August kicks off with the AAA & CCC 15th Annual Soul Food Festival and the Stockton Buddhist Temple annual Obon Odori & Festival both on the same day — Saturday, Aug. 3. Here are 15 things to do ...

For more than 700 years, the residents of Nishimonai in Akita Prefecture have welcomed their ancestral spirits home for the annual Obon festival through a Bon Odori.These dances are held across ...

Cherry tree blossom watchers in Salem are hopeful buds will burst into shimmery pink and white petals in time for Saturday’s ...

Obon is a summertime ritual when Japanese people welcome ancestors' spirits home from the Buddhist Pure Land. The people of Nagasaki have a distinctive way to commemorate this. They light ...