Title: VIRTUAL OBON FESTIVAL – https://www.facebook.com/hhbt.la/live
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Description: Please join us for the 2021 VIRTUAL OBON FESTIVAL on July 24 at 5:00pm at https://www.facebook.com/hhbt.la/live.
Obon is a time to remind us of how much our parents and grandparents, our ancestors, have done to make our lives happy. It is an opportunity to rejoice in the life that we enjoy, to express gratitude for all of the conditions, both past and present, that help to sustain our lives, and a time to reflect on the wishes our predecessors have for us.
Due to safety concerns over the COVID-19 coronavirus, the festival will once again be held online, so please join us.
Be a VIRTUAL OBON DONOR –
Please support the temple by being a Virtual Obon Donor. Please download a form & follow the instructions on the form.
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Description: The Virtual Obon Silent Auction will also be held. s a time to remind us of how much our parents and grandparents, our ancestors, have done to make our lives happy. It is an opportunity to rejoice in the life that we enjoy, to express gratitude for all of the conditions, both past and present, that help to sustain our lives, and a time to reflect on the wishes our predecessors have for us. The festival features food, games, farmers market, flower market, tea ceremony demonstrations, traditional Bon Odori Dancing, and various types of entertainment.
Start Date: 2018-07-28
Start Time: 1:00 pm
End Date: 2018-07-29
End Time: 9:00 pm
Demonstrations –__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Tea Ceremony – Sunday, 7/29, Starting at 1:00 p.m & continuous throughout the day. Downstairs in Room 2 (Red Room), so please drop in.
 Ichinobowaryu Sencha Do |
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Entertainment –
The 2018 entertainment lineup will include TAIKOPROJECT, happyfunsmile, hereandnow, and many others.
Performance Schedule (subject to change)
| Saturday, July 28 | |
| MC: Shin Ito | |
| 1:00 | ML Crisis |
| 2:00 | hereandnow |
| 2:45 | TAIKOPROJECT |
| 3:30 | Local Band |
| 4:45 | Bombu/Kitsune |
| 5:30 | Manto-e Service |
| 6:00 | happyfunsmile |
| 6:30 | Bon Odori |
| Sunday, July 29 | |
| MC: Shin Ito____Guest MC: Helen Ota | |
| 1:45 | Lumbini Child Development Center Kids |
| 2:15 | Kitsune Taiko |
| 3:00 | Asian Persuasian |
| 3:45 | June Kuramoto |
| 4:15 | Nakama Daiko |
| 5:30 | Manto-e Service |
| 6:00 | happfunsmile |
| 6:30 | Bon Odori |
 MC: Shin Ito |
 Guest MC: Helen Ota |
 Asian Persuasian |
 Local Band |
 happyfunsmile |
TAIKOPROJECT |
Bombu Taiko |
 ML Crisis |
 Kitsune Taiko |
 June Kuramoto |
 Nakama Daiko |
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Services –
OBON HATSUBON SERVICE – July 29, 11:00 a.m.
MANTO-E SERVICES – Saturday – 6:00 p.m. – Sunday 5:30 p.m.
The tradition of Manto-e during the Obon Festival is to light the sky with “ten thousand lanterns”, originating about 1,200 years ago. Manto-e lanterns can be offered in memory of a departed love one, so if you wish to do so, please refer to the Manto-e form to apply for one.
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OBON Gift Certificates –
Great gifts for family & friends! Gift Certificates can be purchased for food items in $5.00 increments by printing out a gift certificate form, fill it out, and send it in with payment to the Temple Office. ________________________________________________________________________________________________
OBON Parking –
Parking will be available at the Mangrove Lot at 428 E. Temple St.(Alameda/1st st/Temple St). Free shuttle service will be available from the parking lot to Higashi Honganji from 11:00am to 10:00pm. Validation to park at the Medical Building on 3rd & San Pedro will not be available this year.
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Bon Odori Dancing –
Both days at 6:30 p.m.
BON Odori Practice – Practice dates are Wednesdays and Fridays from 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm in the social hall.
Title: OBON Festival
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Description: Obon is a time to remind us of how much our parents and grandparents, our ancestors, have done to make our lives happy. It is an opportunity to rejoice in the life that we enjoy, to express gratitude for all of the conditions, both past and present, that help to sustain our lives, and a time to reflect on the wishes our predecessors have for us. The festival features food, games, farmers market, flower market, tea ceremony demonstrations, traditional Bon Odori Dancing, and various types of entertainment.
Start Date: 2017-07-29
Start Time: 1:00 pm
End Date: 2017-07-30
End Time: 9:00 pm
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Demonstrations –
Tea Ceremony – Sunday, 7/31, 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m. Downstairs in Room 2 (Red Room).
| Ichinobowaryu Sencha Do |
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Entertainment –
The 2017 entertainment lineup will include TAIKOPROJECT, happyfunsmile, hereandnow, and many others.
Performance Schedule (subject to change)
| Saturday, July 29 | |
| MC – Shin Ito Guest MC – Rodney Kageyama | |
| 1:30 | ML Crisis |
| 2:30 | June Kuramoto with Kimo Cornwell |
| 3:15 | Fujima Kansei Odori Kai |
| 3:45 | TAIKOPROJECT |
| 4:30 | Kokoro |
| 5:30 | Bombu/Kitsune Taiko |
| 6:00 | Manto-e Service |
| 6:30 | Bon Odori |
| Sunday, July 30 | |
| MC – Shin Ito | |
| 1:30 | HEREANDNOW and Lumbini Child Development Center Kids |
| 2:00 | Halau Hula ‘A’ Ala Anuhea |
| 2:45 | Kinnara Taiko |
| 3:30 | Erica Nagashima |
| 4:30 | Bombu/Kitsune Taiko |
| 5:30 | Manto-e Service |
| 6:00 | happyfunsmile |
| 6:30 | Bon Odori |
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TAIKOPROJECT |
Bombu Taiko |
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| Kitsune Taiko |
June Kuramoto |
 Kinnara Taiko |
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 Kokoro |
ML Crisis |
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 Erica Nagashima |
 Rodney Kageyama |
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Services –
OBON HATSUBON SERVICE – July 30, 11:00 a.m.
MANTO-E SERVICES – Saturday – 6:00 p.m. – Sunday 5:30 p.m.
The tradition of Manto-e during the Obon Festival is to light the sky with “ten thousand lanterns”, originating about 1,200 years ago. Manto-e lanterns can be offered in memory of a departed love one, so if you wish to do so, please refer to the Manto-e form to apply for one.
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OBON Gift Certificates –
Great gifts for family & friends! Gift Certificates can be purchased for food items in $5.00 increments by printing out a gift certificate form, fill it out, and send it in with payment to the Temple Office. ________________________________________________________________________________________________
OBON Parking –
Parking will be available at the Medical Building on 3rd Street, across from the temple at 420 E. 3rd Street, LA 90013. The lot entrance is on Boyd Street. Higashi Honganji Obon visitors will receive a discounted maximum daily fee of $5.00, plus a complimentary Obon raffle ticket valued at $3.00.
In order to receive your discount voucher and raffle ticket, please bring your stub to the Raffle Booth at the entrance to our Obon Festival.
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PLEASE BE AWARE OF PARKING LOT CLOSING TIMES!
The Medical Building parking lot closes at 10:00 P.M. and other parking lots in Little Tokyo close earlier!
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Bon Odori Dancing –
Both days at 6:30 p.m.
BON Odori Practice – Practice dates are Wednesdays and Fridays from 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm in the social hall.Title: OBON Festival
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Description: OBON is a traditional event to honor and express gratitude to the spirits of our ancestors, those before us who provided us with the gift of life. The Obon Festival is held as a celebration of the return of the spirits of our ancestors. The festival features food, games, farmers market, flower market, tea ceremony demonstrations, traditional Bon Odori Dancing, and various types of entertainment.
Start Date: 2016-07-30
Start Time: 1:00 pm
End Date: 2014-07-31
End Time: 9:00 pm
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Demonstrations –
Tea Ceremony – Sunday, 7/31, 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m. Downstairs in Room 2 (Red Room).
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| Ogasawara-ryu Sencha-do Tea Ceremony Demonstrations will be performed by Matsumura Shachu (Tea master Matsumura (seated to the right) & her students). |
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Entertainment –
The 2016 entertainment lineup will include happyfunsmile, hereandnow, TAIKOPROJECT, Local Mojo and many others.
Performance Schedule (subject to change)
| Saturday, July 30 | |
| MC – Shin Ito Guest MC – Rodney Kageyama | |
| 1:30 | Garvey Ranch Dojo |
| 2:00 | hereandnow |
| 2:30 | Fujima Kansei Odori Kai |
| 3:15 | TAIKOPROJECT |
| 4:15 | Local Mojo |
| 5:15 | Bombu / Kitsune /Tanuki |
| 6:00 | Manto-e Service |
| 6:30 | Bon Odori |
| Sunday, July 31 | |
| MC – Shin Ito | |
| 12:30 | Live 4 Today |
| 1:30 | Lumbini Kids On Stage |
| 2:00 | Kinnara Taiko |
| 2:45 | Halau Hula ‘a’ ala Anuhea |
| 3:30 | Miko Shudo |
| 4:30 | Bombu / Kitsune / Tanuki |
| 6:00 | happyfunsmile |
| 5:30 | Manto-e Service |
| 6:00 | happyfunsmile |
| 6:30 | Bon Odori |
 Local Mojo |
 Miko Shudo |
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Services –
OBON HATSUBON SERVICE – July 27, 11:30 a.m.
MANTO-E SERVICES – Saturday – 6:00 p.m. – Sunday 5:30 p.m.
The tradition of Manto-e during the Obon Festival is to light the sky with “ten thousand lanterns”, originating about 1,200 years ago. Manto-e lanterns can be offered in memory of a departed love one, so if you wish to do so, please refer to the Manto-e form to apply for one.
________________________________________________________________________________________________
OBON Gift Certificates –
Great gifts for family & friends! Gift Certificates can be purchased for food items in $5.00 increments by printing out a gift certificate form, fill it out, and send it in with payment to the Temple Office. ________________________________________________________________________________________________
OBON Parking –
Parking will be available at the Medical Building on 3rd Street, across from the temple at 420 E. 3rd Street, LA 90013. The lot entrance is on Boyd Street. Higashi Honganji Obon visitors will receive a discounted maximum daily fee of $5.00, plus a complimentary Obon raffle ticket valued at $3.00.
In order to receive your discount voucher and raffle ticket, please bring your stub to the Raffle Booth at the entrance to our Obon Festival.
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PLEASE BE AWARE OF PARKING LOT CLOSING TIMES!
The Medical Building parking lot closes at 10:00 P.M. and other parking lots in Little Tokyo close earlier!
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Bon Odori Dancing – Both days at 6:30 p.m.
BON Odori Practice – Practice dates are Wednesdays and Fridays from 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm in the social hall.
