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Tōdai-ji (東大寺, Todaiji temple, "Eastern Great Temple") is a Buddhist temple complex that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples, located in the city of Nara, Japan. The construction of the temple was an attempt to imitate Chinese temples from the much-admired Tang dynasty. Though it was originally founded in the year 738 CE ...
With the grounds of Iolani Palace and the Hawaii State Capitol at its core, the historic district reaches inland across Beretania Street to include the buildings and grounds of Washington Place and St. Andrew's Cathedral; crosses Richards Street to include the former Armed Services YMCA Building, YWCA Building, and Hawaiian Electric Company Building; crosses Queen Street on the seaward side to ...
The Japanese community survived the war and moved the shrine to a temporary location in 1947. The present location was established November 1, 1958. Daijingu Temple of Hawaii is the only shrine in American territory with a recorded history of holding worship services for a Japanese war hero before the start of the Pacific War .
Honolulu (/ ˌ h ɒ n ə ˈ l uː l uː / ⓘ HON-ə-LOO-loo; [8] Hawaiian:) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Hawaii, located in the Pacific Ocean.It is the county seat of the consolidated City and County of Honolulu, situated along the southeast coast of the island of Oʻahu, [a] and is the westernmost and southernmost major U.S. city. Honolulu is Hawaii's main ...
Headquarters of the Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii are located in Honolulu. The following is a list of the organization's affiliated temples. Skyline with the iconic Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin (Honolulu, Oahu) in the center right. Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin, Honolulu; Honpa Hongwanji Hilo Betsuin, Hilo; Pacific Buddhist Academy, Honolulu
The Kyoto Gardens of Honolulu Memorial Park is a cemetery located in the eastern half of the Honolulu Memorial Park, 22 Craigside Place, Honolulu, Hawaii. Its three-tiered Sanju Pagoda, the Kinkaku-ji Temple, and Mirror Gardens are fine examples of Japanese traditional-style structures and gardens built outside Japan.
The state capital, Honolulu, is on Oʻahu's southeast coast. The island of Oʻahu and the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands [ 2 ] constitute the City and County of Honolulu . In 2021, Oʻahu had a population of 995,638, [ 3 ] up from 953,207 in 2010 (approximately 70% of the total 1,455,271 population of the Hawaiian Islands, [ 4 ] with ...
Hsu Yun Temple (also Xuyun; 虛雲禪寺 (traditional Chinese); 虚云禅寺 (simplified Chinese); is a temple of the Xuyun branch of the Linji school of Chán Buddhism in Honolulu, Hawaii. Jy Ding standing in front of Hsu Yun Temple.