Jul 26,2026
Higashi Honganji Obon Festival — Little Tokyo (2026)
The Higashi Honganji temple on 3rd Street is one of three Little Tokyo temples that runs Obon in the same weekend every July. The combination creates something rare: three communities, three blocks apart, all doing the same ritual at the same time.
The Higashi Honganji Obon runs Sunday and Monday, July 26 and 27. Colorful bon odori dancing where visitors are explicitly invited to join the circle. Farmers market and flower stalls on the grounds. Free. The kind of event where the crowd is entirely people who came specifically for this and know exactly what they are doing.
Little Tokyo in late July, three temples running Obon simultaneously, is one of the more quietly remarkable summer weekends in Los Angeles.
The Higashi Honganji temple on 3rd Street is one of three Little Tokyo temples that runs Obon in the same weekend every July. The combination creates something rare: three communities, three blocks apart, all doing the same ritual at the same time.
The Higashi Honganji Obon runs Sunday and Monday, July 26 and 27. Colorful bon odori dancing where visitors are explicitly invited to join the circle. Farmers market and flower stalls on the grounds. Free. The kind of event where the crowd is entirely people who came specifically for this and know exactly what they are doing.
Little Tokyo in late July, three temples running Obon simultaneously, is one of the more quietly remarkable summer weekends in Los Angeles.
The Higashi Honganji Obon runs Sunday and Monday, July 26 and 27. Colorful bon odori dancing where visitors are explicitly invited to join the circle. Farmers market and flower stalls on the grounds. Free. The kind of event where the crowd is entirely people who came specifically for this and know exactly what they are doing.
Little Tokyo in late July, three temples running Obon simultaneously, is one of the more quietly remarkable summer weekends in Los Angeles.
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Higashi Honganji Obon Festival — Little Tokyo (2026)
Sun, Jul 26 – Mon, Jul 27, 2026
Sun 1:00 PM PDT – Mon 9:00 PM PDT
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The Higashi Honganji temple on 3rd Street is one of three Little Tokyo temples that runs Obon in the same weekend every July. The combination creates something rare: three communities, three blocks apart, all doing the same ritual at the same time.
The Higashi Honganji Obon runs Sunday and Monday, July 26 and 27. Colorful bon odori dancing where visitors are explicitly invited to join the circle. Farmers market and flower stalls on the grounds. Free. The kind of event where the crowd is entirely people who came specifically for this and know exactly what they are doing.
Little Tokyo in late July, three temples running Obon simultaneously, is one of the more quietly remarkable summer weekends in Los Angeles.
The Higashi Honganji Obon runs Sunday and Monday, July 26 and 27. Colorful bon odori dancing where visitors are explicitly invited to join the circle. Farmers market and flower stalls on the grounds. Free. The kind of event where the crowd is entirely people who came specifically for this and know exactly what they are doing.
Little Tokyo in late July, three temples running Obon simultaneously, is one of the more quietly remarkable summer weekends in Los Angeles.
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