The annual event at San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin will celebrate San Jose Taiko’s 50th anniversary.
The Obon festival in San Jose’s Japantown is always a cause for celebration, with two days of food, music and dance surrounding the San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin in the historic district.
But this year is even more special. First, it’s the 50th anniversary of San Jose Taiko, and its drummers will be performing both Saturday at 3:30 p.m. and Sunday at 4:30 p.m. . Of course, if you’ve been to Obon before, you probably know that each evening closes out with the Bon Odori dance. But this year, there’s a new dance being added to Bon Odori called “Arigato” — Japanese for “thank you.” It was choreographed by Reiko Iwanaga and is being performed to honor her retirement as Head Bon Instructor after 25 years.
Sunday will also feature a 2:30 p.m. performance by singer and guitarist Kina Grannis, who is a YouTube sensation with nearly 1.7 million subscribers. But her appearance at Obon isn’t trying to generate more followers but bone marrow donor registrants. She’s on a campaign to sign people up; her mother was diagnosed with bone marrow cancer in 2021 and needs a stem cell donor to save her life.
Shoor made the announcement on Monday, though it was certainly in the works before that: He rode in a car in Tuesday morning’s Rose, White & Blue Parade in San Jose with a sign on it identifying him as a candidate.The Fourth of July holiday weekend got off to a great start Saturday at the Stars and Strides run in downtown San Jose, which drew more than 2,200 participants and raised more than $330,000 for the Valley Health Foundation.
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