Participants placed lanterns Monday onto the water at the 27th Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawaii at Ala Moana Regional Park.

The stage is set for the 27th annual Shinnyo Lantern Floating ceremony at Ala Moana Beach Park for Memorial Day 2025.

Shinnyo-en Hawaiʻi and dozens of volunteers gathered at Griffith St. House on Beretania Street to begin constructing lanterns for the ceremony. “Our volunteers are essential to ensuring this ...

As the sun sets on Memorial Day at Ala Moana Beach, thousands of candle-lit lanterns begin their gentle drift across the ...

Honolulu (KHON2) – The Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawaii event returns this year on Memorial Day for its 25th anniversary. Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawaii celebrating its 25th anniversary and will ...

The ceremony this evening, the Shinnyo Lantern Floating for Peace, really is something that’s been adapted and built upon from a long tradition of lantern floating ceremonies. You need the ...

The 2025 Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawaii ceremony marks the 27th year of the event. It will be held on May 26 at Ala Moana Beach Park from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. This year’s theme is “Many ...

HONOLULU (KITV4) -- The Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawaii ceremony returns to Ala Moana Beach this Memorial Day, May 29, and preparations are already underway at Shinnyo-en on Oahu. Temple staff ...

HONOLULU (KITV4) – The Shinnyo Floating Lantern Ceremony is going virtual again in 2022 as a precaution of the COVID-19 pandemic. The annual Memorial Day celebration is the largest of its kind ...

After a hiatus during the coronavirus pandemic, this year's Shinnyo-en Lantern Floating Hawaii ceremony returns with an interactive experience featuring bridges, lights, coral, sand and an LED ...

One of the largest Memorial Day events in the country takes place in Hawaii at the annual Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawaii ceremony, a beautiful display of remembrance now in its 25th year.

Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawaiʻi brought an estimated 50,000 people together Monday to remember their loved ones with a ...