- The Salt Lake Buddhist Temple will host the 90th Obon festival on Saturday.
- Festival chair Trey Imamura expressed gratitude for the legacy of Utah’s Japanese American community.
- The event features traditional dances, lanterns honoring ancestors and a taiko drum performance.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Salt Lake Buddhist Temple is gearing up for a celebration of an event it has hosted since the late 1930s.
The 90th annual Obon festival, an event that encourages attendees to honor and remember their ancestors, will take place on Saturday in downtown Salt Lake City.
“Reaching 90 years of Obon in Salt Lake is a humbling milestone,” said Trey Imamura, festival chair and a temple board member. “I feel a deep sense of gratitude for the entire Japanese American community in Utah that has carried our collective legacy forward.”…