Byodo-In Temple Oahu Ceramic Art Tile

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

Each tile ships in a kraft box, tied with cream ribbon, with a handwritten note from the studio if you'd like to add one.

Three or five different vistas, hung together — a chapter of places you've been, or want to go.

The Byodo-In Temple is at 47-200 Kahekili Highway in Kaneohe, on the windward side of Oahu, at the back of the Valley of the Temples Memorial Park at the foot of the Ko'olau cliffs. It's about forty-five minutes by road from Waikiki.

It's a smaller-scale replica of the Phoenix Hall (Hō-ō-dō) at the Byōdō-in temple complex in Uji, Japan, established in 1052. The Hawaii temple is non-denominational; it has no resident monastic community and no active congregation, and welcomes visitors of all faiths.

It was dedicated in August 1968 to mark the centennial of the Gannenmono, the first 153 Japanese immigrants to Hawaii. They sailed from Yokohama to Honolulu aboard the Scioto in 1868 to work the sugar plantations.

Yes. The temple is open during park hours, with shoes removed before stepping onto the interior platform. Inside, an eighteen-foot wooden statue of Amida Buddha, finished in gold and lacquer, faces the entrance behind a low rail.

Two acres of koi ponds, a bamboo grove, a meditation pavilion, and a small gift shop. Peacocks, swans, and turtles share the gardens. A three-ton brass peace bell (bon-shō) hangs in the bell house at the entrance to the temple.

Daily 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., last entry 4:15. As of 2026, admission is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors over sixty-five, $6 for children two to twelve, and free for under two. Card only, no cash.

Yes. The three-ton brass bell (bon-shō) is rung with a soft wooden striker. Visitors are invited to ring it once before entering the temple itself; the sound is said to bring peace, happiness, and long life.

The temple is one of the most recognised places on the windward side of Oahu, and the centennial story behind it, of the Gannenmono who arrived from Yokohama aboard the Scioto in 1868, carries weight for Japanese-American families with island roots. A Small or Medium with a handwritten note from the studio works well.

The vermilion of the roof against the deep green Ko'olau cliff is a high-contrast palette that sits well in Japandi rooms, modern coastal-Hawaiian interiors, and jewel-tone maximalist walls. The piece reads strongest on a clean wall or above a wood console, with little else around it.

Yes. Japandi pulls a Japanese palette into Pacific-coastal rooms, and a Kyoto-rooted temple set on Oahu is squarely in that conversation. The stained-glass colour treatment gives it more saturation than a sumi-e print, so it works in rooms that want a single charged piece rather than several quiet ones.

For a standard sofa or a long console, a single Large reads at the right scale, and a four-tile or nine-tile Mural carries an open wall above a sectional. The Medium suits a narrow console or a bedroom dresser; the Small lives on a desk or a shelf; a Keepsake holds a nightstand.

Yes. Order the Dura Satin or Matte finish for any vertical install near water, such as a backsplash, a powder-room wall, or a shower surround. The Glossy finish is for framed wall art away from steam. The colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, so it doesn't lift with cleaning.

A microfibre cloth and warm water. No abrasive pads, no acidic or bleach-based cleaners. The colour lives in the surface beneath the finish, so ordinary kitchen and bathroom cleaning doesn't reach it.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is original to the studio, made by Reid Wender as the curator. There's no licensing and no third-party stock; no other studio carries this image. The tile is hand-finished in Knoxville, Tennessee.