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Obon: History & Regions

Obon (お盆; ) or just Bon (盆; ) is a fusion of the ancient Japanese belief in ancestral spirits and a Japanese Buddhist custom to honor the spirits of one's ancestors. This syncretic folk Buddhist custom has evolved into a family reunion holiday during which people return to ancestral family places and visit and clean their ancestors' graves when the…

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Obon topic overview

The analysis highlights History and Regions as prominent areas in the source structure around Obon.

Related topics
97
Source areas
5
Connected nodes
104
Extracted relationships
215
Concept neighborhoods
33
Bridge connections
104

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Celebrations outside Japan · 32 topics
Practices · 27 topics
Overview · 19 topics
History of Obon matsuri · 12 topics
Festivals of shared origin · 7 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

2025 date
6 September
2026 date
27 August
2027 date
16 August
2028 date
3 September
Also called
Bon
Date
August 15 · July 15 (Kantō) · 15th day of the 7th lunar month

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History of Obon matsuri

Practices

Festivals of shared origin

Celebrations outside Japan

Bibliography

  • ISBN ISBN (identifier)

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Obon connects Entity context

The extracted context around Obon shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Obon → America, America's, BCA, Bon Odori, Buddhist, Buddhist Church, Buddhist Churches, Buddhist Reverend Yoshio Iwanaga, Easter, Even, Golden Jubilee, Hawaii, Iwanaga, Japan, Japanese, Japanese Christian, Japanese-American, Japanese-Americans, Japanese-Canadians, Many Another extracted example is Obon → At, Awa Odori, Bon, Bon Odori, Consequently, Each, Gifu Prefecture, Gujo Odori, Gujō, Gōshū Ondo, Hokkaidō, It, Japan, Kagoshima, Kagoshima Ohara, Kansai, Kawachi Ondo, Nenbutsu, Ohara Bushi, Originally. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Obon

Top relations

related to United States and Canada · 31
Obon → America, America's, BCA, Bon Odori, Buddhist, Buddhist Church, Buddhist Churches, Buddhist Reverend Yoshio Iwanaga, Easter, Even, Golden Jubilee, Hawaii, Iwanaga, Japan, Japanese, Japanese Christian, Japanese-American, Japanese-Americans, Japanese-Canadians, Many
related to Bon Odori · 30
Obon → At, Awa Odori, Bon, Bon Odori, Consequently, Each, Gifu Prefecture, Gujo Odori, Gujō, Gōshū Ondo, Hokkaidō, It, Japan, Kagoshima, Kagoshima Ohara, Kansai, Kawachi Ondo, Nenbutsu, Ohara Bushi, Originally
related to Brazil · 20
Obon → Amazonas, Bahia, Brasília, Brazil, Goiás, It, Japan, Japanese, Mato Grosso, Obon Festival, Paraná, Pará, Pernambuco, Rio Grande, Santa Catarina, South America, Sul, São Paulo, The, Tomé-Açu
related to Malaysia · 19
Obon → Buddhism, Esplanade, Held, Immigrant's Society, In, In Malaysia, Japan, Japanese, Japanese Expatriate, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, Obon Festival, Penang, Sabah, Selangor, Shah Alam, Shah Alam Stadium, This, Universiti Malaysia Sabah
see also · 16
Obon → Awa Dance FestivalDay, Celebrated, Chinese, Dead, FeraliaPitru Paksha, Festival, FestivalSegaki, Hindu, Indian State, Japanese, Japanese BuddhismŚrāddha, Kyoto, Mexican, Obon Festival, Rome, Takeda Lullaby
related to External links · 15
Obon → Argentina, Bon Dance, Bon Odori, Bon Odori Practices, December, Description, Festivals, Japan Archived, La Plata, List All Japanese Obon, MalaysiaEl Bon Odori, Obon Festival, Penang, ScheduleBon Dance, Wayback MachinePhoto Gallery
related to Etymology · 11
Obon → Chinese, However, Japanese, Sanskrit, The, The Chinese, The Japanese, Urabon, Urabon'e, Yúlánpén, Yúlánpénhuì
related to Philippines · 11
Obon → Filipinos, In, Inc, International School, Japan, Japanese, Japanese Filipino-based, Japanese-based Filipino, Mindanao Kokusai Daigaku, Philippine Nikkei Jin Kai, Philippines
related to Lights · 9
Obon → Both, Burning, Character Big, Families, In, Okuribi, On, They, This
Related to · 8
Obon → Baekjung (in Korea), Boun Khao Padap Din (in Laos), Bun/Usōrō (in Ryukyu Islands), Ghost Festival (in China), Mataka dānēs (in Sri Lanka), Pchum Ben (in Cambodia), Sat Thai (in Thailand), Tết Trung Nguyên (in Vietnam)

Important terminology

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Important terminology

japanese festival bon dance japan odori also buddhist celebrated known different calendar festivals ancestors people organizations day within community spirits

Obon relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 215 structured relationships around Obon. Examples in this analysis include Obon → 2025 date → 6 September and Obon → 2026 date → 27 August. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Obon2025 date6 September1.00infobox
Obon2026 date27 August1.00infobox
Obon2027 date16 August1.00infobox
Obon2028 date3 September1.00infobox
ObonAlso calledBon1.00infobox
ObonDateAugust 151.00infobox
ObonDateJuly 15 (Kantō)1.00infobox
ObonDate15th day of the 7th lunar month1.00infobox
ObonDuration4 days1.00infobox
ObonFrequencyAnnual1.00infobox
ObonObserved byJapanese people1.00infobox
ObonRelated toGhost Festival (in China)1.00infobox
ObonRelated toTết Trung Nguyên (in Vietnam)1.00infobox
ObonRelated toBaekjung (in Korea)1.00infobox
ObonRelated toBun/Usōrō (in Ryukyu Islands)1.00infobox
ObonRelated toPchum Ben (in Cambodia)1.00infobox
ObonRelated toBoun Khao Padap Din (in Laos)1.00infobox
ObonRelated toMataka dānēs (in Sri Lanka)1.00infobox
ObonRelated toSat Thai (in Thailand)1.00infobox
ObonSignificanceHonors the spirits of one's ancestors1.00infobox
ObonTypeReligious, Cultural1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Obon bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Festival, Japan and Festivals. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Obon
    • Festival
    • Japan
    • Festivals
    • Celebrated
    • Also
    • Odori
    • Calendar
    • Year
    • Ancestors
    • Day
    • Organizations
    • Known
  • obon
    • Festival
    • Japan
    • Festivals
    • Celebrated
    • Also
    • Odori
    • Calendar
    • Year
    • Ancestors
    • Day
    • Organizations
    • Known
  • honor the spirits of one's ancestors
    • Ancestors
    • Spirits
    • Malaysia
    • Day
    • Dead
    • Folk
    • Buddhism
    • Lunar
    • People
    • Festivals
    • Calendar
    • Bon
  • bon odori
    • Odori
    • Dance
    • Obon
    • Spirits
    • Bushi
    • Ondo
    • Also
    • Ancestors
    • Festival
    • Japan
    • Japanese
    • Buddhist
  • japanese diaspora
    • Festival
    • Obon
    • Festivals
    • Organizations
    • Also
    • Community
    • Celebrated
    • Malaysia
    • Ancestors
    • Japan
    • Dance
    • Buddhism
  • ghost festival
    • Obon
    • Japanese
    • Japan
    • Also
    • Malaysia
    • Year
    • Day
    • Odori
    • Buddhism
    • Dead
    • People
    • Festivals
  • the largest japanese population outside japan
    • Festival
    • Obon
    • Festivals
    • Buddhism
    • Organizations
    • Also
    • Community
    • Odori
    • Celebrated
    • Within
    • Malaysia
    • Year
  • japanese christian
    • Festival
    • Obon
    • Festivals
    • Organizations
    • Also
    • Community
    • Celebrated
    • Malaysia
    • Ancestors
    • Japan
    • Dance
    • Buddhism

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Obon, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Obon with Celebrations outside Japan. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
ObonCelebrations outside Japan · splits 72 ⟂ 33
ObonPractices · splits 77 ⟂ 28
ObonOverview · splits 85 ⟂ 20
ObonHistory of Obon matsuri · splits 92 ⟂ 13
ObonFestivals of shared origin · splits 97 ⟂ 8

Map overview Semantic statistics

Obon

Nodes105
Edges104
Triples215
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.019048
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Obon to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History & Regions, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Obon · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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