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Maui Map: Lahaina Jodo MissionLahaina Jodo Mission Frommer's Recommended

Hours Daily during daylight hours
Address
12 Ala Moana St
Location Off Front St., near the Mala Wharf
Phone 808/661-4304
Prices Free admission

Frommer's Review

This site has long been held sacred. The Hawaiians called it Puunoa Point, which means "the hill freed from taboo." Once a small village named Mala (garden), this peaceful place was a haven for Japanese immigrants, who came to Hawaii in 1868 as laborers for the sugar-cane plantations. They eventually built a small wooden temple to worship here. In 1968, on the 100th anniversary of Japanese presence in Hawaii, a Great Buddha statue (some 12 ft. high and weighing 3 1/2 tons) was brought here from Japan. The immaculate grounds also contain a replica of the original wooden temple and a 90-foot-tall pagoda.

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