Established on June 7, 1968 to commemorate the first Japanese immigrants to Hawaii, the Byodo-In Temple is a scale replica of an over 900 year old temple at Uji Japan. Built to represent the mythical phoenix, the Byodo-In Temple lays in the shadow of the Koolau mountains on Oahu's windward coast. The temple is surrounded by a large koi pond fed by a mountain stream. A large bell house or kanetsu-ki-do, which houses a five foot tall, three ton brass bell cast in Osaka Japan flanks the south-east end of the Temple. The grounds are also home to black swans, wild peacocks and bamboo groves.
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