HANAPEPE — “It’s the middle of the week and the weather is nice,” said Gerald Hirata, president of the Kaua‘i Soto Zen Temple Zenshuji in Hanapepe. “I never expected this kind of turnout.

wolfed down his third flying saucer at the Kaua‘i Soto Zen Temple Zenshuji obon festival in Hanapepe (did you wait for the fire ceremony?) on Saturday night.