Local News Features Obon Festival

Tiffany Tamaribuchi, founder of Sacramento Taiko Dan, accompanies our Obon dancers, June 12, 2025. (Photo by George Warren)

Hundreds of people, young and old, danced in our annual Obon Festival, paying homage to the Buddhist tradition of honoring our ancestors and loved ones who have passed. CBS-13 featured a video clip on its nightly news, including a thought on Obon from Reverend Yuki Sugahara. (Video by George Warren)

With dance instructors onstage and Reverend Yuki Sugahara on bass guitar, hundreds perform the Lantern Song dance.

Dancers don beautiful kimonos, yukatas and happi coats as they perform in our annual Bon Odori.