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History. On the evening of March 3, 1889 a sound resounded across a tiny island chain in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The sound was that of a gong and a deep rhythmic chanting in Sino-Japanese. It is a sound that has echoed across the tiny island chain ever since. Beginnings.
The Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii (Japanese: 本派本願寺ハワイ別院, Honpa Honganji Hawai Betsuin) is a district of the Nishi (West) Hongwanji branch of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism, a school of Mahayana Pure Land Buddhism.
The history of the Hongwanji in Hawaii began when Rev. Soryu Kagahi arrived in Honolulu on March 2, 1889 and led services before traveling on to Hilo where he established the first Japanese Buddhist temple in the Hawaiian Islands in April 1889.
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5 sty 2017 · This Shinto shrine, north of Honolulu, is one of the biggest and most popular Shinto shrines in Hawaii, and still a major gathering place for Japanese people and Japanese-Americans (they even have an annual scholarship competition for local college students).
The Japanese in Hawaii (simply Japanese Hawaiians or “Local Japanese”, rarely Kepanī) are the second largest ethnic group in Hawaii. At their height in 1920, they constituted 43% of Hawaii's population. [ 2 ]
The new education center, located in the JCCH Community Gallery in Mō‘ili‘ili, adjoins the permanent exhibition on the history of Japanese in Hawai‘i and features photos of the Honouliuli Internment Camp, artifacts from the incarcerees, oral history videos and virtual tours of the Honouliuli National Historic Site.
