Lantern Floating Ceremony

Held annually on Memorial Day on O`ahu’s south shore, Lantern Floating Hawaii brings over 50,000 people on the beach, joined by thousands around the world via live streaming and telecast together for an evening of honoring loved ones and generating collective hope toward the future.

CEREMONY DETAILS:
Participants can prepare lanterns starting at 10 a.m., when the lantern request tent opens.

At 6:10 p.m., Shinnyo Taiko will kick off the festival with a pre-ceremony performance.

The ceremony begins at 6:30 p.m. with taiko, music, oli and hula. Her Holiness Shinso Ito, head of Shinnyo-en, will address audiences and then light the light of harmony and floating the lanterns.

The ceremony concludes at 7:30 p.m.

PARKING:
Free parking is available at the Hawaii Convention Center from 7 a.m. to midnight.

A free shuttle service will be available to Magic Island from 3 p.m. to 6:15 p.m., returning to the Hawaii Convention Center after the ceremony until 9:30 p.m.