Do you like Japanese culture and food? How about martial arts, traditional crafts, music and dance? Then, you don’t want to miss the Japanese Festival taking place in Greenville this Saturday ...

Do you like Japanese culture? Food? How about martial arts, traditional crafts, music and dance? Then you don’t want to miss the Japanese Festival taking place in Greenville this Saturday afternoon!

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 ...

Day two of the Honolulu Festival saw scores of performances and activities at three locations around Honolulu and in Waikiki. An estimated 10,000 will have gone through the Hawaii Convention Center on ...

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Where were the Japanese exchange students who usually flock to the Grand Hyatt Resort and Spa during the bon dance hosted by the Poipu resort, and not conflicting with the Kauai Buddhist Council ...

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 ...

Maui residents Jonah Valois-Nishimura (left) and Shannon Loo knew they were going to miss the summertime obon dances, so they began holding an online dance session beginning in April. — Photo courtesy ...

With Zoom meetings taking the place of public gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic, there have been everything from online cocktail hours to church services, so why not virtual bon dances?

San Diego residents will join hands with the Japanese-American community as they honor the spirits of their ancestors at the annual Bon Odori: “Gathering of Joy” Festival in Balboa Park. Marking its ...

CAMP ZAMA, Japan (July 30, 2021) – Two women who have spent a combined five-plus decades teaching a centuries-old touchstone of Japanese culture to Camp Zama residents were recognized earlier this ...