February 21 - Byodo-In Temple, Japan

      Or so it would seem.  Actually, it was established in 1968 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants to Hawaii, and is copied after the 950 year old Byodo-in Temple in Japan.

   

 The smell of incense filled the central temple where Buddha resides.

 Koi congregate at a feeding spot.

 We heard a splash and looked over to see this little girl being fished out of the pond.  She was crying, but seemed most upset about losing one of her flip-flops, saying, "The fish are gonna eat my shoe!"  It reminded us of a time when a five or six year old Ryan tumbled into a pond looking at fish on one of our western trips.