Byodo-In Temple in the Valley of the Temples, Oahu, Hawaii

Temple Building

View of the Temple Building from the Meditation Pavilion - Byodo-In Temple, Kahaluu, Oahu, Hawaii

Photo by John Fischer, licensed to About.com

As you enter the temple you will need to remove your shoes.

Like its counterpart in Japan, the temple building itself is called the Hoodo or Hall of the Chinese Phoenix as its floor plan models that of the bird. A Hoodo consists of a decorated main temple building, two wings on the left and right sides with tail corridor at the rear. Chinese phoenixes are used to decorate both ends of the roof.

• Brief History of the Temple
• Entrance and Wooden Bridge
• The Peace Bell
• Temple Grounds
• Meditation Pavilion
• Koi Ponds
• Koi
• Temple Building
• Amida or Lotus Buddha
• Closeup of Amida Buddha
• Getting to the Byodo-In Temple