Bon dance · Holualoa / Kona, Big Island
Kona Koyasan Daishiji Mission Bon Dance 2026
Hosted by Kona Koyasan Daishiji Mission
- When
- Aug 8, 2026Time TBA
- Where
- Holualoa / Kona, Big IslandGet directions
- Host
- Kona Koyasan Daishiji Mission
Sources: JCCH 2026 statewide schedule; Koyasan official listing / Kona Hongwanji newsletter; https://www.jcchawaii.org/resources/2026-obon-schedule
Dates and times can change — confirm with the organizer before you go. Historical dates reflect advertised schedules; a past date alone does not confirm the event took place.
Date
- Saturday, August 8, 2026, Time TBA
What to expect
Kona Koyasan Daishiji Mission follows the Koyasan Shingon tradition, one of 12 member missions under the Koyasan Shingon Mission of Hawaii, an organization established in 1915 whose ministers train and receive certification at Koyasan Kongobuji headquarters in Wakayama, Japan. The mission occupies a historic section of Mamalahoa Highway in Holualoa's Kona coffee belt, a corridor shaped by early twentieth-century Japanese immigrant settlement that included daishido (small worship halls) and an 88-shrine pilgrimage walk built along the road between 1910 and 1930.
Program highlights
- Koyasan Shingon Buddhist mission, one of 12 member missions across four Hawaiian islands
- Set along historic Mamalahoa Highway in Holualoa's Kona coffee belt
- Mission ministers trained and certified at Koyasan Kongobuji, Wakayama, Japan
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