Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... As the story goes, a few thousand years ago a disciple, worried that his mother was suffering after passing away, asked Buddha what he might do to ease her ...

You value independent local news, so become a sustainer today to power our newsroom. Summer weekends at SoCal Japanese Buddhist temples fill with carnival games, Japanese food and dancing as people of ...

For the first time in a long time, the Spokane Buddhist Temple will host an Obon festival this weekend. “We haven’t had an Obon festival in 25 or 30 years,” said Mari Haworth, Temple board member. The ...

The 28th annual Las Vegas Obon Festival and Bazaar Aug. 6 at Clark High School celebrated a new home, a record crowd and visions of a bigger event in the future. Hosted by Las Vegas Buddhist Sangha, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japanese culture, live music and exhibits will once again return to Stockton for the 2025 Obon Odori & Festival. The annual event ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The hypnotic beat of thundering taiko drums, a symbolic community folk dance, a serene stroll on winding garden paths and ...

In an Aloha shirt and khakis, Ken Yamada doesn't exactly look like a Buddhist minister. But put the boyish 47-year-old reverend of Berkeley's Higashi Honganji in a roomful of folk-dancing parishioners ...

The Obon Festival, celebrated annually at the Watsonville Buddhist Temple and by Japanese populations around the globe, brings community members together to remember and honor departed family members.

In an Aloha shirt and khakis, Ken Yamada doesn't exactly look like a Buddhist minister. But put the boyish 47-year-old reverend of Berkeley's Higashi Honganji in a roomful of folk-dancing parishioners ...

Obon — a Japanese Buddhist festival that honors the dead — is one of the city’s longest-running cultural events, dating back certainly to the post-World War II period and probably back to the 1930s.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Grand Rapids Public Museum (GRPM) and the OBON Society are poised to return a rare Japanese “good luck” flag to the family of a soldier it was originally gifted to. The ...

Japanese culture, live music and exhibits will once again return to Stockton for the 2025 Obon Odori & Festival. The annual event kicks off from 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 2, at the ...