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It has been about a year since my mother passed away.

This year is her first Bon Festival.

I will return to Mie from tomorrow.

I will meet my friends from the track team in Matsusaka.

I will visit my old school lodgings...

and meet up with Mr. Nakagawa's team.

When I click on Mother at the "People" on my iPhone.

She comes back to life as if she were alive right in front of my eyes.

The children in the picture with her are so young and full of wonder. (laugh).

I'm fascinated by my mother strolling through the streets of Paris....

I miss the sight of her drinking beer in Bali.

I thought she would live a little longer.

It all passed so fast.

I wonder what she is doing in heaven〜

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The origins of OBON？！

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The Bon Festival is a time for people to accumulate virtue by giving food to many people (in ancient times, the priests) and they would take it to save their ancestors who are suffering in hell or starving as ghosts. This is the origin of the word "Bon".

My friend told me this.

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The origin of "Obon" is related to a Buddhist event called "Urabon-e", which was recorded as early as 606 AD. Urabon festival is an event to worship the spirits of the dead, which originated when one of Buddha's disciples, Mokurensonja, who learned that his deceased mother had fallen into hell and he made offerings to her spirit.

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［Urabon-e festival is a Chinese transcription of the Indian Sanskrit word urabanna (upside down), which means "a memorial service to save those who are suffering from being hung upside down".

The Obon festival originates from the story of one of Buddha's disciples, Mokuren-sonja, who saved his mother.

One day, he learned through his divine power that his deceased mother had fallen into the path of hungry ghosts and was suffering from being hung upside down. When he asked the Buddha how he could save his mother, the Buddha said, "If you invite a monk on July 15, the last day of summer practice, and offer a large number of offerings, you will be able to save her." He did so, and his mother was reborn in paradise.

Since then, July 15 of the lunar calendar has become an important day to offer thanks to parents and ancestors and to make offerings to them. Nowadays, Obon is the day when the spirits of ancestors return to their homes, and all relatives gather to welcome them and make offerings to them.

Since many companies and schools are closed during Obon, people who have been away from their hometowns have greater opportunity to return to their hometowns.

For those who normally cannot visit the graves, this is a good opportunity to express their gratitude to their ancestors for their daily blessings.

Obon events are held as a time for family and clan members to gather together to hold memorial services for ancestors and to remember those who have passed away.

It is a very meaningful and wonderful custom for family members and relatives to gather together to report on recent events and share memories of the deceased.

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