The Honolulu Hongwanji Council invites all temple members and friends to march in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade on Monday, January 20, 2025.

• Parade groups assemble at Magic Island beginning at 7:30 a.m. The parade begins at 9 a.m.
• Some may choose to carpool from the Hawaii Betsuin back parking lot or to hop the #6 city bus (there’s one at 7:11 a.m. and one at 7:41 a.m., $3 fare, bus stop is on Lusitana at Betsuin).
• At least one vehicle will be available for those who would prefer to ride instead of walk in the parade.
• Wear your peace shirt, Hongwanji shirt (BWA, PBA, YBA etc.), or anything purple.
• Get creative with signs.
  
• We have lots of origami cranes to hand out to parade-watchers!
• NEW! We plan to pull a cart with a medium-sized kansho! LET FREEDOM RING!!
• Remember Green Hongwanji and bring your own water bottle.
• Wear sunscreen.

The route is through Waikiki to Kapiolani Park, about 2 miles.

Temple members, Dharma School students and parents, friends… everyone welcomed!!

“It really boils down to this: that all life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied into a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”