Obon is the Japanese Buddhist festival to honor the spirits of ancestors and is August 13-15 ... They clean ancestral graves and decorate them with flowers and lanterns in order to guide the spirits ...

The Obon Festival will take place on Friday, August 16 at 6 p.m. People will be able to release lanterns to commemorate their ...

Lahaina Jodo Mission will celebrate its first public Obon Festival since the pandemic on July 1. The Obon service will begin at 6:30 p.m., followed by a floating lanterns procession and ceremony ...

This festival includes the lighting of bonfires and lanterns to light the way for the spirits. As with other countries, the Japanese celebration, known as the Obon Festival, honors their dead ...