KINGSTON, N.Y. — Hundreds braved the rain to gather for the fourteenth Bon Odori Dance Festival for Peace, championing a world free of peace and nuclear weapons, on Sunday, Aug. 4. The festival, held ...

These community wide events are well known for their dance, crafts and nostalgic food items. Obon season is huge in Hawaiʻi. There's a lot of people who want to go to the bon dance. It's expanded into ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — One of Hawaiʻi’s most interesting cultural expressions is the bon dance. Brought to Hawaiʻi by Japanese immigrants in 1925, these festivals have grown to several of these events ...

Folks celebrated the final Bon dance of the season tonight with traditional Japanese and Okinawan dishes, plus live music.

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Across Hawaiʻi, Buddhist temples turn parking lots and courtyards into gathering places every summer. Families line up for andagi and saimin as children chase each other between ...

HANAPĒPĒ, Kauaʻi (KHON2) — This weekend, the summer of Obon season will bring vibrant sights, rhythmic sounds and community flavors to the west side of Kauaʻi. The Kauaʻi Soto Zen Temple in Hanapēpē ...

Obon season winds down in August, when kids in Hawai‘i go back to school, though Japan marks its official bon holidays in the middle of the month. Eight bon dances light up weekend nights in this ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — The Bon Odori Dance Festival for Peace on Sunday, Aug. 6, at Kingston Point Beach celebrated all the possibilities a nuclear-free future could offer to the world, along with Japanese ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Another perfect night for bon dance at Hawaii Betsuin. Hundreds showed off their moves at Honpa Hongwanji for a free event in Nuuanu. The Obon Festival, characterized as ...

The deadline for donating a “Lantern of Remembrance” at the Kapa‘a Hongwanji Mission is June 3. People interested in donating can do so by emailing mail@kapaahongwanji.org for a form. “We would like ...

CAMP ZAMA, Japan – More than 15,000 people gathered to celebrate Japanese culture and share in a day of games, live entertainment, dancing and more during the 65th Bon Odori Festival held here Aug. 3.