Áo dài Vietnam is held each year in San Jose, California, a city that is home to a large Vietnamese American community. This event features an international array of designer ao dai under the direction of festival founder, Jenny Do. Fast pace of life in Vietnam during the decades of integration and development witnesses the changes in the traditional ao dai. This does not mean that the traditional ao dai is disappearing from Vietnamese life. Yet, it is becoming more adaptable to these modern days. The growing of the country day by day requires the changing and the ability of adapting. The
Dai Gohonzon a tourist sightseeing event, but rather the ultimate fusion of a believer and his or her own Enlightenment. Every year on April 6 or 7 at the "O-Mushibarai" ceremony, the High Priest of Nichiren Shoshu takes on the formal task of cleaning the accumulated dust on the surface of the Dai-Gohonzon. Sometime in the 1970s, the "Ushitora Gongyo" was performed around 12:00PM midnight at the request of Soka Gakkai, which was then restored to its traditional 2:30AM time slot by High Priest Nikken Shonin in 1992. Customarily, believers optionally dress in black formal garments in honor of the Dai-Gohonzon's audience,