Hawaii Photo of the Day

A  L  O  H  A !  

Tin How Temple

A  L  O  H  A !

 “Travel makes one modest. 

You see what a tiny 

place you occupy 

in the world.” 

      Gustave Flaubert

Into busy, crowded, 
jumbled, historic, 
San Francisco Chinatown!
As mysterious as a 
pyramid tower disappearing 
into the fog. . . looking for
the Taoist temple. . . Tien Hau

1910 - The 'New' Building

"Right place, but this does NOT

look like a temple." You might say.

But long years enjoying Honolulu's

Chinatown have taught me:

Look at the little door at the 

side!

I know there will be a LONG walk

up many stairs, to the temple itself

on the top floor. Here we see

European tourists ready to leave.

I was up there: Top Floor.

Oh the art I saw

and could not 

photograph!

You can read more about

the oldest Chinese Temple

in America  Here.

Though some Honolulu

temples might be older,

they were founded in the

Kingdom Of Hawaii,

NOT America. So I

concede the honorific

with respects

to each place:

My former longtime home

and my becoming

New One.

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Thank YOU

Friend!

           Fondly, cloudia