✔ Sat & Sun – Pasadena Obon Festival of Lights – 2014

Here are some highlights from the Obon Festival and Bon Odori.

*Bon odori: Japanese folk-dancing, everyone welcome! 6:30 – 7, 7:30-8
*Taiko performances: 7 pm, L.A. Matsuri Taiko (Saturday), Taiko of West L.A. Buddhist Temple (Sunday)
*Food booths: chicken teriyaki, maki sushi/inari sushi (Saturday only), chirashi rice (Sunday only) beef teriyaki, beef chow mein, cold soba noodles, manju, spam musubi, unagi donburi, chili rice, snow cones and more!
*Martial arts demonstrations: In the gym annex from about 5 pm – 6:30 pm
*Tea Ceremony (Sunday only)
*Ikebana Exhibit
*Bingo
*Silent Auction
*Raffle
*Craft & Gift booths

2014 Obon Schedule

07/19/2014 – 07/20/2014
2:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Location
Pasadena Buddhist Temple

4:00    Exhibits and Vendors Open (in Sakai Hall)
            • Ikebana
            • Buddhist Wartime Camp Experience
Vendors include:
             • Heritage Source book sellers
             • Mariko III (handsewn items)
             • Origami Owl
             • Pat on the Back
5:15    Temple Hondo open for visitors to offer incense,
meditate or to ask Rev Tetsuo Unno questions about the
temple and Shin Buddhism
5:30   • Dressing room for kimono/yukata wearers open
6:15      Temple open to offer incense
6:30      Obon Dancing (part 1)
7:00      Matsuri Taiko performance (Saturday night)
Taiko of West LA Buddhist Temple performance (Sunday night)
7:30-ish Obon Dancing (part 2)
Demonstration Schedule – Saturday July 19th          
           4:30    Tea Ceremony in the Temple Tea Garden
           5:00    Qi Gong
           5:15    Aikido 
           5:45     Judo
Demonstration Schedule – Sunday July 20th
5:00     Kyudo
5:30     Kendo
6:00     Naginata