Congratulations to Daifukuji on its 100th Anniversary!

For Kona’s fast growing Japanese immigrant population, Daifukuji was a welcome glimpse of home. How comforting it must have been to see that high peaked roof and an altar gleaming with golden lotus blossoms, to hear the notes of the temple gong ringing in the air and to breathe the familiar scent of incense once more.

Maile's MeanderingsMaile MelroseNovember 14, 2014Kona Daifukuji Soto Missiondaifukiji soto mission, kona history, hawaiian history, japanese american