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  2. Daifukuji Soto Zen Mission - Wikipedia

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    It was named Hakuhozan Daifukuji ("Temple of Great Happiness on White Mountain Peak") by the Zen abbots of Sōtō temples Eihei-ji and Sōji-ji in Japan. [2] The site is in the area known as Honalo, Hawaii in the Kona district on the western slopes of Mauna Loa.

  3. List of Buddhist temples in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Daifukuji Soto Zen Mission (Japanese) in Honalo, Hawaii – on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places So Shim Sa Zen Center (Korean) in Plainfield, New Jersey. This is a list of Buddhist temples, monasteries, stupas, and pagodas in the United States for which there are Wikipedia articles, sorted by location.

  4. National Register of Historic Places listings on the island ...

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    Daifukuji Soto Zen Mission: Daifukuji Soto Zen Mission: April 21, 1994 : Mamalahoa Highway: Honalo: Buddhist Temple built 1920–1921 16: District Courthouse and Police Station: District Courthouse and Police Station

  5. 8 McDonald's Menu Items You Can Find Only in Hawaii - AOL

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    3. Spam. Spam is super popular in Hawaii, and McDonald's is capitalizing on it. During World War II, soldiers were served the canned meat because it was portable, shelf-stable, full of protein ...

  6. Hsu Yun Temple - Wikipedia

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    Hsu Yun Temple [1] [2] is claimed to be [3] Hawaii's (possibly the western world's [4]) very first Chinese Buddhist Hall.There is also putative claim that it was, on construction, the largest Chinese Temple in the history of the Americas (6,000 sq ft).

  7. 1921 in architecture - Wikipedia

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    May 27 – A Buddha image is enshrined in the main hall of the Daifukuji Soto Zen Mission in Hawai'i, as part of a dedication ceremony for the building. [1] September 5 – The Cervantes Theatre in Buenos Aires, Argentina, opens with a production of Lope de Vega's La dama boba. [2]

  8. Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park - Wikipedia

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    Kaloko (meaning "the pond" in the Hawaiian language) [4] is a site of fishponds used in ancient Hawaii is on the North end of the park. The first reference to the pond comes from the story of Kamalalawalu, about 300 years ago. The kuapā (seawall) [5] is over 30 feet wide and 6 feet high, stretching for 750 feet. Constructed by hand without ...

  9. Hawaii Shingon Mission - Wikipedia

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    The Shingon Shu Hawaii temple commissioned the creation of a ceiling panel (tenjo-e) that depicts the Taizokai mandala which measures 600 square feet (56 m 2). Done in original pigments mixed by Japanese artisans and suspended in animal fat, the pigments were applied to individually lacquered (urushi) panels, then placed by hand into a grid ...