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Annual Obon Festival

Sunday, July 14, 2024 from 12:00pm to 09:00pm

Annual Obon Festival

San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin

640 N 5th St

San Jose, CA, 95112

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The Obon festival season is an important time in our community and we are excited to be able to come together again!

This year's San Jose Obon Festival will be on July 13 and July 14 on 5th Street between Taylor and Jackson Streets in San Jose, CA with parking and a complimentary shuttle service from the Santa Clara County lot at North First and Hedding.

We will live stream segments of the weekend for people to watch. Please watch the "San Jose Obon" Facebook Live page for the livestream links.

Schedule Of Events:

11:00am: First Shuttle Bus


11:30am: Temple Opens

12:00pm: Food Booths Open

12:30pm: Raijin Taiko / Stanford Taiko

1:00pm: Games/Bookstore Open

1:30pm: Bakuhatsu Taiko

2:00pm: Buddhism 101

2:30pm: Special Guest

3:30pm: San Jose Taiko

3:30pm: Author Maggie Tokuda-Hall

4:00pm: Temple Closes

4:30pm: Chidori Band

6:00pm: Obon Odori

8:00pm: Raffle Drawing

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