Join the dance of the annual Bon Odori Festival at Zojoji Temple this summer. A time-honored tradition, Bon Odori is an integral part of Obon, the Japanese Buddhist custom of honouring the spirits of ...

【Vol.30】Interview with designer Akira Minagawa,The connection between festivals and design 【Vol.29】Foreign Residents of Tokyo Discuss the Allure of the Festivals of Japan and Their Own Countries ...

Summer festivals are making a comeback in Tokyo, and the famous Nakano Bon Odori Festival recently hosted a two-day celebration over the Aug 6-7 weekend. There was, of course, the usual fare of ...

TOKYO -- A Bon Odori dance event aimed at breaking the Guinness World Record for the largest number of participants was held in the capital's Nakano Ward, but with 2,453 dancers, failed to set a new ...

【Vol.30】Interview with designer Akira Minagawa,The connection between festivals and design 【Vol.29】Foreign Residents of Tokyo Discuss the Allure of the Festivals of Japan and Their Own Countries ...

The end of the rainy season means the arrival of summer heat, and bon odori (bon dancing) events take place in parks, open spaces, and in shrine and temple precincts, with venues decorated with ...

If you spend your life stuck in one of Japan's concrete jungles, you may have never seen a Bon-odori (Bon-dance) performed at the summer Bon festivals held all over the country in towns and villages, ...

A "bon-odori" festival scheduled for the weekend in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward has been canceled after a threatening letter was received. According to police, the letter was sent to Ikenoue elementary ...

The National Youth Services Council (NYSC), in collaboration with the Japanese Solidarity Association (JSA) and the Embassy of Japan, successfully hosted the Bon Odori Festival 2024 at the NYSC ...