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2025 Toro Nagashi - An Ancient Tradition in Japan, Garden of the Phoenix (Toro Nagashi Refers to the Japanese River Lantern Festival Held in Summer)
2025 OAA Annual Picnic: A Tradition Since 1930's (Performances, Games, Raffles, & the Only Okinawan Bon Dance in LA) Okinawa Association of America
2025 Hello Kitty® Night at Dodger Stadium (Fans Who Buy Special Ticket Package Will Get a Hello Kitty-Promotion Item) Use Dodger Link!
2025 Annual Japan Festival Houston (Japanese Performances, Dance, Martial Arts, Japanese Food, Ikebana, Tea Ceremony) Houston’s Hermann Park (2 Days)
2025: 3rd Megabon: Local Food & Craft Vendors, Japanese Festival Games, Live Entertainment, Vendors, Beer Garden, and a Mega Sized Bon Dance (Video)
2025: 29th Japanese Fall Festival Event - Mizumoto Stroll Garden (Japanese Culture, Food, Performances, Live Taiko, Samurai Sword..) 3 Days
2025 Tanabata Celebration (Tanabata Celebrates Reunion of the Cosmological Weaving Maiden & Herd Boy) Hammond Museum & Japanese Stroll Garden
2025: 10th Oita Japan Festival (Celebrate the Culture of Japan at the Oita Japan Festival!) #OitaATX
2025 Boston Red Sox Japanese Celebration: Celebrating Japanese Heritage Culture & Contributions of the Japanese-American Community in New England
2025: 20th Sake Day: The Home of Sake. The Ultimate Sake Celebration (The World’s Largest & Longest-Running Sake Tasting Event Outside of Japan)
2025: 54rd Akimatsuri Fall Festival Event (Japanese Food & Drinks, Taiko, Performers, Games..) East San Gabriel Japanese Community Center
2025: 9th San Diego Sake Festival: The Largest Sake Event in San Diego, Celebrate National Sake Day (Video)
2025 Aki Matsuri: Japanese Fall Festival (Live Taiko, Ikebana, Performances, Mochi & Sweets..) at EXPO NM
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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 Obon Festivals with Bon Odori Dance Practices

Celebrate Obon: Top Summer Festivals with Bon Odori Dancing Across the U.S.

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

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