Hundreds of community members participate in the traditional Odori dancing on the first day of the San Jose Buddhist Church ...

Members of the community take part in the Odori dancing during the Obon festival at the San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin in San Jose, Calif., on Saturday, July 12, 2025. The Obon festival is an annual ...

San Jose's Obon Festival is the largest of its kind in the U.S. The festival's big attraction is the traditional Bon Odori, ...

San Jose hosts it annual Obon Festival this weekend as local Japanese Americans draw parallels between internment camps in ...

The San Jose Obon Festival will be held on Saturday, July 12 from noon to 10 p.m. and on Sunday, July 13 from noon to 9 p.m. on 5th Street between Taylor and Jackson Streets.

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – JULY 9: Alex Suzuki Hudson, of San Jose, performs with San Jose Taiko during the Obon Festival at the San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin in San Jose, Calif., on Saturday ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- This weekend is expected to be a busy one for San Jose's Japantown. The popular Obon Festival returns to its in-person roots on Saturday and Sunday.

SAN JOSE– On the 80th anniversary of the Obon festival in one of the last Japan towns left in America, 20,000 people showed up over the weekend. They happily devoured 35,000 teriyaki beef ...

San Jose hosts it annual Obon Festival this weekend as local Japanese Americans draw parallels between internment camps in the 1940s and federal immigration actions today.

SAN JOSE — On the 80th anniversary of the Obon festival in one of the last Japantowns left in America, 20,000 people showed up over the weekend. They happily devoured 35,000 teriyaki beef ...