 The site is in the area known as Honalo, Hawaii in the Kona district on the western slopes of Mauna Loa.Although "white mountain" is a translation in the Hawaiian language of the name Mauna Kea, the other main peak on the island of Hawaii, snow often covers Mauna Loa in winter as well.Reverend Kaiseki Kodama arrived in 1918 and started construction of the current temple in 1920.