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Obon Schedule 2025. Take this ultimate guide to the obon festival and join the great summer celebration of the ghost and spirit! It's regularly updated and always growing.

Travel activity is anticipated to peak on may 3 with people leaving the large urban centers (especially tokyo). The kyoto gozan okuribi ritual marks the end of obon and sees five large fires lit on the mountainsides around kyoto city on the evening of august 16th, said to guide deceased ancestors who have returned to visit the living back to heaven.