There are many traditional dances in Japan, but the one of the most famous and common dances is the Bon dance, called "Bon Odori" in Japanese. People dance the Bon Dance during the Bon Festival, held every summer in districts and neighborhoods in every city in Japan.

Bon week is in August every year, and Bon continues for about a week. Bon means welcoming ancestors's souls and holding memorial services for them. During Bon, sometimes all relatives of a family gather and hold a memorial service for their ancestors, and refelect and reminisce. This tradition comes from Chinese Buddhist tradition.

The Bon Festival is held during Bon week, and people gather at nearby open spaces or parks, and dance to traditional Japanese music. The music should be happy to welcome their ancestors's souls, and people have a duty to create a happy, mysterious, and welcoming mood. Moreover, the Bon Dance should be held in the night because Japanese people believe that their ancestors's souls come back in the night.

While technology in Japan has developed over the last hundred years, the Japanese people have never forgotten the traditional heart, and taking place Bon Festival and Bon Dance every summer. Japanese people will continue to venerate this tradition, and to respect the souls of their ancestors.

The So-ran Bushi, however, is a new sort of Japanese traditional dance that was fused together with modern rock beat.