Kyoto Gardens of Honolulu Memorial Park

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Kyoto Gardens of Honolulu Memorial Park
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Sanju Pagoda
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Location22 Craigside Place, Honolulu, Hawaii
Coordinates 21°19′21″N157°50′51″W / 21.32250°N 157.84750°W / 21.32250; -157.84750 Coordinates: 21°19′21″N157°50′51″W / 21.32250°N 157.84750°W / 21.32250; -157.84750
Area2.2 acres (0.89 ha)
Built1966
ArchitectKatsuyoshi, Robert; et al.
Architectural style Japonism
NRHP reference No. 04000020 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 11, 2004
Kinkaku-ji with Mirror Lake Garden. Kinkaku-ji - Kyoto Gardens, Honolulu, HI.JPG
Kinkaku-ji with Mirror Lake Garden.

The Kyoto Gardens of Honolulu Memorial Park is a cemetery located in the eastern half of the Honolulu Memorial Park, 22 Craigside Place, Honolulu, Hawaii. Its three-tiered Sanju Pagoda, the Kinkaku-ji Temple, and Mirror Gardens are fine examples of Japanese traditional-style structures and gardens built outside Japan. The gardens were listed in the National Register of Historic Places as site 04000020 on February 11, 2004. [2]

Honolulu Memorial Park was established in 1958, and its Buddhist Kinkaku-ji memorial and Sanju Pagoda were constructed between 1964 and 1966 as part of the Nuʻuanu Memorial Gardens Funerary Home, adjacent to history Oahu Cemetery. This name was changed to Kyoto Gardens in 1966 when the City of Kyoto, Japan, donated a bronze bell, with Abbot Jikai Murakami of Kyoto's Kinkaku-ji present for the opening.

Both the Sanju Pagoda and Kinkaku-ji serve as columbariums. As of 2006 they were in poor repair, due to the cemetery's financial difficulties. [4] [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ↑ Lorraine Minatoishi Palumbo (July 1, 2003). "Kyoto Gardens of Honolulu Memorial Park nomination form". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
  3. ↑ "Kyoto Gardens of Honolulu Memorial Park". Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. National Park Service. 2004.
  4. ↑ James Gonser (January 5, 2006). "Pagoda crumbling amid dispute". Honolulu Advertiser . Retrieved 2009-11-28.
  5. ↑ Malia Zimmerman (October 9, 2006). "Memorial Park Management Dispute 'Emotional, Political, Messy'". Hawaii Reporter. Archived from the original on October 30, 2006. Retrieved 2009-11-28.
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