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Puna Hongwanji Mission

  • Puna Hongwanji and adjacent building from above
  • Bodhi Tree
  • Front sign
  • hondo with altar and choir
  • Columbarium altar with flowers and sunlight

Location & Services

  • Puna Hawaii Mission
  • 16-492 Old Volcano Rd.
  • Keaau,HI96749
  • (808) 966-9981
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  • Sundays at 9 a.m.
  • Join us for family service!
  • M,T,W,F 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
  • Minister's office hours

Who We Are

Puna Hongwanji is a dynamic temple community where people joined by faith and joy in Amida Buddha share the Dharma in our daily living. We invite you to join us for fellowship and learning. More »

Recent News

Sunday, September 13, 2020 Online Service (Dharma Message: Other Shore)

Join us tomorrow (9/13/20) at 9:00 a.m. for our weekly Sunday Service. We will continue to have only live stream online services via Facebook and YouTube. Thank you for your patients with the recent technical difficulties. Thank you for being the “bamboo” that bends and is flexible. We appreciate your continued support. Rev. Satoshi “Ka?imipono”

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Sunday, September 6, 2020 – Online Sunday Service

Join us on Sunday, September 6, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. for our live virtual Sunday Service.  Due to the number of cases of COVID-19 on Hawaii Island our temple doors are closed.  We are offering the Sunday Service online only on our Puna Hongwanji Facebook and YouTube pages only.  Rev. Satoshi “Ka’imipono” Tomioka’s Dharma Message

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Peace Day 2020 – Photo Contest

Please join us in our Peace Day 2020 Photo Contest.  The contest theme is “Moment of Peace”.  Please look through you camera roll on your phone and consider sending in photos in which you feel depicts a “moment in peace” to you.  The photos need to be emailed to punahongwanjipeaceday@gmail.com or sent via Puna Hongwanji’s

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Close out video of Genki Ondo – September 5, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. (HST)

Join us on Saturday, September 5, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. (HST) as we premiere our close out video of Genki Ondo.  To close out our Puna Hongwanji Buddhist Temple Bon Dance Season 2020 we are creating this special video.  Videos were received from different people and it is being edited into one video.  The premiere

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Are you ashamed of me

Wednesday, September 2, 2020 Online Service

Join us on Wednesday, September 2, 2020 for our midweek service with Rev. Satoshi “Ka’imipono” Tomioka.  Rev. Tomioka’s Dharma Message will be “Are you ashamed of me?”  Service starts at 7:00 p.m. and will be available on our Facebook and Youtube pages.  These can be viewed in the comforts of your own home. Everyone, please

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