Our Adventures in Japan

It's Bon Dance Season in Hawaii. If you'd like to know what bon dance is, please read this . I went to the Wahiawa Ryusenji Soto...

It's O-bon now in Japan. Many companies have the week off. Satoshi doesn't but was able to take the day off. So, on Friday, we...

Earlier this month marked the one year anniversary of my mom's passing. There was a hatsubon service at her church for all members who...

Saturday evening, my Grandma wanted to go to the Pearl City Hongwanji's O-bon service so I took her. We got there a little before 18:00...

It's Bon Dance season in Hawaii. I think it starts in July. Anyway, the bon dance in Hawaii is great to experience because not only are ...

still working on this post, but thought I'd give you a sneak peek. If you grew up in Hawaii or have lived in Hawaii, you'll know wh...

In Kyoto, at the end of Obon there is a big event called Daimonji (literally big chinese characters). During this event, they burn a charac...

It is Obon here. Obon is the time of year that we welcome our ancestor's spirits back to "our world". Every year about this t...

Yesterday Satoshi had the day off so we decided to do ohaka mairi (visit the graves of his ancestors), since it is the end of O-bon (the sea...

Since we didn't get to go during O-bon, we decided to visit the graves of Satoshi's mother's family and a friend of their family...