28th Annual

Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawaiʻi

Monday, May 25, 2026
6:30 – 7:30 p.m. at Ala Moana Beach

Check back soon for more information or keep in touch through Facebook and Instagram and join our volunteer ohana Facebook group.

View the official 2025 ceremony video below, updated with additional footage not seen in the original broadcast. You may also read Her Holiness’s address from the ceremony.

From 10am to 4pm on ceremony day, receive a lantern to personally float during the ceremony. Find out how to get a lantern.

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.

Online remembrance submissions for 2025 ceremony are now closed.

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.

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