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2025 Long Beach Buddhist Church (LBBC) Bon Odori Festival Event (Ondo Dancing, Live Taiko, Food..) Saturday
2025 J-Film | River: River is a Hilarious and Heartfelt Time-Loop Comedy about a Waitress Stuck in a Loop at a Historic Kyoto Inn
2025 Annual Tacoma Obon & Bon Odori Festival Event (Live Taiko, Japanese Food, Beer Garden..) Tacoma Buddhist Temple (Saturday)
2025 Buddhist Temple of Marin Obon Service and Odori Celebration Event
2025 Nisei Week Ondo Dance Practice: JACCC Plaza, Little Tokyo, LA (Everyone Welcome to Dance or Watch) Tue/Thu
2025 Arizona Obon Festival Event & Odori Dancing, Live Taiko (Obon Festival a Gathering of Joy) Saturday - Arizona Buddhist Temple
2025 Mountain View Obon and Bazaar Festival (Bon Odori Dancing, Taiko, Food, Entertainment, Games, Exhibits..) Mountain View Buddhist Temple (2 Days)
2025: 76th Annual Monterey Obon Festival (Bon Odori, Japanese Food, Entertainment, Ikebana Exhibits, Games, Crafts..) Sunday Only
2025 Orange County Summer Obon Festival Event (Bon Odori, Taiko, Japanese Food, Games, Crafts..) OCBC (2 Days) Orange County Buddhist Church
2025 West Los Angeles Obon Festival (Bon Odori, Live Taiko, Japanese Food, Games..) WLA Buddhist Temple Obon (2 Days) Sawtelle, Japantown
2025 Senshin Buddhist Temple Obon Odori Festival Event (Bon Odori Dancing, Sento Shogon 1000 Oil Lamps, Taiko Entertainment..) Saturday Only
2025 Venice Hongwanji Buddhist Temple Annual Obon Festival (Bon Odori Dancing, Japanese Food, Dango, Games, Auction, Special Udon..) VHBT (2 Days)
2025 Venice Hongwanji Buddhist Bon Odori Dance Practice at Venice Hongwanji Buddhist Temple (VHBT)

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In the United States, the Obon festival (お盆, also known as Bon festival) is a Japanese Buddhist festival celebrated during summer. People commemorate and remember the spirits of their deceased ancestors back home.

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List of Japanese Obon "Matsui" Festival Events in the United States

What State has the Most Japanese Obon Festivals in the United States?

1. California

2. Hawaii

What is Obon Festival?

An annual Japanese Buddhist tradition over 500 years that honours ancestors.

Where is Obon Celebrated?

The Obon Festival is celebrated in almost all countries in the world.

What is the Difference Between Obon Festival and Bon Odori Festival?

Obon Festivals have a religious aspect with a minister opening the ceremony and saying a few words about what Obon is.

Bon Odori or meaning “Bon Dance” is a style of dancing that is held during the Japanese festival. In the United States Festival titles and descriptions, sometimes the word Obon is used instead of the words “Bon Odori” in describing the festival.

What is Bon Odori?

Bon Odori meaning is "Bon dance", which is a a style of dancing performed during Obon.

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