#obon — Public Fediverse posts
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Hawaiʻi Bon Dance Season 2026: A Visitor's Guide https://www.hawaii-guide.com/blog/hawaii-obon-bon-dance-season-guide?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Hawaii #Obon #BonDance #HawaiiEvents #CulturalFestivals
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Hawaiʻi Bon Dance Season 2026: A Visitor's Guide https://www.hawaii-guide.com/blog/hawaii-obon-bon-dance-season-guide?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Hawaii #Obon #BonDance #HawaiiEvents #CulturalFestivals
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Bon Odori: Inside Japan’s Soulful Summer Dance Tradition
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://unseen-japan.com/bon-odori-japan-summer-dance/
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Bon Odori: Inside Japan’s Soulful Summer Dance Tradition
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://unseen-japan.com/bon-odori-japan-summer-dance/
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Bon Odori: Inside Japan’s Soulful Summer Dance Tradition
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://unseen-japan.com/bon-odori-japan-summer-dance/
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Bon Odori: Inside Japan’s Soulful Summer Dance Tradition
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://unseen-japan.com/bon-odori-japan-summer-dance/
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Bon Odori: Inside Japan’s Soulful Summer Dance Tradition
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://unseen-japan.com/bon-odori-japan-summer-dance/
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US Said to Suspect Nvidia Chips Smuggled to Alibaba Via Thailand
(Bloomberg) — A key company behind Thailand’s national AI effort is suspected of helping to smuggle billions of…
#NewsBeep #News #Artificialintelligence #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Bloomberg #CA #Canada #Nvidia #OBON #SuperMicro #Technology #Thailand
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/476508/ US Said to Suspect Nvidia Chips Smuggled to Alibaba Via Thailand #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ArtificialIntelligence #Bloomberg #Éire #IE #Ireland #Nvidia #OBON #SuperMicro #Technology #Thailand
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/948503/ US Said to Suspect Nvidia Chips Smuggled to Alibaba Via Thailand #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Bloomberg #Nvidia #OBON #SuperMicro #Technology #Thailand #UK #UnitedKingdom
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US Said to Suspect Nvidia Chips Smuggled to Alibaba Via Thailand
(Bloomberg) — A key company behind Thailand’s national AI effort is suspected of helping to smuggle billions of…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Artificialintelligence #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Bloomberg #NVIDIA #OBON #SuperMicro #Technology #Thailand
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US Said to Suspect Nvidia Chips Smuggled to Alibaba Via Thailand
(Bloomberg) — A key company behind Thailand’s national AI effort is suspected of helping to smuggle billions of…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Artificialintelligence #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Bloomberg #NVIDIA #OBON #SuperMicro #Technology #Thailand
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#US probes Nvidia chip-smuggling via #Thailand
"co linked to 🇹🇭’s #nationalAI initiative is suspected of helping #smuggle at least $2.5bil worth of advanced #Nvidia chips to #China.. OBON Thailand is an affil of One Belt One Network Holdings Ltd, reg'd in BVI.. #OBON has been linked to Thailand’s #sovereign #AI #initiative Siam.AI, whose #CEO Ratanaphon Wongnapachant is a #nephew of #Thaksin #Shinawatra.. Siam.AI Cloud later became 🇹🇭’s first official Nvidia Cloud Partner"
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#US probes Nvidia chip-smuggling via #Thailand
"co linked to 🇹🇭’s #nationalAI initiative is suspected of helping #smuggle at least $2.5bil worth of advanced #Nvidia chips to #China.. OBON Thailand is an affil of One Belt One Network Holdings Ltd, reg'd in BVI.. #OBON has been linked to Thailand’s #sovereign #AI #initiative Siam.AI, whose #CEO Ratanaphon Wongnapachant is a #nephew of #Thaksin #Shinawatra.. Siam.AI Cloud later became 🇹🇭’s first official Nvidia Cloud Partner"
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#US probes Nvidia chip-smuggling via #Thailand
"co linked to 🇹🇭’s #nationalAI initiative is suspected of helping #smuggle at least $2.5bil worth of advanced #Nvidia chips to #China.. OBON Thailand is an affil of One Belt One Network Holdings Ltd, reg'd in BVI.. #OBON has been linked to Thailand’s #sovereign #AI #initiative Siam.AI, whose #CEO Ratanaphon Wongnapachant is a #nephew of #Thaksin #Shinawatra.. Siam.AI Cloud later became 🇹🇭’s first official Nvidia Cloud Partner"
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#US probes Nvidia chip-smuggling via #Thailand
"co linked to 🇹🇭’s #nationalAI initiative is suspected of helping #smuggle at least $2.5bil worth of advanced #Nvidia chips to #China.. OBON Thailand is an affil of One Belt One Network Holdings Ltd, reg'd in BVI.. #OBON has been linked to Thailand’s #sovereign #AI #initiative Siam.AI, whose #CEO Ratanaphon Wongnapachant is a #nephew of #Thaksin #Shinawatra.. Siam.AI Cloud later became 🇹🇭’s first official Nvidia Cloud Partner"
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#US probes Nvidia chip-smuggling via #Thailand
"co linked to 🇹🇭’s #nationalAI initiative is suspected of helping #smuggle at least $2.5bil worth of advanced #Nvidia chips to #China.. OBON Thailand is an affil of One Belt One Network Holdings Ltd, reg'd in BVI.. #OBON has been linked to Thailand’s #sovereign #AI #initiative Siam.AI, whose #CEO Ratanaphon Wongnapachant is a #nephew of #Thaksin #Shinawatra.. Siam.AI Cloud later became 🇹🇭’s first official Nvidia Cloud Partner"
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https://www.alojapan.com/1463069/be-respectful-tomb-visiting-season-begins-april-5-in-okinawa/ Be respectful! Tomb visiting season begins April 5 in Okinawa #custom #Festival #news #Obon #Okinawa #OkinawaNews #OkinawanCulture #OkinawanCutoms #OkinawanTradition #SpringCustoms #SpringEvent #tomb #TombVisiting #tradition #沖縄 (Photo by Shoji Kudaka/Stripes Okinawa) on the island. Displayed alongside the banners are foods such as tempura, simmered pork ribs, mochi rice cake and more. Shiimii, or seimeisai, is a tradition where Okinawans vis
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https://www.alojapan.com/1463069/be-respectful-tomb-visiting-season-begins-april-5-in-okinawa/ Be respectful! Tomb visiting season begins April 5 in Okinawa #custom #Festival #news #Obon #Okinawa #OkinawaNews #OkinawanCulture #OkinawanCutoms #OkinawanTradition #SpringCustoms #SpringEvent #tomb #TombVisiting #tradition #沖縄 (Photo by Shoji Kudaka/Stripes Okinawa) on the island. Displayed alongside the banners are foods such as tempura, simmered pork ribs, mochi rice cake and more. Shiimii, or seimeisai, is a tradition where Okinawans vis
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Time for Obon in Okinawa
(Photo courtesy of photoAC) Summer is not just for having fun at the beach, it’s also a time in Japan to show respect to your ancestors.
Obon is a memorial service for ancestors, which takes place from Aug. 13-16 at many locations on mainland Japan. Okinawans, on the other hand, mark this season f…
#Japan #JP #Okinawa #ancestor #japanancestor #japanobon #news #Obon #okinawaancestor #okinawanews #okinawaobon #沖縄
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Time for Obon in Okinawa
(Photo courtesy of photoAC) Summer is not just for having fun at the beach, it’s also a time in Japan to show respect to your ancestors.
Obon is a memorial service for ancestors, which takes place from Aug. 13-16 at many locations on mainland Japan. Okinawans, on the other hand, mark this season f…
#Japan #JP #Okinawa #ancestor #japanancestor #japanobon #news #Obon #okinawaancestor #okinawanews #okinawaobon #沖縄
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https://www.alojapan.com/1378036/time-for-obon-in-okinawa/ Time for Obon in Okinawa #ancestor #JapanAncestor #JapanObon #news #Obon #Okinawa #OkinawaAncestor #OkinawaNews #OkinawaObon #沖縄 (Photo courtesy of photoAC) Summer is not just for having fun at the beach, it’s also a time in Japan to show respect to your ancestors. Obon is a memorial service for ancestors, which takes place from Aug. 13-16 at many locations on mainland Japan. Okinawans, on the other hand, mark this season from July
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https://www.alojapan.com/1378036/time-for-obon-in-okinawa/ Time for Obon in Okinawa #ancestor #JapanAncestor #JapanObon #news #Obon #Okinawa #OkinawaAncestor #OkinawaNews #OkinawaObon #沖縄 (Photo courtesy of photoAC) Summer is not just for having fun at the beach, it’s also a time in Japan to show respect to your ancestors. Obon is a memorial service for ancestors, which takes place from Aug. 13-16 at many locations on mainland Japan. Okinawans, on the other hand, mark this season from July
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https://www.alojapan.com/1364135/chinagu-eisa-hawaii-naha-daiko-at-okinawan-festival-august-31-2025-6/ Chinagu Eisa Hawaii & Naha Daiko at Okinawan Festival August 31, 2025 6 #BonDance #BonOdori #GoingToJapan #HawaiiBonDance #InternationallyMe #Japan #JapanTravel #JapanTravelTips #JAPANWALKER #JapanWalking #JapanGuide.com.Kimdao #Naha #NahaDestinations #NahaTour #NahaTravel #NahaTrip #NahaVacation #Obon #OnlyInJapan #OnlyInJapanGo #PaoloInTokyo #rambalic #ThingsToDoInJapan #TokyoTravelGuide #TravelToJapan #TravelingToJapan #VirtualJapan #WhatToDoInJapan #那覇
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https://www.alojapan.com/1364135/chinagu-eisa-hawaii-naha-daiko-at-okinawan-festival-august-31-2025-6/ Chinagu Eisa Hawaii & Naha Daiko at Okinawan Festival August 31, 2025 6 #BonDance #BonOdori #GoingToJapan #HawaiiBonDance #InternationallyMe #Japan #JapanTravel #JapanTravelTips #JAPANWALKER #JapanWalking #JapanGuide.com.Kimdao #Naha #NahaDestinations #NahaTour #NahaTravel #NahaTrip #NahaVacation #Obon #OnlyInJapan #OnlyInJapanGo #PaoloInTokyo #rambalic #ThingsToDoInJapan #TokyoTravelGuide #TravelToJapan #TravelingToJapan #VirtualJapan #WhatToDoInJapan #那覇
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The number of passengers using the shinkansen and limited express train services of six Japan Railways Group companies during this summer's Bon holiday period in Japan increased 8% from a year earlier. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/19/japan/jr-train-obon/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #obon #jr #shinkansen #aviation #ana #jal #rail
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The legend goes that the character '大’ was first created in white cloth under the supervision of the Shōkoku-ji monk Ōsen Keisan (相国寺/横川景三) and Yoshimasa's retainer, Haga Kamon (芳賀掃部), in 1489.
Fire pits were then dug and set ablaze to coincide with Obon's end. -
8) PUBLIC DISPLAYS🙌
In the late Edo period there are descriptions of the public gathering on the Kamo-gawa's dry river bed to send lanterns downstream.
The easiest way to send the spirits of the dead back to the Netherworld was via rivers or the sea. -
Iwata Hideaki (岩田英彬), in his work "Kyō no Daimonji Monogatari" (京の大文字ものがたり), says "the event was launched by people with no particular status or fame, so there’s no record of its origin".
This may explain why we know so little about the giant Okuribi (送り火)😒 -
On 16th August, at Obon's end, it is said that Kyōto's spirits gather at Daimonji (大文字) before traveling to read the sutra at 'Myō-Hō' (妙法 - inspired by the Lotus Sutra).
They then ride the Funagata (舟形 boat), guided by Hidari Daimonji (左大文字), back to the Netherworld via the Toriigata (鳥居形 gate).
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🔎ORIGINS OF THE OKURIBI🔥
Counted as 1 of Kyōto's 4 great celebrations, the Gozan-no-Okuribi (五山送り火) was originally called Shūkyō Gyōji or Oshorai-san (宗教行事 'the ritual' - おしょらい/おしょらいさん).
Many people incorrectly call the event Daimonji (大文字), the first and most famous of the Okuribi.
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'The Obon Festival Dance' from the series 'One Hundred Beauties Depicting Modern and Ancient Manners and Customs' - Shodo Yukawa, 1903. #JapaneseArt #ukiyoe #Obon
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The times are changing, and some ancestors will be traveling home in style at the end of Obon🤖🍆
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So why a horse and ox?
Well it’s all to do with speed.
At the beginning of Obon ancestral spirits long to return as quickly as possible after a year's absence, so they travel by horse.
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Deeply connected to the tiny temple of Hō'on-ji (法音寺), it is unclear how old the Okuribi is.
Torch processions in Ōkitayama Village (大北山村) are mentioned as early as 1658 and 1665, so it seems likely that this Obon tradition evolved soon after into a mountain spectacle.
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The eggplant 'oxen' is known as 'shōryō-ushi' (精霊牛 'spirit ox') and the cucumber 'horse' is known as 'shōryō-uma' (精霊馬 'spirit horse').
🥒🍆Here is a great video about the 'spirit vegetables'
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https://youtu.be/0FoxADMvjBQ?si=Zya9sLAYvl1aYGOw -
At Obon cucumbers and eggplants, given small wooden legs, begin to appear at family altars and graves.
It is said the cucumber is a horse, racing the dead quickly back to this world.
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🔥左大文字🔥
Hidari Daimonji is the 4th of the Gozan-no-Okuribi (五山送り火). It is lit at 8:15pm, the same time as the Funagata.
The Okuribi is named 'Left Daimonji' (左大文字) because it stands on the left side (west) of the imperial palace when viewed from above.
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🥒AN UNUSUAL FORM OF TRANSPORTATION🍆
Invited by bells and flames, the spirits of the dead are currently holidaying in this world.
But how do ancestral spirits travel between realms?
Probably not how you imagine😂...🥒 🐎 (arriving by 'spirit horse' 精霊馬)
🍆 🐂 (returning via 'spirit ox' 精霊牛) -
Crediting Amida Nyorai (阿弥陀仏) with his protection during the storm, in thanks Ennin created a ship out of lanterns on the mountain above Saihō-ji (西方寺) to carry and guide the souls of the dead safely into Amida's care (in the Western Paradise 極楽浄土 'Gokuraku Jōdo').
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Rabbit House Obon (ラビットハウスお盆)
#IsTheOrderARabbit? (#GochiUsa) #FanFiction
#MicroPrompt #MastoPrompt 8/13
Takahiro held the amber #malt up to the #light, showing his appreciation with a tiny nod, then handed it to Midori.
Rabbit House was currently quiet, with Aoyama Midori being the only customer. She took a sip and sighed with contentment. “Nice.”
“Are you visiting anyone for Obon?” he asked, leaning against the bar. With just Midori and himself, he could relax. It was a soft, warm evening, perfect for that.
“My daughter. It was a swimming accident.”
“I’m sorry.” He paused. “I didn’t know you had a daughter.”
“I don’t talk about it. Maybe I’ll write a story about her someday, but right now, cute will do. Chino reminds me of her. Cute, quiet, shy, good kid. I miss her.”
“Where is she?”
“Cimetière du Lapin Vert. Tomorrow morning, I’ll buy some flowers, marigolds. She loved them, and they’re bright like her smile.”
“Would you mind taking Chino? Her mother wanted to see her.”
She nodded, and Takahiro slid another malt whiskey across to her. “On the house.”
#MircoFiction #TootFic #NMPrompts #NMMP #Obon #ご注文はうさぎですか? #ごちうさ
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Rabbit House Obon (ラビットハウスお盆)
#IsTheOrderARabbit? (#GochiUsa) #FanFiction
#MicroPrompt #MastoPrompt 8/13
Takahiro held the amber #malt up to the #light, showing his appreciation with a tiny nod, then handed it to Midori.
Rabbit House was currently quiet, with Aoyama Midori being the only customer. She took a sip and sighed with contentment. “Nice.”
“Are you visiting anyone for Obon?” he asked, leaning against the bar. With just Midori and himself, he could relax. It was a soft, warm evening, perfect for that.
“My daughter. It was a swimming accident.”
“I’m sorry.” He paused. “I didn’t know you had a daughter.”
“I don’t talk about it. Maybe I’ll write a story about her someday, but right now, cute will do. Chino reminds me of her. Cute, quiet, shy, good kid. I miss her.”
“Where is she?”
“Cimetière du Lapin Vert. Tomorrow morning, I’ll buy some flowers, marigolds. She loved them, and they’re bright like her smile.”
“Would you mind taking Chino? Her mother wanted to see her.”
She nodded, and Takahiro slid another malt whiskey across to her. “On the house.”
#MircoFiction #TootFic #NMPrompts #NMMP #Obon #ご注文はうさぎですか? #ごちうさ
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Rabbit House Obon (ラビットハウスお盆)
#IsTheOrderARabbit? (#GochiUsa) #FanFiction
#MicroPrompt #MastoPrompt 8/13
Takahiro held the amber #malt up to the #light, showing his appreciation with a tiny nod, then handed it to Midori.
Rabbit House was currently quiet, with Aoyama Midori being the only customer. She took a sip and sighed with contentment. “Nice.”
“Are you visiting anyone for Obon?” he asked, leaning against the bar. With just Midori and himself, he could relax. It was a soft, warm evening, perfect for that.
“My daughter. It was a swimming accident.”
“I’m sorry.” He paused. “I didn’t know you had a daughter.”
“I don’t talk about it. Maybe I’ll write a story about her someday, but right now, cute will do. Chino reminds me of her. Cute, quiet, shy, good kid. I miss her.”
“Where is she?”
“Cimetière du Lapin Vert. Tomorrow morning, I’ll buy some flowers, marigolds. She loved them, and they’re bright like her smile.”
“Would you mind taking Chino? Her mother wanted to see her.”
She nodded, and Takahiro slid another malt whiskey across to her. “On the house.”
#MircoFiction #TootFic #NMPrompts #NMMP #Obon #ご注文はうさぎですか? #ごちうさ
