#bondance

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We had meaningful time.

『ボン ダンス2』

Okinawa Bon dance 🇯🇵

Awa Odori (Awa Dance) is a Bon dance held annually in Tokushima Prefecture during the Bon Festival period from 12 to 15 August. #tokushima #awaodori #awadance #bondance #bon #festival #japan #shikoku (Tokushima, Tokushima) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChL-Ic5Pd-u/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Surprised, humbled, moved, and immensely grateful to Rev. Ishii, his wife Ikuko, and the (@waipahu_taiyoji) taiko troupe and the wider temple community for paying such loving tribute to @mrshawaii at tonight's bon dance. I knew that there would be a few words said, but to have a ceremonial blessing — for her, and other beloved members of the temple family — with incense and flowers and chanting was amazing. The troupe even performed around her in what was their first public performance since we were in the mix in 2019. And they were very impressive! I definitely missed drumming. The temple was also celebrating its brand new yagura, built just this summer by complete but generous strangers from Molokai. It's a deluxe edition, with custom steel ladder, LED lighting, and an electric hoist to safely raise large drums and other equipment to the top. Jen would sometimes lament that she had no rich culture, or close community, and in the end felt she'd even lost her family. But she found all of those things in Hawaii, with us and the Ozawa ’ohana. She would have been so touched by the public embrace for her, a girl from Florida, on this hot summer night in the former sugar plantation town in Waipahu. #obon #bondance #bonfestival #hawaiibondance #bondancehawaii #waipahu #waipahutaiyoji #sotozen #honolulu #oahu #hawaii #latewife #cancersucks #fuckcancer (at Waipahu Soto Zen Temple Taiyoji 曹洞宗 松嶽山 大陽寺) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg6Mp0wOXGl/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Aloha, all! Here's my Generation Gap comic strip featured in today's Hawaii Herald! • It's Summer! That usually means BON DANCE SEASON! I was informed by my editor that because we're still on the tail end of the pandemic, that many places are doing VIRTUAL BON DANCES and I couldn't get that out of my head... I figure if I did come up with a gag, that this might be my last time to use such an idea as it seems that hopefully by next year things will be back to normal... • So... at 4 am I decided to grab a bunch of words the older crowd (who are probably the major demographic reading the paper) might not understand - like Tik Tok and Dab.... and throw in Kamen Rider so the younger kids probably won’t know... Huzzah! Let’s confuse everyone! ^_^; “Necessity is the mother of invention.” (Actually, 4 warm Diet Cokes and a last-minute deadline seem to work as well...) 😊 • (Kamen Rider is a live-action superhero like the Power Rangers and "Henshin" means "Transform") • Have a great weekend everyone! Keep smiling and stay safe! 🙂 #jonjmurakami #generationgap #bondance #virtualdance #tiktok #dance #dab #kamenrider #henshin https://www.instagram.com/p/CRZlEnKgXSx/?utm_medium=tumblr