Kona Hongwanji Buddhist Temple celebrated 125 years Saturday and Sunday with a bon dance, craft fair, Chigo parade, service and Affirmation Rites. The first members of the Kona Hongwanji Buddhist ...
Every summer, Buddhist temples across Hawaiʻi host Obon celebrations, which are open to all and feature traditional dances, ...
HONOLULU (KHON2) — “It is pain for me to see and hear that people around the world suffer from COVID because I have been praying for the ending of the pandemic soon.” Despite his prayers, Rev.
Whenever Ai Hironaka, the resident minister of Lahaina Hongwanji Mission, looks at the widely published photo showing the temple burning, he thanks the photographer. After driving his family out of ...
The temple bell tolled for the last time Jan. 19 at the Papaaloa Hongwanji Mission. Due to dwindling membership, the congregation will be merging with the Honohina Hongwanji Mission in Ninole after ...