The United Japanese Society of Hawaii held its annual memorial service Saturday at Makiki Cemetery to pay respect to the Gannenmono, the first Japanese contract workers to arrive in Hawaii from Japan.

I am stopped in my tracks by the two women who are exchanging hugs and launching into fervent catching up and talking story. I’ve barely made it 10 feet into the event. Conversations in this vein ...

HANAPEPE — The Kaua‘i Soto Zen Temple Zenshuji in Hanapepe is celebrating The Spirit of Obon this week. Through October, Hawaii hosted nearly 8.04 million visitors, flat compared to 2024, while ...

Obon Season is here in Hawai'i, and on O'ahu, Hawaii's Plantation Village kicks off the summer with its 34th annual Obon Celebration. ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN ...

The summer obon festivities have been canceled this year by island temples due to the coronavirus pandemic. Temples like Wailuku Hongwanji, shown here during bon dancing, will be taking a financial ...

Every summer, visitors to Hawaii are encouraged by experienced dancers to move their feet, put their hands in the air and sway to the beat of drums. No, they're not learning "The Hukilau" at a luau.

This summer, Hawaii Island’s Japanese population will be celebrating the obon season at festivals around the island, and often, the form of that celebration may be more traditional than what’s ...

A Buddhist season of remembrance continues Saturday with a dance and festival at Keauhou Shopping Center. ADVERTISING A Buddhist season of remembrance continues Saturday with a dance and festival at ...

In an Aloha shirt and khakis, Ken Yamada doesn't exactly look like a Buddhist minister. But put the boyish 47-year-old reverend of Berkeley's Higashi Honganji in a roomful of folk-dancing parishioners ...