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  2. San Jose Taiko - Wikipedia

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    San Jose Taiko was founded by Roy Hirabayashi, Dean Miyakusu and Rev. Hiroshi Abiko. [4] After the three attended a Kinnara retreat in Santa Barbara, they returned to San Jose where Hirabayashi and Miyakusu raised funds by tapping into the Japanese American band scene [5] in the San Francisco Bay Area and holding dances for San Jose Sansei.

  3. Japantown, San Jose - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese American Museum. Performers at the San Jose Obon Festival, held annually in Japantown. Santo Market mural inspired by The Great Wave off Kanagawa.. Japantown is the site of the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, which moved into a new building in 2010; [4] San Jose Taiko, Shuei-do Manju Shop, [2] whose manjū were specifically requested during the 1994 visit of the Emperor of ...

  4. Obon - Wikipedia

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    Obon or just Bon is a fusion of the ancient Japanese belief in ancestral spirits and a Japanese Buddhist custom to honor the spirits of one's ancestors.This Buddhist custom has evolved into a family reunion holiday during which people return to ancestral family places and visit and clean their ancestors' graves when the spirits of ancestors are supposed to revisit the household altars.

  5. San Jose Center for the Performing Arts - Wikipedia

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    The San Jose Center for the Performing Arts is a performing arts venue located in Downtown San Jose, California. It opened in 1972 and is now home to San Jose Dance Theatre and Broadway San Jose. It opened in 1972 and is now home to San Jose Dance Theatre and Broadway San Jose.

  6. SAP Center - Wikipedia

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    SAP Center at San Jose (originally known as San Jose Arena and HP Pavilion at San Jose) is an indoor arena located in San Jose, California. Its primary tenant is the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League , for which the arena has earned the nickname "The Shark Tank".

  7. Japanese traditional dance - Wikipedia

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    Japanese traditional oiran dance, 2023. There are several types of traditional Japanese dance. The most basic classification is into two forms, mai and odori, which can be further classified into genres such as Noh mai or jinta mai, the latter style having its origins in the pleasure districts of Kyoto and Osaka.

  8. Awa Dance Festival - Wikipedia

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    The Awa Dance Festival (阿波踊り, Awa Odori) is held from 12 to 15 August as part of the Obon festival in Tokushima Prefecture on Shikoku in Japan. Awa Odori is the largest dance festival in Japan, attracting over 1.3 million tourists every year.

  9. Ballet San Jose - Wikipedia

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    The Ballet San Jose School was established in 1996. [26] Upon the closure of the company, the school is now its own entity, The New Ballet School. It is an American Ballet Theatre Certified School run under the direction of former Cleveland San Jose Ballet dancer, executive director, Dalia Rawson. [27]