To honor and support those who have served, we welcome members of the military community to join the dedicated lantern request line for military personnel.

27th Annual

Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawaiʻi

Monday, May 26, 2025
6:30 – 7:30 p.m. at Ala Moana Beach

We look forward to gathering with the Lantern Floating ʻohana, whether you’re local or from afar, for this year’s Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawaiʻi Ceremony.

Receive and personally float a lantern during the ceremony. Learn more about Individual Lanterns.

Write a remembrance to be included on these special wooden-framed lanterns floated by volunteers from canoes during the ceremony. Learn more on this page.

For those unable to physically attend the ceremony, submit an online remembrance here to be included on the Collective Remembrance Lanterns.

Everyone is welcome to be a part of our volunteer ʻohana. Learn more about how to volunteer.

We have an offsite parking lot with shuttle and a discount for Ala Moana Center parking. Please see the Parking page for details.

Watch the ceremony

Can’t make it to Ala Moana? Watch the ceremony broadcast on KHON2 TV, livestreamed here on our site, or on our YouTube channel.

View the last year’s 2024 ceremony below, or read the Her Holiness’s address from the ceremony.

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