - Celebrating Asian Culture

Independence Park on Thames Street
Bristol RI

Saturday, 30 August, 2025 (in 17 Days)

9:00 am
2025 Annual Japanese Festival Event: Celebrating History, Culture & People of Japan (3 Days) (Bon Odori, Live Taiko, Sumo, Origami..) Missouri Garden
Celebrating the history, culture, and people of Japan, the Japanese Festival Event at the Missouri Botanical Garden is one of th...

Missouri Botanical Garden - Japanese Garden
St. Louis MO

Sunday, 31 August, 2025 (in 18 Days)

9:00 am
2025 Annual Japanese Festival Event: Celebrating History, Culture & People of Japan (3 Days) (Bon Odori, Live Taiko, Sumo, Origami..) Missouri Garden
Celebrating the history, culture, and people of Japan, the Japanese Festival Event at the Missouri Botanical Garden is one of th...

Missouri Botanical Garden - Japanese Garden
St. Louis MO

Monday, 1 September, 2025 (in 19 Days)

9:00 am
2025 Annual Japanese Festival Event: Celebrating History, Culture & People of Japan (3 Days) (Bon Odori, Live Taiko, Sumo, Origami..) Missouri Garden
Celebrating the history, culture, and people of Japan, the Japanese Festival Event at the Missouri Botanical Garden is one of th...

Missouri Botanical Garden - Japanese Garden
St. Louis MO

Friday, 5 September, 2025 (in 23 Days)

All Day Event
2025: 29th Japanese Fall Festival Event - Mizumoto Stroll Garden (Japanese Culture, Food, Performances, Live Taiko, Samurai Sword..) 3 Days
Japanese Fall Festival 2025 - Springfield, Missouri.

Mizumoto Japanese Stroll Garden
Springfield MO

Saturday, 6 September, 2025 (in 24 Days)

All Day Event
2025: 29th Japanese Fall Festival Event - Mizumoto Stroll Garden (Japanese Culture, Food, Performances, Live Taiko, Samurai Sword..) 3 Days
Japanese Fall Festival 2025 - Springfield, Missouri.

Mizumoto Japanese Stroll Garden
Springfield MO

Sunday, 7 September, 2025 (in 25 Days)

All Day Event
2025: 29th Japanese Fall Festival Event - Mizumoto Stroll Garden (Japanese Culture, Food, Performances, Live Taiko, Samurai Sword..) 3 Days
Japanese Fall Festival 2025 - Springfield, Missouri.

Mizumoto Japanese Stroll Garden
Springfield MO

Saturday, 13 September, 2025 (in 31 Days)

3:45 pm - 9:00 pm
2025: 3rd Megabon: Local Food & Craft Vendors, Japanese Festival Games, Live Entertainment, Vendors, Beer Garden, and a Mega Sized Bon Dance (Video)
Come join us at our 3rd Annual Megabon created by JCI Honolulu and Hawaii Todaiji!
We are excited and happy...

Leeward Community College

Sunday, 14 September, 2025 (in 32 Days)

All Day Event
2025 Pasadena Summer Obon Festival (Bon Odori Dancing, Live Taiko, Japanese Food..) Pasadena Buddhist Church
Pasadena Obon Festival 2025.
The Pasadena Buddhist Temple's annual Obon has been tentatively rescheduled fo...

Pasadena Buddhist Temple
Pasadena CA

Tuesday, 11 November, 2025 (in 90 Days)

11:00 am - 9:00 pm
2025: 16th Aki Matsuri Japanese Festival Event (Japanese Culture, Bon Odori Dancing, Arts, Taiko, Performances, Music and Japanese Food) Henderseon
Annual Aki Matsuri Japanese Festival Event!  We're back, Go Genki!  “Aki Matsuri” are the Japanese words...

Water Street Plaza
Henderson NV

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