Honolulu Beyond The Beaches, Part 1: The Izumo Taisha Mission

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​Honolulu Beyond The Beaches, Part 1: The Izumo Taisha Mission

...Continued from previous post:
      Along with its beautiful beaches,

...and other natural wonders, ​

...Honolulu also offers visitors gems of Hawaiian history and culture that Tom and I never tire of visiting and revisiting on our trips to the island.
        On my "to visit" list on this trip was the Izumo Taisha Mission of Hawaii, a historic Japanese Shinto shrine built in 1906 and located in downtown Honolulu next to the Chinatown area.
          And so on the Monday morning after we arrived in Honolulu we walked a block from the Hale Koa to the bus stop,

...from where we took the bus to downtown.

       We got off at Beretania Street and walked a few blocks towards the Honolulu hillside,

...then made a left and walked towards Chinatown until we reached the Nu'unanu Stream on Kukui Street, 

...on the other side of which is the shrine.  

       At the door of the shrine there are instructions on how to pray here.

      The wash basin.

     The bells.

      The offering box.

       Interior of the shrine.

      Next door to the shrine was an office where one could purchase Omamori Ofuda, or protective amulets.

      One could also purchase an ema, a small piece of wood on which one writes their prayer then hangs it on the side of the shrine. There were a number of emas hung on this shrine,

...in various languages.

      Some of the prayers were quite touching.

       May not all the prayers be answered.

     To be continued...