Updated June 2024

Hawaii Betsuin is pleased to once again offer the opportunity to memorialize your loved ones with one or more traditional paper lanterns to be displayed in the main temple during the Bon season (through August 18). Ribbons with your loved ones’ names are attached to the lantern.

To order a Bon Memorial Lantern online

  1. Fill out the 2024 Bon Memorial Lantern Order Form (a Google form).
  2. Make your payment via our lanterns donation page on PayPal.
    If you’d like to visit that page on your phone, point your phone’s camera here:
    QR code for Bon Lantern donation payments

To order by mail or in person

  1. Print and fill out the 2024 Bon Memorial Lantern Order Form (a PDF file).
  2. Mail the completed form with your check to:

    Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin
    1727 Pali Highway
    Honolulu, HI 96813

    (You may also fill out a form and make your donation in person at the Hawaii Betsuin business office.)

We will print the family name or individual names you specify on a memorial ribbon that will be tied to the lantern.

We are forever grateful to our wonderful members and friends who give generously to support the temple, its facilities, and operations. We invite you to participate in this meaningful Bon program of remembrance while helping perpetuate the temple.