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Sacred Items for July Obon Memorial Service
Byodoji Online Obon Memorial Service 2026
July Obon Memorial Service - Second Night
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Saturday, July 11, 2026 at 20:00 JST
For those who wish to return home for Obon, but cannot.
During July and August Obon, Byodoji holds a memorial service every evening at 8:00 p.m. before the Spirit Altar in the temple's inner hall. This livestream is the Second Night of July Obon. This service follows the July Obon calendar observed in Tokyo, Yokohama, and some other areas. Please choose the Obon period that matches your family, home region, or temple tradition.
The names, posthumous Buddhist names, and memorial intentions entrusted to us are read aloud by a priest. Through sutra chanting and dedication of merit, the service offers that merit to ancestors and loved ones. Applications are also accepted for first-Obon memorials, memorial offerings from far away, and families who wish to pray together through the same service.
If you request a stupa tablet, memorial tablet, memorial certificate, Obon card, or other offering item, it will be enshrined on the Spirit Altar or sent after the service according to the content of your application. Obon is a time to welcome the departed, make offerings, express gratitude, dedicate merit, and send them off with care. Byodoji Online receives that intention as a temple service in the inner hall.
Applications are accepted even if you cannot watch the livestream at the scheduled time. Please join in prayer from your home, while traveling, or from overseas.
Obon Memorial Service guide
https://byodoji.online/ritual/obon
Apply for this day
https://byodoji.online/app?ritualId=69f66654a98f6903c553a167
Catalog
List of grants
Only the sacred items you can receive with this service are listed here. If an item interests you, see its details page for its origin and offering.
Special Kifuda 30cm
This is a special 30cm wooden tag. Please select a color.
Bhaiṣajyaguru Paper Tag 30cm
30 cm
Bhaiṣajyaguru wooden tag Small 24cm
24cm
Bhaiṣajyaguru wooden tag large 30 cm
30 cm
Special Kifuda 24cm
This is a special 24cm wooden tag. Please select a color.
Sp. Large Kifuda 45cm
This is a special wooden plaque of 45cm. Please select a color.
Sp. Ex. Large Kifuda 60cm
This is a special wooden plaque of 60cm. Please select a color.
Special Kifuda 30cm
This is a special 30cm wooden tag. Please select a color.
Special Kifuda 24cm
This is a special 24cm wooden tag. Please select a color.
Sp. Large Kifuda 45cm
This is a special wooden plaque of 45cm. Please select a color.
Sp. Ex. Large Kifuda 60cm
This is a special wooden plaque of 60cm. Please select a color.
Obon card
Erection of Stuba (60cm)
A 60cm tall pagoda will be erected in the main hall of Byodoin Temple, enshrined next to the main deity. It will be burned during the following year's bonfire event.
Erection of Stuba (120cm)
A 120cm tall pagoda will be erected in the main hall of Byodoin Temple, enshrined next to the main deity. It will be burned during the following year's bonfire event.
wooden memorial tablet
An 8-inch white wooden ihai will be established in the main hall of Byodoin and placed next to the main deity. It will be burned at the following year's Dondoyaki festival.
Bon Gohei Mini
As a medium for inviting ancestors during the Bon festival, it is an imperial 15cm in size, made of Awa Washi paper and Nara cypress.
Bon Gohei
As a medium for inviting ancestors during the Bon festival, it is an imperial 25cm in size, made of Awa Washi paper and Nara cypress.
Erection of Stuba (60cm)
A 60cm tall pagoda will be erected in the main hall of Byodoin Temple, enshrined next to the main deity. It will be burned during the following year's bonfire event.
Erection of Stuba (120cm)
A 120cm tall pagoda will be erected in the main hall of Byodoin Temple, enshrined next to the main deity. It will be burned during the following year's bonfire event.
wooden memorial tablet
An 8-inch white wooden ihai will be established in the main hall of Byodoin and placed next to the main deity. It will be burned at the following year's Dondoyaki festival.
Erection of Stuba (60cm)
A 60cm tall pagoda will be erected in the main hall of Byodoin Temple, enshrined next to the main deity. It will be burned during the following year's bonfire event.
Erection of Stuba (120cm)
A 120cm tall pagoda will be erected in the main hall of Byodoin Temple, enshrined next to the main deity. It will be burned during the following year's bonfire event.
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