General Info
The VHBT Obon Festival will take place over the weekend of July 20-21, from 3PM-9PM. Come sample our teriyaki chicken bowl, vegetarian curry, chili dogs and chili rice, salad, spam musubi, and dangos for dessert. Fried wontons will be making a re-appearance following a one year hiatus! Odori (dancing) will run from 7:00PM-8:30PM on both evenings.
Obon Sponsors
We express our gratitude and appreciation to the individuals, families and businesses who are sponsors of the 2019 Obon Festival for VHBT.
$1,000 Sponsorships
- In Memory of Minoru & Betty M. Hisashima
- In Memory of Butch & Reva Hisashima
- In Memory of Dino Belli, Mary Kujubu, Chikao Kujubu
- In Memory of Reverend Sentoku & Emily Hideko Uyeda Mayeda
- In Memory of Janet Mitsui Brown
- In Memory of Mrs. May Fukuda
- Eugene & Akemi Hayashibara, DDS
- Milnes & Noriko Kurashige
- The Sharp Family
- The Tokirio Family
- Anonymous
$500 Sponsorships
- In Memory of Ray Enomoto
- In Memory of Donna Nakagiri
- Mari & Randy Tamura
- Ron Wakabayashi & Jean Wong
- Judy & Tom Yamaguchi
- Ayako Masada
Odori Practice
There will be a total of seven odori practices at the temple:
- June 26 (Wednesday)
- June 28 (Friday)
- July 1 (Monday)
- July 3 (Wednesday)
- July 10 (Wednesday)
- July 12 (Friday)
- July 15 (Monday)
Thank You to Our Raffle and Silent Auction Donors
Silent Auction
Our silent auction is now taking bids. We are once again using 32 Auctions as our auction platform, so if you have an account from last year, it’s still good this year.
Volunteer
Would you like to help out at our obon festival? We rely heavily on volunteers to make our festival run smoothly and to insure that we can offer enough food and entertainment for all. If you can spare a couple of hours over the weekend, please click the link below and sign up for any booth that suits your interest.
Southern District Obon Schedule
All times PM except for the start of the Las Vegas obon, which is 11:00 AM.
(note: the table can be scrolled left & right on narrow screens)
| Saturday | Open | Odori | Close | Sunday | Open | Odori | Close | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June | ||||||||
| 8 | Arizona | 5:00 | 6:45 | 9:00 | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Sun Valley | 5:00 | 7:00 | 10:00 | 23 | 5:00 | 6:30 | 9:00 |
| West Covina | 1:00 | 7:00 | 9:00 | — | — | — | — | |
| 29 | San Fernando | 4:30 | 7:00 | 10:00 | 30 | 4:30 | 6:30 | 9:00 |
| Senshin | 5:00 | 7:00 | 10:00 | — | — | — | — | |
| July | ||||||||
| 13 | LA Betsuin | 2:00 | 7:00 | 10:00 | 14 | 2:00 | 6:30 | 8:30 |
| Oxnard | 1:00 | 6:00 | 8:30 | — | — | — | — | |
| 20 | OCBC | 2:00 | 7:00 | 9:00 | 21 | 2:00 | 7:00 | 8:30 |
| Venice | 3:00 | 7:00 | 9:00 | 3:00 | 7:00 | 9:00 | ||
| Pasadena | 4:00 | 6:30 | 9:00 | 4:00 | 6:30 | 8:30 | ||
| Santa Barbara | 12:00 | 1:30 & 4:00 | 5:00 | — | — | — | — | |
| 27 | Vista | 12:00 | 6:30 | 8:00 | 28 | 12:00 | 6:30 | 8:00 |
| West LA | 4:00 | 6:30 | 10:00 | 3:00 | 6:30 | 9:00 | ||
| Higashi | 1:00 | 6:30 | 9:00 | 1:00 | 6:30 | 9:00 | ||
| August | ||||||||
| 3 | San Diego* | N/A | 6:30 | 9:00 | — | — | — | — |
| Las Vegas | 11:00 | 12:45 | 3:30 | — | — | — | — | |
| 10 | Gardena | 3:00 | 6:00 | 10:00 | 11 | 3:00 | 6:00 | 9:00 |
*San Diego Obon will be held @ Balboa Park.