{"id":3611,"date":"2015-07-15T16:41:53","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T07:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/?p=3611"},"modified":"2015-07-15T16:41:53","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T07:41:53","slug":"san-jose-obon-festival-by-yui-kawamoto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/staff\/20150715_3611.html","title":{"rendered":"“San Jose Obon Festival” by Yui Kawamoto"},"content":{"rendered":"
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San Jose Obon Festival<\/h2>\n

Greetings from San Jose, California!
\nYoko Fujimoto and I attended one of the nation’s largest obon<\/span> festivals this weekend.\u00a0The obon culture in the United States is a little different, as many take place on various weekends and different locations throughout early\u00a0summer.
\nLet me tell you a little\u00a0about the one that we attended: San Jose Obon.<\/p>\n

Obon: an annual Buddhist event to commemorate one's ancestors<\/pre>\n
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San Jose Obon is famous for hosting great taiko performances by Californian\u00a0collegiate groups and San Jose Taiko!
\nSan Jose Taiko was established before Kodo was founded, and our groups have been great\u00a0friends since the very beginning. They have supported Kodo in many ways over the years, including the storage\u00a0of some of our touring equipment in their studio!<\/p>\n
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Taiko performances, food, and games are enjoyed by friends and family\u00a0throughout the entire Obon weekend.
\nAt the end of each night many people gather for…..<\/p>\n
Obon dancing!<\/p>\n
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Here at San Jose Obon, over 1,000 people gather and dance to live music\u00a0played by the Chidori Band and San Jose Taiko.
\nOne of the dance pieces is called Ei Ja Nai Ka<\/span>.
\nThe taiko music was composed by PJ Hirabayashi from San Jose Taiko and the melody\u00a0and lyrics that were written by Kodo’s Yoko Fujimoto.
\nThis is a popular dance piece that has been enjoyed for many years, mainly by the Northern Californian\u00a0communities, and it was truly wonderful to hear Yoko’s voice accompanying it live this year!
\nThis piece will actually make its debut at a further 18 new obon festivals this\u00a0summer,\u00a0so if you are in the United States this summer, make sure to check out an obon\u00a0festival near you! You might even hear Yoko’s vocals…<\/p>\n
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San Jose Obon Festival Greetings from San Jose, California! Yoko Fujimoto and I attended one of the nation’s largest obon festivals this weekend.\u00a0The obon culture in the United States is a little different, as many take place on various weekends and different locations throughout early\u00a0summer. Let me tell you a little\u00a0about the one that we attended: San Jose Obon. Obon: an annual Buddhist event to commemorate one’s ancestors San Jose Obon is famous for hosting great taiko performances by Californian\u00a0collegiate groups and San Jose Taiko! San Jose Taiko was established before Kodo was founded, and our groups have been great\u00a0friends since the very beginning. They have supported Kodo in many … \u25b6\u7d9a\u304d\u3092\u8aad\u3080<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[43,123,20,98],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3611"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3611"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3614,"href":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3611\/revisions\/3614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}