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Japantown celebrates the San Jose Obon festival, a time when generations of families and friends come together and enjoy a rich cultural experience in one of the three remaining Japantowns in the United States.
Japantown’s largest festival with two days of game booths, food booths, the Chidori Band, three taiko performances each day including San Jose Taiko and over 1,200 dancers in colorful traditional festive wear each evening.
WHEN:
July 9, 2016 | 12:00pm – 10:00pm
July 10, 2016 | 12:00pm – 8:00pm
WHERE:
San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin
640 North 5th Street
San Jose, CA
ODORI PRACTICE SCHEDULE
All practices run from 7:30pm – 8:45pm in the San Jose Betsuin gymnasium.
Monday, June 20th
Wednesday, June 22nd
Thursday, June 23rd
Monday, June 27th
Wednesday, June 29th
Thursday, June 30th
WEEKEND SCHEDULE
| TIME | SATURDAY | July 9th | SUNDAY | July 10th | ||
| 11:30 | Temple open | Temple open | ||
| 11:30 | Buddhism 101 | Buddhism 101 | ||
| 12:00 | Food Booths open | Food Booths open | ||
| 12:30 | Stanford Taiko | UC Berkeley Taiko | ||
| 1:00 | Games open | Games open | ||
| 1:00 | Bookstore open | Bookstore open | ||
| 1:00 | Meet the Author | |||
| 1:30 | UC Davis Taiko | |||
| 2:00 | Buddhism 101 | Buddhism 101 | ||
| 3:00 | UC Irvine Taiko | |||
| 3:30 | Buddhism 101 | San Jose Taiko | ||
| 4:00 | Temple closes | |||
| 4:00 | Bingo opens | Bingo opens | ||
| 4:30 | San Jose Taiko | Chidori Band | ||
| 5:30 | Temple closes | YamaSho-Kai | ||
| 6:00 | Chidori Band | Odori starts | ||
| 7:00 | YamaSho-Kai | |||
| 7:30 | Odori starts |