With Zoom meetings taking the place of public gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic, there have been everything from online cocktail hours to church services, so why not virtual bon dances?

Through the generosity of its many members and supporters, Wat Lao Sithammaram of Hawaii in Waipahu has finally finished renovations on its new temple. “We’ve received donations from members of the ...

Hawaii’s Big Island is a place of unique contrasts: Consider that it has 11 of the world’s 13 climate zones, and the dry Kona coast lava flows belie the permafrost frigidity atop towering Mauna Loa ...

KAPAA, Hawaii — It is the only all-granite, hand-carved Hindu temple in the West built without power tools or electricity, and it’s nestled on one of the smaller islands in Hawaii surrounded by lush ...

A vandal was caught on camera in Makiki damaging a sacred statue at Jodo Mission temple and the glass doors of a neighboring ...

Get SFGATE's top stories sent to your inbox by signing up for The Daily newsletter here. “The significance of the temple was to commemorate the first Japanese settlers,” Barnes says. In the 1960s, ...