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Tacoma Bon Odori Festival
August 3 @ 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Please come to our Tacoma Bon Odori Festival! As part of our religion, we honor those who have passed by celebrating them through Japanese traditional dancing called Bon Odori. Everyone is welcome to dance, enjoy the food or just watch the dancing and taiko performances. 4pm: Food, beer garden and other booths open. 4:30: Obon service. 5pm: Dancing and taiko drumming will occur in front of our temple on Fawcett Avenue up from UW Tacoma. 8pm: Memorial candle observance. 8pm: memorial candle service. Menu highlights: teriyaki chicken and tofu bowls, cold somen, spam musubi, mochi and pie. Feel free to bring a blanket or small chairs to sit on the sidewalk or grassy knoll- space is fairly limited. Credit card only. Domo arigato! Questions: info@tacomabt.org. 1717 Fawcett Avenue, Tacoma – near UW Tacoma campus.
