Some 125 years ago, the founders and the first members of the Kona Hongwanji Buddhist ... Hawaii’s beautiful keiki dressed in Chigo kimonos and adornments parading around the temple for all ...

KAPAA, Hawaii — It is the only all-granite, hand-carved Hindu temple in the West built without ... he reached out to Lynn Muramoto, a local Buddhist leader who had navigated a similar situation.

Hironaka told me that the philosophy of the Hongwanji, a Buddhist sect, was that if the people asked for a temple, the organization would build it. By 1930, Hawaii had more than 170 Japanese ...

HILO, HAWAII ISLAND (ISLAND NEWS) -- A food program run by the Peace Committee of of Honoka'a Hongwanji Buddhist Temple provides literally tons of food every Friday. And on Friday, February 16 ...

KAPAA, Hawaii — It is the only all-granite, hand-carved Hindu temple in the West built without ... he reached out to Lynn Muramoto, a local Buddhist leader who had navigated a similar situation.

For a scenic and serene alternative to the beach, head to the Valley of the Temples Memorial Park, where you'll find the Byodo-In Temple, a Hawaii State Landmark that was established on June 7 ...

(AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski) KAPAA, Hawaii — It is the only all-granite, hand-carved Hindu temple in the West built ... he reached out to Lynn Muramoto, a local Buddhist leader who had navigated ...