HANAPEPE — “Our Obon festivities at the Hanapepe Zenshuji make it the biggest event we host all year,” said Gerald Hirata of the Zunshuji Soto Zen Temple. Obon festivities begin with an obon ...

Concrete debris is scattered on the beach fronting Paia’s Mantokuji Soto Zen Mission Tuesday. On Friday, the state land board approved the 116-year-old Buddhist temple’s plans to install a ...

A year of zen practice at Antaiji Temple in Japan. Many non-Japanese gather at this Soto school zen temple to do zazen 1,800 hours per year and live the zen ideal of self-sufficiency.