The tamale booth at the Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple obon was hosted by the West Covina Buddhist Temple. There was an option of adding chili to your tamale, so I took advantage of the situation. This is a picture of one of the workers carefully applying the chili on top of the tamales.

The 2007 Higashi Hongwanji Buddhist Temple Obon was held on Saturday, July 28 and Sunday, July 29. For more information on the temple, please visit The Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple website.