Experience the unique and captivating Nishimonai Bon Odori Festival in Akita! Discover the ancient traditions, mesmerizing dances, and vibrant atmosphere of this mysterious cultural celebration.

Earlier, photos of the girl, who was said to have been at the Bon Odori Festival, made rounds on social media. It was learnt that the girl’s parents were among the traders participating in the ...

PETALING JAYA: PAS says it will continue to call on Muslims to stay away from the Bon Odori Festival due to concerns of “religious elements” at the Japanese cultural event. This came after ...

For more than 700 years, the residents of Nishimonai in Akita Prefecture have welcomed their ancestral spirits home for the annual Obon festival through a Bon Odori.These dances are held across ...

On the nights of the 14th, 15th, and 16th of August, the obon festival takes over the streets of the Niino community of Nagano Prefecture. At its conclusion, a practitioner of shugendo ...

The Secretariat of Intellectual Property Strategy Headquarters, Cabinet Office Japan, and Anime Tourism Association announced ...

The Gujo Odori, one of Japan's largest Bon dances, is a spectacle with the scores of revelers, as well as the live festival music and clacking geta wooden clogs. For more than 400 years ...

One of the students resides in Byron Bay, NSW. Mr Cowland-Cooper said that there might be some people who dance Awa Odori at the annual Bon-Odori dance festival in Byron Bay this weekend.

If you have yet to catch any of the Japanese summer festivals, this is the probably the last month you could do so, as there are still some Bon Odori happening around town. While September usually ...