Lihue Hongwanji Mission
Lihue Hongwanji Mission
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Location | North of Lihue at Hawaii Route 56,aAt 3-3556-A Kuhio Highway |
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Nearest city | Lihue, Hawaii |
Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Area | 0.4 acres (0.16 ha) |
Built | 1901 |
NRHP Reference # | 78001025[1] |
Added to NRHP | March 21, 1978 |
The Lihue Hongwanji Mission, near Lihue, Hawaii on Kauai, is a historic mission whose construction was started in 1901. It was a branch of the Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1] It is significant as the oldest surviving Japanese Buddhist mission on Kauai; it "reinforced Japanese ties to the mother country by preserving the language, education and cultural foundations, of immigrant Japanese laborers." The Lihue Plantation Company supported its development as a way of indirectly maintaining social control. It included Sunday school classes but the Japanese language school gradually became the most important part of the mission.[2]
References
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- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. and accompanying four photos from 1977
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