Obon

Obon (お盆), or "Bon Festival" is a Japanese region event in Animal Crossing: New Leaf. It falls on either the 15th or 16th of August.

The event features a face-cutout and a present from Isabelle. Isabelle may give you either a Cucumber Horse (きゅうりのうま) or an Eggplant Cow (なすびのうし) as a gift when you talk to her. These items were previously available in Japan as DLC on Animal Crossing: City Folk.

Obon is traditionally a Buddhist practice, to honour a family's dead relatives, but has turned into a family reunion-type holiday in Japan today. For more, see Obon.