Lihue Hongwanji Mission

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Lihue Hongwanji Mission
Kauai-Lihue-Hongwanji.JPG
Lihue Hongwanji Mission is located in Hawaii
Lihue Hongwanji Mission
Location North of Lihue at Hawaii Route 56,aAt 3-3556-A Kuhio Highway
Nearest city Lihue, Hawaii
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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]

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  2. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. and accompanying four photos from 1977


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