Posted by local resident, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood, on Jul 29, 2010 at 10:15 am

I see there is a list of events online here:

Web Link Obon Schedule.pdf

I was hoping to see more martial arts demonstrations offered. No karate or judo? Great to see kendo and aikido will be represented. I know kyudo and naginata, iaido and more are also practiced around here. Sumo would be cool, too, but I guess maybe there just aren't enough people around here doing it. But at least we should expect to see something as basic as karate there, shouldn't we? Oh well. Hopefully next time.

Posted by middleaged, a resident of the Charleston Meadows neighborhood, on Jul 30, 2010 at 12:38 pm

This festival is great. A real nice community feel.

Posted by diversity, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood, on Jul 30, 2010 at 1:23 pm

I'm glad that Palo Alto still tolerates a little bit of diversity.

Posted by Perspectivec, a resident of the Meadow Park neighborhood, on Jul 30, 2010 at 6:59 pm

Been one of my favorite activities to go to for many years. Amazing, amazing in all ways.

to d: what a foolish comment. how old are you?

Posted by Lovinobon, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, on Aug 5, 2012 at 4:31 am

Local Resident, the Festival is a two day event. If you look at the program schedule you linked to, you will see that Judo and Karate are prominently scheduled for Sunday at 2pm and 4:30 pm respectively. Hopefully you can make it this time.