Obon Grave Visits
(August 13, 2004)
Japan:August 13, 2004Today is the first day of Bon festival (ancestor's soul comes back to this world. All families visit the cemetary for worship. Cleaning the tomb and give it the beautiful flowers. Bon festival is the biggest summer event in Japan and Bon holiday is bigger than new year holiday in Japan. This cemetary is public cemetary in Chiba, near Tokyo. One of the biggest ones.Bon is in hottest season in Japan, and big summer holiday.photo by Kaku Kurita, Tokyo Gamma(Photo by Fujifotos/AFLO) [3618]