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[[File:Makiki-church.jpg|right|thumb|400px|The Makiki Christian Church, established by [[Okumura Takie]] in [[1904]]. This building, inspired by [[Azuchi-Momoyama Period|late Sengoku]] or [[Edo period]] [[castle]] architecture, dates to 1932.]]

[[File:Makiki-church.jpg|right|thumb|400px|The Makiki Christian Church, established by [[Okumura Takie]] in [[1904]]. This building, inspired by [[Azuchi-Momoyama Period|late Sengoku]] or [[Edo period]] [[castle]] architecture, dates to 1932; its appearance is based largely on that of [[Kochi castle|Kôchi castle]].]]

Though [[Japanese immigration to Hawaii|Japanese immigrants to Hawaii]] were almost exclusively followers of [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] and [[Shinto]] beliefs and practices, the earliest Buddhist temples to be established by or for the Japanese community in Hawaii came only after the establishment of a number of Christian churches meant to serve that community.

Though [[Japanese immigration to Hawaii|Japanese immigrants to Hawaii]] were almost exclusively followers of [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] and [[Shinto]] beliefs and practices, the earliest Buddhist temples to be established by or for the Japanese community in Hawaii came only after the establishment of a number of Christian churches meant to serve that community.

A Japanese Christian Church was established on Kukui Street in Nu'uanu on June 6, [[1897]], with the land and the building being paid for by $8000 collected from donors in both Japan and Hawaii. Okumura became head of that church in [[1904]], and established a second mission in the Makiki neighborhood of Honolulu that same year, but was also influential in establishing the islands' first Japanese language school, in [[1896]]. Another graduate of Dôshisha, the [[Hokkaido]]-born Rev. Shigefusa Kanda, came to Hawaii in [[1893]] and founded the Kohala Church on the island of Hawaii.

A Japanese Christian Church was established on Kukui Street in Nu'uanu on June 6, [[1897]], with the land and the building being paid for by $8000 collected from donors in both Japan and Hawaii. Okumura became head of that church in [[1904]], and established a second mission in the Makiki neighborhood of Honolulu that same year, but was also influential in establishing the islands' first Japanese language school, in [[1896]]. Another graduate of Dôshisha, the [[Hokkaido]]-born Rev. Shigefusa Kanda, came to Hawaii in [[1893]] and founded the Kohala Church on the island of Hawaii.

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==References==

==References==

*Franklin Odo and Kazuko Sinoto, ''A Pictorial History of the Japanese in Hawaii'' 1885-1924, Bishop Museum (1985), 77-78.

*Franklin Odo and Kazuko Sinoto, ''A Pictorial History of the Japanese in Hawaii'' 1885-1924, Bishop Museum (1985), 77-78.

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