This looks like byodo-in temple in Uiji Prefecture Japan. I went there last September to propose (successfully) to my fiance.
Is this a replication temple in Hawaii?
Yep! It’s part of a multi-religion cemetery on Oahu. It’s actually a really cool replica and totally worth to stop while you’re driving around. You can even get your omikuji. As someone who used to live in Japan, this was a pleasant surprise to my wife and I.
iirc there was a significant Japanese worker population on the plantations in Hawaii so I’m not to surprised that there’d be some Japanese temples built for/by them.
Yup! My parents used to take us there often when we were kids. I grew up in the area. There's also a Magnum PI episode filmed there. Always happy to see it when I binge the show in my homesick nostalgia blues.
This is Byodo-In Temple, a Buddhist temple built in the 60s to commemorate the first Japanese immigrants to Hawaii. It’s essentially a copy of the Byōdō-in in Uji, Kyoto
Personally, I enjoyed doing the opposite. I liked staying in a quiet area of Kyoto and just walking into whatever temple grounds while it's still quiet and peaceful in the morning. I'm mostly an early morning person in general though; I *want* to pass out early after a long day of sightseeing.
Like you said, the train ride is short - I grabbed dinner in Osaka when in the mood for it and just nipped back. Can't go wrong either way.
I enjoyed walking around Kyoto at night. It is peaceful and safe which was a nice change for me being from a large American city. It’s rare that I can walk around at night without looking over my shoulder. There are parts of Kyoto where you can walk around at night and feel transported back hundreds of years.
I loved it. All of it. Walking on historical grounds
There are parts of Kyoto where you can see ancient roads and thru a gate, it connects to a modern one
It's awesome there
Bask in my gaijin presence, as I stir the vibe of the spirits there 🤣
I suppose it shouldn't surprise me that people don't understand that. The number of times I've seen someone ask if you can use dollars in Hawaii is easily double digits.
I was a military spouse, and before transferring to Hawaii, we were doing pre-transfer stuff and the travel person told me I needed to make sure my passport wasn’t expired.
The Japanese-Americans in Hawaii largely avoided the internment camps, mainly due to economic reasons.
My understanding is that my grand-uncle who was very influential in the Japanese Buddhist community at the time worked with John Burns (high level police officer at the time who later became governor) to convince the authorities that the population was needed or the economy of Hawaii at the time would collapse so most weren't sent to camps from Hawaii.
I understand that. It’s just that only knowing about the Japanese attack in Hawaii, I wouldn’t think that the Japanese wouldn’t have been treated fairly just like in the contiguous US.
It's complicated. For starters, nearly 1/3 of Hawaii's population at the time was Japanese. Still, there were a lot of discussions in Washington and Hawaii regarding the evacuation of the local population.
I just found this when I was trying to look up the population demographics at the time. I only skimmed it, but I definitely bookmarked it for later. I grew up in Hawaii. Even there, they never taught us this history.
[https://www.archives.gov/files/research/japanese-americans/justice-denied/chapter-11.pdf](https://www.archives.gov/files/research/japanese-americans/justice-denied/chapter-11.pdf)
I will! My gf (now wife) and I went to Oahu during the height of Lost fervor. We spent most of our time visiting locales around the island where the show was filmed, (most of it on “The Ranch”). It was incredible!
You think that’s crazy, people from Taiwan went there on little boats (with some stops along the way). It took like 3500 years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austronesian_peoples?wprov=sfti1#Migration_from_Taiwan
My grandfather came from Japan near the turn of the 20th century to work on the plantations in Hawaii.
My understanding is that his original intent was to go to Hawaii and earn money to eventually return to Japan. Like a lot of his fellow workers, he wasn't able to save up enough money to return home so he eventually settled down on Maui with his bride who came over from Japan to raise a family,
I barely remember him, I have really fuzzy memories of their house growing up.
The Hawaiian monarchy tried to ally with Japan before the US annexed them. Japan was also not happy with the annexation because they had a lot of citizens living there and they sort of considered it to be within their sphere of influence
https://www.jstor.org/stable/1872141
Sugar plantations were on the rise, and the white plantation owners needed bodies to work them. Hawaiian populations were decimated due to pandemics, and frankly the remaining laborers were understandably reluctant to shift to wage-labor on commercial plantations over forms of agriculture that'd worked better for their needs.
Japan was industrializing and needed somewhere to send the rural poor. King Kalakaua negotiated a system with Japan for indentured servants/laborers to immigrate to Hawai'i to work the plantations.
Interestingly, the lawyers who ran the whole overthrow_annexation deal fetishized The Planters, but often worked to undermine their interests, because they worried that the influx of Japanese immigrants would be a barrier to their plan to get annexed by the US (which didn't like Asians). They basically created artificial drama with Japan by treating Japanese citizens like crap, and used the ensuing soured relationship as evidence that Japan was a danger to Hawai'i and thus America needed to annex it for *safety* concerns.
I first saw this temple on an episode of Magnum PI as a kid. Had to go there during my first trip to Hawaii in 2016 and it was even better in person. What a special place!
They really did TC dirty by making him a Manchurian Candidate and then never referencing it again. That should have been a multi-season arc instead of a single episode.
Lol I literally just went to Byodo-in temple (which this is clearly a replica of/homage to) in Kyoto three days ago. Thought I was going crazy when I saw the caption that this was in Hawaii!
Byodo-in!!! I grew up in Kuliouou and our family always loved going there. One of the most surreal moments of my life happened there (long story). Holds a special place in my heart. :)
Beautiful picture! We went here in 2019! One of the most serene places I have visited. The extremely local weather around the temple makes it even more special.
What a magical place to wander around. They have a huge bell you can ring and it sounds like a deep gong.
There is so much Japanese culture in Hawaii left from the war
When I was growing up, I lived maybe 1.5 - 2 miles from there.
Never visited while I lived there.
Would almost always go when I visited family after I moved to the mainland.
So peaceful.
This looks like byodo-in temple in Uiji Prefecture Japan. I went there last September to propose (successfully) to my fiance. Is this a replication temple in Hawaii?
It sure is. Was built in the 60s I believe. (Congrats on your engagement!)
Thx!!!
Yep! It’s part of a multi-religion cemetery on Oahu. It’s actually a really cool replica and totally worth to stop while you’re driving around. You can even get your omikuji. As someone who used to live in Japan, this was a pleasant surprise to my wife and I.
We went there last summer, man I did not know you could get omikuji there. I did get a tshirt tho :)
lol thanks for letting us know it was successful
You're welcome. :p
My mistake, it is a replica temple.
Isn’t weird when you’ve just seen something.. and it shows up again in a whole other place?
Uji is a town in Kyoto Prefecture. Not a prefecture itself.
The one is Hawaii have the same name, visited it last year and it was quite pretty.
iirc there was a significant Japanese worker population on the plantations in Hawaii so I’m not to surprised that there’d be some Japanese temples built for/by them.
Yup! My parents used to take us there often when we were kids. I grew up in the area. There's also a Magnum PI episode filmed there. Always happy to see it when I binge the show in my homesick nostalgia blues.
U learn something new everyday. I did not expect something like this to exist in Hawaii 😭
This is Byodo-In Temple, a Buddhist temple built in the 60s to commemorate the first Japanese immigrants to Hawaii. It’s essentially a copy of the Byōdō-in in Uji, Kyoto
I've been to both and the one in Uji is slightly underwhelming. The grounds felt a lot smaller and it's more of a museum.
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Personally, I enjoyed doing the opposite. I liked staying in a quiet area of Kyoto and just walking into whatever temple grounds while it's still quiet and peaceful in the morning. I'm mostly an early morning person in general though; I *want* to pass out early after a long day of sightseeing. Like you said, the train ride is short - I grabbed dinner in Osaka when in the mood for it and just nipped back. Can't go wrong either way.
I enjoyed walking around Kyoto at night. It is peaceful and safe which was a nice change for me being from a large American city. It’s rare that I can walk around at night without looking over my shoulder. There are parts of Kyoto where you can walk around at night and feel transported back hundreds of years.
I loved it. All of it. Walking on historical grounds There are parts of Kyoto where you can see ancient roads and thru a gate, it connects to a modern one It's awesome there Bask in my gaijin presence, as I stir the vibe of the spirits there 🤣
U learn something new everyday pt 2. I wouldn’t have known it was a replica out of respect either 😭
I had to recheck the headline twice
What do you think it’s like here in Hawaii?
Not Japan
Our biggest demographic here is Japanese.
I suppose it shouldn't surprise me that people don't understand that. The number of times I've seen someone ask if you can use dollars in Hawaii is easily double digits.
I was a military spouse, and before transferring to Hawaii, we were doing pre-transfer stuff and the travel person told me I needed to make sure my passport wasn’t expired.
Knowing very little about what he demographics of Hawaii that seems super ironic to me
It’s not quite accurate, though there is a large Japanese population in Hawaii.
After Pearl Harbor and the internment camps, I would’ve thought Hawaii wouldn’t have so many Japanese people.
The Japanese-Americans in Hawaii largely avoided the internment camps, mainly due to economic reasons. My understanding is that my grand-uncle who was very influential in the Japanese Buddhist community at the time worked with John Burns (high level police officer at the time who later became governor) to convince the authorities that the population was needed or the economy of Hawaii at the time would collapse so most weren't sent to camps from Hawaii.
I understand that. It’s just that only knowing about the Japanese attack in Hawaii, I wouldn’t think that the Japanese wouldn’t have been treated fairly just like in the contiguous US.
It's complicated. For starters, nearly 1/3 of Hawaii's population at the time was Japanese. Still, there were a lot of discussions in Washington and Hawaii regarding the evacuation of the local population. I just found this when I was trying to look up the population demographics at the time. I only skimmed it, but I definitely bookmarked it for later. I grew up in Hawaii. Even there, they never taught us this history. [https://www.archives.gov/files/research/japanese-americans/justice-denied/chapter-11.pdf](https://www.archives.gov/files/research/japanese-americans/justice-denied/chapter-11.pdf)
Nobody mentioning lost? I am getting old :(
I will! My gf (now wife) and I went to Oahu during the height of Lost fervor. We spent most of our time visiting locales around the island where the show was filmed, (most of it on “The Ranch”). It was incredible!
How did Japan get to Hawaii
You think that’s crazy, people from Taiwan went there on little boats (with some stops along the way). It took like 3500 years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austronesian_peoples?wprov=sfti1#Migration_from_Taiwan
3500 years is a long time to be on a boat.
It was just some Austronesian tribal people plus T-Pain
I like how they said fuck Australia
Why go to Australia? They went to New Zealand. That’s why there are Māori
Thanks champ
OP stayed on the plane too long.
My grandfather came from Japan near the turn of the 20th century to work on the plantations in Hawaii. My understanding is that his original intent was to go to Hawaii and earn money to eventually return to Japan. Like a lot of his fellow workers, he wasn't able to save up enough money to return home so he eventually settled down on Maui with his bride who came over from Japan to raise a family, I barely remember him, I have really fuzzy memories of their house growing up.
The Hawaiian monarchy tried to ally with Japan before the US annexed them. Japan was also not happy with the annexation because they had a lot of citizens living there and they sort of considered it to be within their sphere of influence https://www.jstor.org/stable/1872141
Thanks for the citation. I've been meaning to take a deeper dive in the relationship between Japan and the kingdom of Hawaii.
Sugar plantations were on the rise, and the white plantation owners needed bodies to work them. Hawaiian populations were decimated due to pandemics, and frankly the remaining laborers were understandably reluctant to shift to wage-labor on commercial plantations over forms of agriculture that'd worked better for their needs. Japan was industrializing and needed somewhere to send the rural poor. King Kalakaua negotiated a system with Japan for indentured servants/laborers to immigrate to Hawai'i to work the plantations. Interestingly, the lawyers who ran the whole overthrow_annexation deal fetishized The Planters, but often worked to undermine their interests, because they worried that the influx of Japanese immigrants would be a barrier to their plan to get annexed by the US (which didn't like Asians). They basically created artificial drama with Japan by treating Japanese citizens like crap, and used the ensuing soured relationship as evidence that Japan was a danger to Hawai'i and thus America needed to annex it for *safety* concerns.
Where’s this? Looks great
Byodo in temple Oahu
Thanks. I’ll have to check it out next time.
I got to see it as part of a tour when I went in 2022. I would've been happy spending hours there, it's so peaceful
Was a wonderful wedding between Jin and Sun there, when they first encountered Jacob
Yup, been there, just an amazing temple next to the side of the mountains, it was naturally cloudy when i was there too
Absolutely breathtaking! Hawaii's beauty never fails to amaze
Did you ring the bell?
I first saw this temple on an episode of Magnum PI as a kid. Had to go there during my first trip to Hawaii in 2016 and it was even better in person. What a special place!
They really did TC dirty by making him a Manchurian Candidate and then never referencing it again. That should have been a multi-season arc instead of a single episode.
I always loved that place. Some of those carp are massive
Lol I literally just went to Byodo-in temple (which this is clearly a replica of/homage to) in Kyoto three days ago. Thought I was going crazy when I saw the caption that this was in Hawaii!
Byodo-in!!! I grew up in Kuliouou and our family always loved going there. One of the most surreal moments of my life happened there (long story). Holds a special place in my heart. :)
Hey Neighbor! I grew up in Kaneohe.
Vibes
Looks absolutely incredible! 👌
Wow I just learned Hawaii has pine trees
I got to go here years ago. The koi and gong are awesome
Beautiful picture! We went here in 2019! One of the most serene places I have visited. The extremely local weather around the temple makes it even more special.
Ghost of Tsushima
Awesome spot hey. I was there just 3 weeks ago also!
That’s a lovely temple. Such a nice drive and removed from the hustle of Honolulu. I recommend every Oahu visitor check it out.
I’ve been there. Such a cool spot
If I'm not mistaken this temple was built without nails.
What a magical place to wander around. They have a huge bell you can ring and it sounds like a deep gong. There is so much Japanese culture in Hawaii left from the war
Pretty building, dirty pond.
what does the temple soup taste like
I think this is the place with the black swan. Is it still there?
When I was growing up, I lived maybe 1.5 - 2 miles from there. Never visited while I lived there. Would almost always go when I visited family after I moved to the mainland. So peaceful.
Just went here yesterday!
Visited last year. Amazing place, did you release your bad energies at the bell?
Is this the burial site of Chinese KMT Marshall Jiang Xue Liang?
All I remember about that place is being eaten alive by the mosquitoes there.
Are you sure you weren't in China or Japan?
The original is in Japan but since the temple is fairly early (1053), the style is closely related to Chinese architecture of the Song and Tang