Your Guide to the Perfect Memorial Day Weekend in Honolulu: May 25–31, 2023
Honor Memorial Day, sing along to a Whitney Houston musical, park for free in Kaimukī and watch a play about the folks you meet at Longs.
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How You Can Honor Loved Ones This Memorial Day
Participate in a lantern floating ceremony, sew a lei, attend the Mayor’s Memorial Day Ceremony or watch a parade in Waikīkī.
Reserve Your Lantern for the Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawai‘i Ceremony
The new online reservation system for the Memorial Day tradition launches Monday, May 15.
Photo Gallery: Lantern Floating Hawaii 2016
The 18th Annual Lantern Floating Hawaii brought together over 50,000 people at Ala Moana Beach on Memorial Day, joined by thousands around the world via live streaming and telecast to honor loved ones in a solemn ceremony of beauty and…
Top 5 things to do Memorial Day weekend
Memorial Day is the official start to summer fun in the sun! This long weekend you’re in for a bangin’ time at Art + Flea, an oceanside hukilau, fun and games at the fair, garlicky street eats and the quintessential…
Lantern Floating Hawaii 2015
Photo by Trenton Kakazu An estimated 50,000 people from around the globe came to Magic Island to remember their loved ones at the 17th Annual Lantern Floating Hawaii ceremony, a beautiful, emotional event made possible by the Shinnyo-en Buddhist Temple…
Pics: Lantern Floating Hawaii 2013
The 15th Annual Lantern Floating Hawaii was attended by tens of thousands of people from around the world, gathered at Magic Island Monday evening to reflect and remember their lost loved ones on Memorial Day. Presented by the Nā Lei…
Pics: Lantern Floating Hawaii 2012
The 14th Annual Lantern Floating Hawaii ceremony, with a theme of “Many Rivers, One Ocean,” was held on Monday, Memorial Day, at Magic Island and the shores of Ala Moana Beach Park. An estimated 40,000 people from all over the…
Do this! May 24-30
Professional Services Social ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 16 The Shidler College of Business Alumni Association and the Young Lawyers Division of the Hawaii State Bar Association host this event at Vice, but everyone is invited. Bring your…
Building Lanterns At Shinnyo-en Temple For The Annual Lantern Floating Ceremony
Every Memorial Day, thousands converge at Ala Moana Beach for the the annual Lantern Floating ceremony, a time to remember those who have died and hope for peace and a harmonious future.
Lantern Floating Ceremony
Over 40,000 people came to Magic Island at Ala Moana Beach Park Monday evening for the annual lantern floating memorial ceremony, put on by the Shinnyo-en Buddhist order in Hawaii. It was a somber event for remembering lost loved ones,…
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