Submit an Online Remembrance
Even if you are unable to float a lantern in person at the ceremony at Ala Moana Beach, you can still send a remembrance to be floated on your behalf.
Your remembrance will be transcribed and affixed to the wood-framed Collective Remembrance Lanterns and floated for you by volunteers on canoes during the ceremony.
If you reside in Hawaiʻi or near a Shinnyo-en temple or training center, we encourage you to personally handwrite your remembrances in person.
Note: Submitting a message here does not mean that you are reserving an Individual Lantern for the day of the ceremony.
View this year’s submitted remembrances on the Submitted Remembrances page.
Submit an Online Remembrance
Submit your Collective Remembrance Lantern message using the form below.
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- Messages received by April 30 will be hand-transcribed by volunteers.
- Messages received after April 30 will be printed.
- All messages received by Sunday, May 24, 2026 11:59 p.m. HST will be affixed to a lantern and floated for you by volunteers during the ceremony.
All messages will be displayed online on the Submitted Remembrance page. To submit a private remembrance that will not appear on this page, email your message instead to: [email protected].