Concrete debris is scattered on the beach fronting Paia’s Mantokuji Soto Zen Mission Tuesday. On Friday, the state land board approved the 116-year-old Buddhist temple’s plans to install a ...

HANAPEPE — “Our Obon festivities at the Hanapepe Zenshuji make it the biggest event we host all year,” said Gerald Hirata of the Zunshuji Soto Zen Temple. Obon festivities begin with an obon ...

Kurashima decided to make the film after he became head of the of the All-Japan Young Soto Zen Buddhist Priest Association in 2017. “Tenzo” refers to the title given to a priest in charge of ...