Seattle Bon Odori

Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple 1427 South Main Street, Seattle, Washington

Saturday, July 19 and Sunday July 20, 2025. It's the 93rd Seattle Bon Odori Festival! Come join in this annual Japanese dance festival. There will be food, a beer garden, taiko drumming performances with interactive demonstrations and more. Bring your friends and family.

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Densho Incarceration Films

Wednesday, July 23, 2025. Join us for the launch of the Digital Library of Japanese American Incarceration Films, a new online collection of 100+ films, spanning 80 years of footage, documenting the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.This virtual program will be moderated by Densho founder Tom Ikeda and feature […]

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White River Bon Odori

White River Buddhist Temple 3625 Auburn Way North, Auburn

Saturday, July 26, 2025. White River's 2025 Bon Odori on July 26th from 4 - 9:30 PM. The event is free and all are welcome to join our festivities - from the Okinawan Kenjin-Kai Eisa Taiko Performance, Kids' Obon Dance, Service, Dancing, the Seattle Matsuri Taiko Performance, and last but not least FOOD! All are […]

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Bon Odori Nikkei Manor

Nikkei Manor 700 6th Avenue South, Seattle

Saturday, July 27, 2025. Celebrate summer with us at our annual Bon Odori Summer Festival, a joyful afternoon of taiko drumming, foods, local vendors, kimono photoshoots, bake sale, traditional dance, and kids activities! Whether you're dancing, shopping, or simply soaking up the atmosphere, this event is for everyone.  Free and open to the public Please note: […]

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Tacoma Bon Odori

Tacoma Buddhist Temple 1717 Fawcett Avenue, Tacoma

Saturday, August 2, 2025. The summer Bon Odori Festival Event has been an annual tradition for over 65 years, sponsored by the Tacoma Buddhist Temple. The public is welcome to participate and enjoy traditional Japanese festival dancing, taiko drumming entertainment, Japanese food, memorial candle lighting, beer garden serving local beer and sake, and plant sale. […]

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Interfaith Atomic Bomb Memorial Service

We invite you to volunteer to help us host this important event. Contact [email protected] The Seattle Hiroshima Club is sponsoring the Atomic Bomb Victims Memorial Service which will be held on August 3, 2025 at the Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple gymnasium. The doors open at 9:00am; photos of the destruction at both Hiroshima and Nagasaki will […]

From Hiroshima to Hope

Wednesday, August 6, 2025. Remembrance and Lanterns Shine Hope on Green Lake. With music, poetry, and a lantern floating ceremony, From Hiroshima to Hope will shine hope and light on Green Lake on Wednesday evening, August 6, the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima on August 6 and Nagasaki on August 9. The annual remembrance […]

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Seattle Hiroshima Club Picnic

Seward Park 5900 Lake Washington Blvd. South, Seattle

Join the fun and invite your friends and family to our annual Seattle Hiroshima Club picnic. RSVP to [email protected] The picnic will be held in Seattle’s Seward Park at shelter #3 from 10am - 2pm. The club will provide hamburgers (and condiments), hot dogs, watermelon and water; please bring a side dish to share. For those […]

Mukai Kizoku Ishiki Obon Festival

Vashon Cemetery 19631 Singer Rd SW, Vashon Island

Saturday, August 9, 2025. A “Kizoku Ishiki Obon” celebration will be hosted at the Vashon Cemetery Saturday, August 9th, noon to 5 p.m. Kizoku Ishiki means a deep sense of belonging and Obon is the annual festival to appreciate our ancestors, our indebtedness to others and joyfully dance. This free and fun cultural event will […]

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Japanese Heritage Night Seattle Mariners

T-Mobile Park 1250 1st Ave South, Seattle

Sunday, August 10, 2025. Celebrating Japanese Heritage during Ichiro Hall of Fame Weekend. Join us at T-Mobile Park for Japanese Heritage Day on Sunday, August 10-the final day of Ichiro Hall of Fame Weekend! We’ll be celebrating the iconic Ichiro and the Japanese community here in Seattle and across the Pacific Northwest. Plus, with this special […]