O'ahu, Hawaii, April 2007. We visited the Byodo-In Temple in the Valley of the Temples Memorial Park. It was built in 1968 to commemorate the first Japanese immigrants to Hawaii. The Byodo-in was built entirely without the use of nails. It is a scale replica of a temple in Japan constructed over 900 years ago. It is built to represent the mythical phoenix, its wings upheld by pillars of stone. Folklore tells of the phoenix arising from the ashes to reflect the promises of hope and renewal. The location of the Valley of the Temples is located in Kanahoe on the windward side of the island.