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2025 Higashi Hongwanji Obon Festival: Bon Odori, Taiko, Japanese Food Booths, Live Music (2 Days)
2024 West Los Angeles Bon Odori Dance Practice at West Los Angeles Buddhist Temple (WLA)
2024 - 50th Annual White River Buddhist Temple Summer Bon Odori Festival (Food Booths, Beer Garden, Bon Odori, Kimono Shop..) Saturday [Video]
2025 Nishi Hongwanji Bon Odori Dance Practice - Nishi Hongwanji Buddhist Temple
2025 BCO Bazaar & Food Festival: Sake, Sushi & Udon, Teriyaki Chicken & Steak, Games, Silent Auction, Bingo, Raffle - Buddhist Church of Oakland
2025 Nishi Hongwanji Obon Festival, Los Angeles, Japantown: Bon Odori, Taiko, Bingo, Games, Japanese Food.. (2 Days) Nishi Hongwanji Buddhist Temple
2025 West Covina Obon Festival - East San Gabriel Valley: Bon Odori Dancing, Taiko, Japanese Food, Martial Arts, Games.. (Sat) West Covina Buddhist
2025 Sozenji Obon Festival: Live Taiko Performance, Bon Odori Dancing at Sozenji Buddhist Temple (Sunday)
2025 Am I An American or Am I Not? A Powerful Civil Rights Exhibition: A Traveling Exhibition from the Fred T. Korematsu Institute
2025 Orange County Bon Odori Dance Practice at Orange County Buddhist Church (OCBC) - Everybody is Welcome to Come & Learn the Dances
2025: 62nd Annual Japanese Cultural Festival & Ondo Event (Bon Odori Dance, Japanese Food, Games, Taiko, Bingo..) SEJSCC Southeast School (2 Days)
2025: 67th Zenshuji Obon Carnival Festival, Japantown Los Angeles (Japanese Food, Taiko, Performances, Games..) (2 Days)
2025: 4th Annual Nikkei Celebration Festival Event in Boyle Heights (Parade, Public Ondo, Entertainment & Performances..) Saturday
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2025 Most Popular Japanese Summer Obon Festivals & Bon Odori Practices


The most popular Japanese Summer Obon Festivals & Bon Odori Dance Practices in the United States occur during the summer months. We have a list of the most viewed popular Japanese Obons (left column) & Bon Odori dance practices (right column). There are some Japanese Events that have just Bon Odori dancing and it could be listed also.

In the United States, the Obon festival event (お盆, also known as Bon festival) is a Japanese Buddhist festival celebrated during the summer months which people commemorates and remembers the spirits of their deceased ancestors back home.

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2025 Most Popular Japanese Summer Obon Festivals with Bon Odori Dance Practices

Upcoming Festivals: featuring Bon Odori Dancing, distinct from religious Obon Festivals

Bon Odori (盆踊り) is a Bon dance - a style of dancing performed during Obon around a circle.

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