Floating Lantern Festival Hawaii. Some 5,000 lanterns ― each bearing personal messages ―. Shinnyo‑en holds annual lantern floating events in japan, hawaii, taiwan, and the united kingdom.

Every year up to 40,000 hawaiians and tourists gather at ala moana beach park in honolulu to participate in the shinnyo lantern floating hawaii. The japanese floating lantern festival which takes place in late summer.