Bon Odori
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Exhibit looks back on American history of Bon Odori
July 18, 2024 by Tomo Hirai, Nichi Bei News
The Japanese American Bon Odori has become a part of Nikkei life anywhere Japanese Americans have settled in the United States, but its ethnographic history has largely been unrecorded. An […] READ MORE
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日系社会とお盆への思い 女優のタムリン・トミタさん
July 4, 2024 by Nichi Bei Japanese Section
毎年６月から８月にかけての週末は、カリフォルニアのあちこちでも盆踊りが開催され、多くの日系人が集い、先祖を敬い、日本の文化に親しみ、食べ物を楽しむ。 READ MORE
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盆踊りに新曲「ランタン・ソング」 日系四世アーティスト集団が制作
June 20, 2024 by Nichi Bei Japanese Section
お盆のシーズンになると各地の仏教会では盆踊りが開催されるが、そこに今年は新たな曲が加わる。主に日系四世からなるアーティスト集団「ボンブ・ストーリーズ」が米国仏教団（ＢＣＡ）の創立１２５周年を記念して制作した「ランタン・ソング」だ。 READ MORE
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Bonbu Stories: A Yonsei look at Obon through ‘Lantern Song’
June 20, 2024 by Tomo Hirai, Nichi Bei News
As the 2024 Obon season kicks off and various churches hold their Bon Odori, many of the annual dances will be playing a new tune. Celebrating the Buddhist Churches of […] READ MORE
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Actress Tamlyn Tomita’s intro to and connection to Obon
June 20, 2024 by Takeshi Nakayama, Nichi Bei News
LOS ANGELES — With the onset of summer, Japanese Americans are preparing to enjoy themselves at a large number of festivals — both the Buddhist Obon observances and secular summer […] READ MORE
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Okaeri Matsuri
June 6, 2024 by Nichi Bei News
Okaeri Matsuri will run from 4 to 9 p.m. at the Terasaki Budokan at 249 South Los Angeles St. in L.A.’s Little Tokyo. The community festival “gathers our Nikkei LGBTQ+ […] READ MORE
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Nikkei celebrate at ‘Queer O-bon’
July 6, 2023 by Akira Olivia Kumamoto, Nichi Bei News
LOS ANGELES — On June 19, Okaeri, an advocacy group for LGBTQ+ Nikkei, held their first “Queer O-bon” at the Terasaki Budokan in the city’s Little Tokyo. Colorful origami […] READ MORE
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Fifty+ years in the dance circle: Fumiye Nancy Shibata
June 22, 2023 by Nichi Bei News
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by BCA Wheel of Dharma. Fumiye Nancy Shibata studied with Mitsusa Bando, established the tradition of coordinating dances in the Buddhist Churches of […] READ MORE
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Summer is fun time for Southern California Bon Odori junkies
June 20, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
LOS ANGELES — Summer is a joyful season for many thousands of Southern California Nikkei as they participate in numerous traditional Buddhist Obon observances — as well as non-Buddhist summer […] READ MORE
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Bon Odori is a tradition even far from the West Coast
June 20, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
Japanese Americans who don’t live on the West Coast joke that you can go to a different Bon Odori every weekend in California, and dance away your summer. Not so […] READ MORE
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