Daijingu Temple of Hawaii
Shrine in Honolulu, Hawaii
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The Daijingu Temple of Hawaii is a Shinto Shinmei shrine located in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii. It is also known as the Honolulu Grand Shrine (ホノルル大神宮) and is the oldest Shinto shrine on Oahu.[1]
Ame-no-Minakanushi
Yaoyorozu no Kami
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
King Kamehameha I
King Kalākaua
| Daijingu Temple of Hawaii | |
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Shinto |
| Deity | Amaterasu Ame-no-Minakanushi Yaoyorozu no Kami George Washington Abraham Lincoln King Kamehameha I King Kalākaua |
| Location | |
| Location | 61 Puiwa Road, Honolulu, HI 96817 |
 Interactive map of Daijingu Temple of Hawaii | |
| Website | |
| http://www.daijingutemple.org | |
 Glossary of Shinto | |
History
In 1903, Matsue Chiya, an immigrant from Kōchi Prefecture founded the shrine on Aala Lane. Masato Kawasaki was welcomed as head priest in 1907.[2]: 198 With the onset of World War II, the shrine's building and property was confiscated by the United States government. The Japanese community survived the war and moved the shrine to a temporary location in 1947. The present location was established November 1, 1958.
Daijingu Temple of Hawaii is the only shrine in American territory with a recorded history of holding worship services for a Japanese war hero before the start of the Pacific War. Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō was worshiped by members of the Imperial Japanese Navy and local Japanese-Americans. This has prompted scholars to consider Shinto in Hawaii as a new American religion rather than a diaspora tradition.[3]
Enshrined kami
Presiding kami:
Other enshrined kami:
