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2025 Annual Nisei Week Ondo Festival Event (Community Dance Celebration) & Closing Ceremony - Little Tokyo, LA (Sunday)NEW

Date: Sunday, 17 August, 2025       Time: 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Nisei Week Ondo Dancing on 1st Street & Closing Ceremonies are events during Nisei Week. Click for all Nisei Week Events.

Map of JACCC Plaza: Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (In Front of Building), 244 S. San Pedro Street

Nisei Week Ondo Festival Event (Community Dance Celebration) & Closing Ceremony that brings dancers together from all temples to Little Tokto, Japantown. Final dance to close out the Summer Obon Festivals. This will be a beautiful event to particiate in and watch. 

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Nisei Week Date
August 17, 2025, Sunday

Nisei Week Time
4:00 - 6:00 pm

Location Closing Ceremony and Ondo
First St. between San Pedro St. and Central Ave.

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This Event is Part of Nisei Week

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Ondo Dance Schedule
4:00 pm - LA Taiko Collective

4:15 pm - Nisei Week Opportunity Drawing announcement
• Special Recognition to 2021 Nisei Week Court
• 2024 Nisei Week Queen and Court

4:30 pm - Celebrating Little Tokyo’s 140th Anniversary presented by Little Tokyo Community Council  & Little Tokyo Historical Society
5:00 pm - Minyo Station - Live Band
5:15 pm - Ondo Line up begins
5:30 pm - Street Ondo dancing - Live music by Minyo Station
• Kyushu Tanko Bushi
• Kagoshima ohara bushi
• Aizu bandai san
• Sho Tokyo Ondo
• Nagoya Maruhachi Ondo
• Bambutsu no Tsunagari (Live music by Atomic Nancy (Nancy Sekizawa) of Great Leap)
6:10 pm - Intermission
6:15 pm - Special Recognition
• Artist Robert Vargas
• Ultraman Rising cast
6:30 pm - Nisei Week Opportunity Drawing
6:35 pm - Team Kawachi Ondo Flash Mob
6:45 pm - Street Ondo dancing
• Pokemon Ondo - Live music by  Team Kawachi Ondo
• Remaining dances are Nisei Week Favorites
7:30 pm - End Street Ondo, followed by closing remarks



Location
First Street between San Pedro St and Central Ave, Little Tokyo - Los Angeles

Nisei Week Ondo Festival Event 
Location
First Street between San Pedro St and Central Ave, Little Tokyo - Los Angeles

Nisei Week Ondo Festival Event Title 
Annual Nisei Week Ondo Festival Event (Community Dance Celebration with Minyo Station) & Closing Ceremony - Little Tokyo, LA (Sunday)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2023 RESCHEDULED for August 27! Annual Nisei Week Ondo Festival Event (Community Dance Celebration) & Closing Ceremony-Little Tokyo Japantown (Sunday)

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Nisei Week Ondo Festival Event (Community Dance Celebration) & Closing Ceremony that brings dancers together from all temples to Little Tokto, Japantown. Final dance to close out the Summer Obon Festivals. This will be a beautiful event to particiate in and watch. 

Nisei Week Ondo Festival Date
August 20, 2023, Sunday

Nisei Week Time
4:30 - 7:00 pm

Location Closing Ceremony and Ondo
First St. between San Pedro St. and Central Ave.

Map to First Street

 

This Event is Part of Nisei Week

Nisei Week: List All Events


Location
First Street between San Pedro St and Central Ave, Little Tokyo - Los Angeles

Nisei Week Ondo Festival Event 
Location
First Street between San Pedro St and Central Ave, Little Tokyo - Los Angeles

Nisei Week Ondo Festival Event Title 
2022 Annual Nisei Week Ondo Festival Event (Community Dance Celebration with Minyo Station) & Closing Ceremony - Little Tokyo, LA (Sunday)

2023 RESCHEDULED for August 27! Annual Nisei Week Ondo Event (Community Dance Celebration) @JACCC Plaza, Little Tokyo Japantown (Sunday) 

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Sunday, 17 August, 2025



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