Obon Festival at Shofuso

Sat Aug 12, 2023 - Sat Aug 19, 2023
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Repeating every week — Saturdays through August 19, 2023.
3:00pm to 7:00pm ET
Age: All ages
Price: Free (separate admission required to enter the house)
Location:
Shofuso Japanese House and Gardens
Lansdowne and Horticultural Drives, Philadelphia, PA,
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The Obon Festival returns to Shofuso with bon odori folk dances and taiko drumming. Guests can also enjoy arts projects, a yukata dressing station, and vendor market. 

The festival takes place outside of Shofuso and is free and open to the public. General admission to enter the house applies. Obon is a series of events in Japan based on Buddhist and ancestral worship celebrating ancestors' spirits.  Lantern lighting festivals will be held at the conclusion of the day from 7-9pm  for a fee of $25 per lantern. 

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