Obon Dance 2026
** The Oregon Buddhist Temple and I would like to thank Nobuko Miyamoto for allowing us to use part of her video as our "How to dance" video on this page. Nobuko created this dance and lyrics that we all enjoy so much and who better to teach the steps for the dance than Nobuko herself. During the pandemic, Nobuko created this dance and because of the lockdown, she put the following video together to introduce the new dance. It has information about the dance, how to dance, and Nobuko dancing. And please listen for the message about making mistakes, I think you will have heard it before ;-) .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDkDHsXrHvA&t=138s
Enjoy!
Chris Sensei
To San Jose Taiko, Thank you from Oregon Buddhist Temple and I for such a good video showing the steps to Ei Ja Nai Ka. I am so glad I found this. It will help our dancers practice the steps to Ei Ja Nai Ka. Was PJ Hirabayashi in the back calling out the movements?
Enjoy
Chris Sensei