West Covina Buddhist Temple Obon Festival- East San Gabriel Valley (Sat. only)

Community Event

In Person

East San Gabriel Valley Japanese Community Center

1203 W. Puente Ave. West Covina, California, United States of America

Date: June 22, 2019

Time: 2 p.m. – 9 p.m.

The West Covina Buddhist Temple Obon Festival will be held at the East San Gabriel Japanese Community Center.

Delicious traditional foods such as chicken teriyaki, sushi, somen, and gyoza; as well as their popular chow mein, asian chicken salad, tamales, shave ice ad delicious desserts. There will also be fun games for kids of all ages. Martial arts demonstrations and traditional Japanese dance and taiko performances throughout the day.

Obon dancing will begin at 7:00pm and everyone is invited to join in for the fun!

Obon Schedule:

6:30pm: Manto-e (rememberance lantern) service

7:00pm: Ondo dancing

East San Gabriel Japanese Community Center (organization) Obon summer festivals West Covina

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