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Buddhist Churches of America (Item 19 of 20, “Xth. anniversary N.A. Federation of Y.W.B.A. Leagues' conference, Los Angeles, California, July 21st-26th 1936”)
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This is another picture of the Los Angeles Hompa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple in Little Tokyo. It was the first Buddhist temple built in Los Angeles. It is now the Japanese ...

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Buddhist Churches of America (Item 17 of 20, “Watsonville Buddhist Temple, 2007”)
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Watsonville Buddhist Temple now hosts an annual Obon and Hanamatsuri. The temple's organizations include the Adult Buddhist Association, the Buddhist Women's Association, the Young Buddhist Association and the Watsonville Dharma ...

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Buddhist Churches of America (Item 13 of 20, “Buddhist Temple of Salinas, 2007”)
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The Buddhist Temple of Salinas now celebrates each summer with an obon festival, has its very own Japanese language school, and also hosts an all-you-can-eat udon lunch! How tasty!

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Buddhist Churches of America (Item 2 of 20, “Berkeley Buddhist Temple, 2007”)
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The Berkeley Buddhist Temple celebrated its 90th anniversary in 1991, and soon after began temple renovations. Renovations included new pews, carpets, floors and windows.

The Berkeley Buddhist Temple provides and ...

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Buddhist Churches of America (Item 15 of 20, “Buddhist Church of Oakland, 2007”)
Collected by: eishida
Recent upgrades and improvements of the church include the installation of new carpets and new floors, as well as the purchase of a new curtain for the Social Hall stage. ...

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Buddhist Churches of America (Item 8 of 20, “Buddhist Temple of San Diego, 2007”)
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The temple currently thrives, and has the ability to offer a wide range of activities and events. Some of these include Sunday services, meditation classes, buddhism classes, obon festivals, new ...

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Buddhist Churches of America (Item 6 of 20, “Guadalupe Buddhist Church, 2007”)
Collected by: eishida
The Guadalupe Buddhist Church is located in Guadalupe, California. The Guadalupe obon festival is going to be on July 22, 2007. For more information, please call (805) 343-1053

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Buddhist Churches of America (Item 20 of 20, “Los Angeles Hompa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple, 2007”)
Collected by: eishida
This current temple was built in November of 1969. Through this new building, the temple serves its community through obon festivals; memorial services, Jr. YBA seminars, conferences, and much much ...

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Buddhist Churches of America (Item 4 of 20, “San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin, 2007”)
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The San Jose Buddhist Church now offers weekend services, a dharma school, lectures, discussions, a library, a japanese language school, boy scouts, Jr. YBA and obon festivities every year!

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Buddhist Churches of America (Item 14 of 20, “Ochigo at Oakland Buddhist Church on the occasion of the church's 30th anniversary, Oakland, California, ...”)
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The permanent land for the Buddhist Church of Oakland was acquired in 1902, and in 1905, Reverend Mokuji Fujii became the first residnet minister there. Here, the members of the ...

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Buddhist Churches of America (Item 12 of 20, “Salinas ochigo: installation of bell tower on tenth anniversary of Salinas Buddhist Church, Salinas , ...”)
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The bell tower was installed at the height of the Great Depression, in 1937. It houses the largest bell of its kind, the bonsho. The bell was imported from Japan.

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Buddhist Churches of America (Item 9 of 20, “Dedication of new Tacoma Buddhist Church, Tacoma, Washington, March, 1, 1931”)
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The temple was officially established on April 8, 1919, and the Sunday school was started in 1926. Because of the growing population, the temple decided to expand. This picture shows ...

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Buddhist Churches of America (Item 7 of 20, “North American Federation of Y.W.B.A. Leagues' summer conference, San Diego, California, July 23, 1931”)
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The Buddhist Temple of San Diego was the first Buddhist Temple in the San Diego county, established in 1926, right in the middle of the Great Depression. Similar to enduring ...

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Buddhist Churches of America (Item 5 of 20, “North American Federation of Y.W.B.A. Leagues, Guadalupe, July 21-25, 1930”)
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The Guadalupe Buddhist Church was established in 1909 and finished in 1914. The first congregation was led by Jinjo Izumida. In 1910, 32.5% of the Guadalupe population was Japanese, so ...

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Buddhist Churches of America (Item 18 of 20, “Fifth North American Young Men and Women's Buddhist Association, Los Angeles Hompa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple, ...”)
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The LA Hompa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple was established in 1905 in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles.

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Buddhist Churches of America (Item 3 of 20, “San Jose Buddhist Church 25th anniversary celebration, California, September 4, 1927”)
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The San Jose Buddhist Church was established in 1902. In 1907, the church's Japanese language school was established. Seventeen years later, in 1924, the San Jose Sunday School was formed.

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Buddhist Churches of America (Item 11 of 20, “Salinas Ochigo : building dedication celebration, California, November 27-28,1926”)
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A group of Issei came together in 1924 to discuss the need for a Buddhist temple in Salinas, CA. Construction began early in the year of 1926, and was completed ...