Month: July 2017

Buddhist Temple of Salinas, communities, Japanese community, Salinas Chinatown

Salinas Obon Festival 2017

I visited the Salinas Obon Festival yesterday, organized by the Buddhist Temple of Salinas. The placed was packed with festival-goers, lines forming at the food vendor tents for scrumptious Japanese food (and in one case, Filipino lumpia!), and to view bonsai and ikebana demonstrations, and Asian crafts. The Salinas Kendo Club demonstration, Obon Odori dancing, and San Jose Taiko were exciting! It was a very … Continue reading Salinas Obon Festival 2017

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ACE Calendar

A summary of ACE’s event and pop-up calendar for the rest of 2017 (not including meetings and  working groups). We hope you’ll be able to attend some of these events, and we’ll be posting more information on them soon. (Photo: our wonderful Board member, Henry Gong). Salinas Obon Festival: Sunday, July 30th, at Buddhist Temple of Salinas ACE Pop-up at Monterey County Historical Society, Tri-tip … Continue reading ACE Calendar

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