West Kauai Hongwanji Mission

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🍁 September Sunday Service Schedule 🍁Please join us in person at Hanapepe Temple or online via Zoom. Everyone is welcome...
09/01/2026

🍁 September Sunday Service Schedule 🍁
Please join us in person at Hanapepe Temple or online via Zoom. Everyone is welcome!

📅 September 6 (Sunday) at 9:30 a.m.
Autumn Ohigan Seminar
Guest Speaker: Rev. Kohtoku Hirao
Resident Minister of Waimea Shingon Mission

📅 September 13 (Sunday) at 9:00 a.m.
Monthly Memorial Service
Speaker: Rev. Tomo Hojo

📅 September 20 (Sunday) at 9:00 a.m.
Sunday Service
Speaker: Rev. Tomo Hojo

📅 September 27 (Sunday) at 9:00 a.m.
Dharma School Sunday Service
Speaker: Rev. Tomo Hojo

📍 Hanapepe Temple & Zoom

We look forward to welcoming you at the temple or seeing you online via Zoom!

Important Service UpdateDue to the approaching tropical storm and for everyone’s safety, this Sunday’s Bon Sunday and Mo...
08/15/2026

Important Service Update
Due to the approaching tropical storm and for everyone’s safety, this Sunday’s Bon Sunday and Monthly Memorial Service will be held via Zoom only.
There will be no in-person gathering at Waimea Temple. Rev. Tomioka will join us from the Big Island to share his Dharma message. We appreciate your understanding and look forward to seeing you online.

🌺 August Sunday Service Schedule 🌺Join us in person or via Zoom. Everyone is welcome!August 2 (Sunday) | 8:00 a.m.Genera...
08/03/2026

🌺 August Sunday Service Schedule 🌺
Join us in person or via Zoom. Everyone is welcome!
August 2 (Sunday) | 8:00 a.m.
General Cleanup
📍 Waimea Temple

August 9 (Sunday) | 9:00 a.m.
Sunday Service
📍 Hanapepe Temple & Zoom
Speaker: Rev. Tomo Hojo

August 16 (Sunday) | 9:30 a.m.
Obon Sunday & Monthly Memorial Service
📍 Waimea Temple & Zoom
Guest Speaker: Rev. Satoshi Tomioka
Puna Hongwanji Mission

August 23 (Sunday) | 9:00 a.m.
Dharma School Sunday Service
📍 Hanapepe Temple & Zoom
Speaker: Rev. Tomo Hojo

August 30 (Sunday) | 9:00 a.m.
Music Sunday Service
📍 Hanapepe Temple & Zoom
Speaker: Mrs. Shirley Kakuda

We look forward to seeing you at the temple or online via Zoom!

07/24/2026

HANAPEPE — The lights will go on and the music will start at 7:30 p.m. Friday when the West Kauai Hongwanji Mission celebrates the final bon dance of the Kauai Buddhist Council calendar.

Hope you are planning to attend our Bon dance this weekend!If so, please enter on Kona Rd (fronting Hanapepe Library), a...
07/24/2026

Hope you are planning to attend our Bon dance this weekend!
If so, please enter on Kona Rd (fronting Hanapepe Library), and go around our temple to the parking lot. The concrete driveway between our temple and parking lot will be One Way Exit Only. When leaving, If you exit on the concrete driveway directly to Kaumualii Hwy, it is a right turn only onto Kaumualii. Otherwise please exit using Kona Rd.
Hope to see you, Drive carefully.

🏮 Bon Dance is coming up this weekend! 🏮Please join us on Friday, July 24, and Saturday, July 25, for two evenings of da...
07/20/2026

🏮 Bon Dance is coming up this weekend! 🏮
Please join us on Friday, July 24, and Saturday, July 25, for two evenings of dancing, food, and special performances. The schedule for each evening is listed below.
Friday, July 24
5:30 p.m. — Food sales and Country Store open
6:00 p.m. — Hatsu Bon Service
7:30 p.m. — Bon Dance
・Intermission performance: Men of Koi Dynasty
・Hatsu Bon, or the First Bon Memorial Service, is a special service honoring those who have passed away since the previous Bon season.

Saturday, July 25
5:30 p.m. — Food sales and Country Store open
6:00 p.m. — Bon Service
7:30 p.m. — Bon Dance
・Intermission performance: Tsunami Taiko

We look forward to seeing you this weekend!

🏮 Bon Dance is Just Around the Corner! 🏮Preparations are well underway for the West Kauai Hongwanji Mission Hanapepe Tem...
07/09/2026

🏮 Bon Dance is Just Around the Corner! 🏮
Preparations are well underway for the West Kauai Hongwanji Mission Hanapepe Temple Bon Dance! Today, we put up our Bon Dance signs in front of the temple, a sure sign that Bon season is almost here. The excitement is building, and we look forward to welcoming everyone on July 24 and 25.

📅 Friday, July 24
🕕 6:00 p.m. – Hatsu Bon Service (First Bon Memorial Service)
🕢 7:30 p.m. – Bon Dance

📅 Saturday, July 25
🕕 6:00 p.m. – Bon Service
🕢 7:30 p.m. – Bon Dance

Whether you come to remember your loved ones, enjoy the Bon Dance, or simply spend time with family and friends, everyone is welcome.

We look forward to seeing you at West Kauai Hongwanji Mission Hanapepe Temple!

West Kauai Hongwanji Mission – July 2026 SchedulePlease join us for our July services and activities. Everyone is welcom...
06/29/2026

West Kauai Hongwanji Mission – July 2026 Schedule
Please join us for our July services and activities. Everyone is welcome!

Sunday, July 5 – 9:00 a.m.
Sunday Service
Hanapepe Temple & Zoom
Speaker: Rev. Tomo Hojo

Sunday, July 12 – 9:00 a.m.
Monthly Memorial Service
Hanapepe Temple & Zoom
Speaker: Rev. Tomo Hojo

Sunday, July 19 – 9:00 a.m.
Dharma School Sunday Service
Hanapepe Temple & Zoom
Speaker: Rev. Tomo Hojo

West Kauai Hongwanji Bon Dance
Friday, July 24 & Saturday, July 25
Hanapepe Temple
Service: 6:00 p.m.
Bon Dance: 7:30 p.m.
Please join us for two evenings of Bon Service, Bon Dance, food, and fellowship as we gather in gratitude and remembrance. Everyone is welcome!

Sunday, July 26 – No Sunday Service
Bon Dance Cleanup
Hanapepe Temple

We warmly welcome everyone to attend and participate.
We look forward to seeing you in person or on Zoom.

2026 BSC Summer Session – Kauai Satellite SeminarWe are pleased to announce the 2026 BSC Summer Session Kauai Satellite ...
06/27/2026

2026 BSC Summer Session – Kauai Satellite Seminar
We are pleased to announce the 2026 BSC Summer Session Kauai Satellite Seminar, which will be held online via Zoom on Thursday, July 30, 2026.

Please mark your calendar and help spread the word to your family and friends.

Title: Show, Don’t Tell
📅 Date: Thursday, July 30, 2026
🕡 Time: 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. (HST)
💻 Platform: Zoom
🎤 Speaker: Rev. Dr. Aaron Shōken Proffitt
💲 Registration Fee: Free
⏰ Registration Deadline: July 23, 2026

🔗 Registration Link: https://forms.gle/F1ncQVXdh7tWcd5a9

Description:
Many parents wonder how to weave Buddhist teachings into the fabric of family life. Bringing children to temple, enrolling them in Dharma School, chanting together before the butsudan — these are all meaningful entry points. But in this talk, I want to suggest something that may seem counterintuitive: that the most powerful way to share the Dharma with our children is not to teach it at all. When we ourselves are immersed in the teachings and practices of Buddhism — when the Dharma shapes how we speak, how we respond to difficulty, how we treat others — we don’t need to explain that we are Buddhist. Our children will simply see it. The Dharma transmits not through instruction, but through presence. In other words: talk less. Show up more.

We look forward to your participation.

The 2026 Kauai Bon Dance Season has started! We hope to see you at the Bon Dances around Kauai this summer.• June 12–13 ...
06/13/2026

The 2026 Kauai Bon Dance Season has started! We hope to see you at the Bon Dances around Kauai this summer.
• June 12–13 – Waimea Higashi Hongwanji Mission
• June 19–20 – Lihue Hongwanji Mission
• June 26–27 – Waimea Shingon Mission
• July 10–11 – Kauai Soto Zen Temple
• July 17–18 – Kapaa Hongwanji Mission
• July 24–25 – West Kauai Hongwanji Mission (Hanapepe Temple)

Address

1-3860 Kaumualii Highway
Hanapepe, HI
96716

Telephone

+18083353195

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