Lantern Parade Festival and Bon Odori Dance in Japantown Sunday Night: 150th...
TweetPer Hokubei.com: “Inspired by the 1936 Chochin Gyoretsu (Lantern Parade) commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Kanrin Maru’s arrival, the Japanese Benevolent Society of California, the...
View ArticleJapantown Lantern Parade Festival and Bon Odori Dance 2010 a Huge Success
TweetYeasterday’s Lantern Parade Festival and Bon Odori Dance in Japantown was well-attended. Here’s some video and here’s the dragon, courtesy of the SFNoobs. Now, I didn’t stick around for...
View ArticleArresting San Francisco O-Bon Festival on Octavia – It’s Day of the Dead,...
TweetIt’s the 76th Ginza Bazaar on Octavia, which is sort of in Japantown. The view of passersby on Bush: Click to expand See you next year! “Obon (お盆?) or just Bon (盆?) is a Japanese Buddhist custom...
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