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Old Jun 15, 2012, 9:58 pm
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mjm
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Originally Posted by ainternational
Well now I'm confused. GH Tokyo concierge told me that the Obon festival at Roppongi Hills is the weekend of Aug 24th - which seems wholly inconsistent with what I read about Obon being in mid August.

Anyone have any idea if perhaps the RH festival is just later in the month for some reason?
Yes. It is done that way to coincide/not conflict with other summer festivals. Obon is mid-August as stated above.
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