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Obon messages and greetings in English and Japanese: gentle words for the summer days when families honour their ancestors, with lanterns and bon odori.

114 wishes · 2 languages · 2 photo designs · Updated October 2026

Obon wishes for family (14)

  • Wishing our family a peaceful Obon. I will be home in time to light the welcome fire.

  • Grandma, we will visit Grandpa's grave together and bring his favourite peaches.

  • May our ancestors find their way home by the light of our lanterns.

  • A peaceful Obon from [Your name] and family.

  • Mother, thank you for keeping our family's altar so beautiful.

  • Wishing our family a calm, cool and gentle Obon.

  • To the cousins: see you at the bon odori by the shrine.

  • Far from home this year, but I am thinking of all of you and of those before us.

  • May this Obon bring our family together, in memory and in love.

  • Thank you for every Obon summer in the old house. I miss it.

  • Let us share the old stories again this year.

  • Wishing you all a safe trip back to the hometown.

  • May the send-off fire carry our love and gratitude to our ancestors.

  • Our family is bigger than we can see. A gentle Obon to us all.

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