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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.
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.
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 ...
Video of dancers in a bon odori festival in Adachi-ku, Tokyo. Bon odori is a type of folk dance performed during the Obon Festival. [13] [14] [15] It was originally a dance to welcome the spirits of the dead. These dances and the music that accompanies them are different for every region of Japan.
This dance move may sound self-explanatory, but striking the perfect balance of leg-to-arm movement ratio requires a certain rhythm which many people seem to be lacking. And by many people, we ...
Marjorie Pierce, San Jose and Its Cathedral Western Tanager Press (1990) ISBN 0-934136-47-5; Curci, Cookie (August 23, 2012). "Many street names in San Jose recognize early immigrant orchardists". San Jose Mercury News
This is a list of notable people from San Jose, California. It includes people who were born/raised in, lived in, or spent portions of their lives in San Jose, or for whom San Jose is a significant part of their identity, as well as music groups founded in San Jose. This list is in alphabetical order by surname.
Is most noted as a television dance expert, judging shows such as Strictly Come Dancing and So You Think You Can Dance. Ommi Pipit-Suksun, Thai ballerina, former soloist with the San Francisco Ballet and former principal dancer with Ballet San Jose. Juanita Pitts, African-American tap dancer who performed in the 1930s to the 1950s