A festival goer takes a look at a vendor’s origami cranes, which are symbols of good luck, longevity, and happiness, during the Obon festival at the San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin in San Jose ...

San Jose's Obon Festival is the largest of its kind in the U.S. The festival's big attraction is the traditional Bon Odori, in which hundreds of people perform a community dance.

San Jose hosts it annual Obon Festival this weekend as local Japanese Americans draw parallels between internment camps in the 1940s and federal immigration actions today.

This year's Obon Festival will take place on July 12th and 13th in San Jose's Japantown, running all day Saturday and Sunday. "There's always tons of food, fun and surprises," Matt says.

Bon odori is the traditional folk dancing that is a part of the festival – think circle dancing, rather than line dancing ...

Hundreds of community members – some wearing traditional clothes such as happi coats or summer kimonos called yukata – ...