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 ...

San Jose's Obon Festival is the largest of its kind in the U.S.The festival honors loved ones who have passed away, but that's only part of what makes it so special."The Obon Festival is seen as a big ...

San Jose Obon Festival’s motto could be ‘If you come, we will feed you’ Joyce Aso assembles udon noodle dishes during the annual Obon festival in San Jose's Japantown Saturday, July 13, 2013.

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's Obon Festival returns in-person, but will be scaled back "Obon" is a Japanese Buddhist tradition, dedicated to remembering and honoring the dead.

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 ...

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 Japan towns left in America, 20,000 people showed up over the weekend. They happily devoured 35,000 teriyaki beef ...