Jodo Mission of Hawaii

Bulletin - MAY 2016

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Jodo Mission of Hawaii 1429 Makiki St. Honolulu HI 96814 Address Service Requested

Volunteer Office Worker Needed

We are in need of a volunteer office worker from June 1, 2016 to July 8, 2016 from 9 am to 2 pm on either Wednesdays or Fridays. Duties include: answering the telephone, receiving reservations for memorial services, taking messages, collecting payments, answering the Nokotsudo or Columbarium buzzer to let someone in to visit the Nokotsudo. It is quite interesting. You get to meet all kinds of people and at the same time, you will learn a lot about Jodo Mis-sion and Jodo Shu.

In preparation for the O-Bon season, the O-Tobas need to be written and the minister needs to concentrate on the O-Toba he is working on so having someone answer the telephone while the minister is writing an O-Toba or doing a memorial ser-vice or getting ready for a funeral would be greatly appre-ciated. If you are interested, please contact Rev. Narashiba at 949-3995. One interesting thing that recently happened is the donation of the Sakura illuminated tree by the Illuminage Group. Please come to the temple and see this beautiful-Sakura tree!

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HBC Buddha Day Service

Hawaii Buddhist Council (HBC) held its Buddha Day Service or Hanamatsuri Service on Sunday, April 10, 2016. The service was very unusual beginning with gagaku music, a type of Japanese classical music that is usually performed at the Imperial Court in Kyoto for several centuries. At the

HBC Buddha Day service, the Hawaii Gagaku Soci-ety provided the gagaku music with entrance of all the Bishops and recession of all the Bishops and ministers. The Honpa Hongwanji Choir provided the choir music

The guest speaker was Chizuko Endo, a multi-talented artist and avid promoter and supporter of Japanese culture through her multiple activities in art and taiko drumming. She spoke about the history of taiko and also about gagaku music. She wrote a beautiful musical piece as a tribute to the Ehime Maru victims, which she played at the end of her talk (but it did not include taiko drumming).

Representing Jodo Mission of Hawaii in the Sunday School entertainment were: A’Marie and Strider Parasso singing two songs and Sophie Narashiba play-ing the koto.

Other Sunday School students from other temples performed a

short story and another had group singing.

What a wonderful day of Japanese culture!

Yoko Yamamura, an exchange student from Kyoto University, was our .guest speaker on April 17, 2016. She explained when she first arrived in Hawaii in August 2015 she attended Jodo Mission’s Bon Dance, which reminded her of her Japanese background when she was younger and attended bon dance in Japan. She is studying Cultural Anthropology and is very excited about learning by talking to people, including other students, friends she has made, temple members, etc. She has conducted numerous interviews for her research and thanks everyone for making her feel welcome. She thinks differently of Japan now because she sees how the Japanese values have been brought to Hawaii by earlier people from Japan.

She also sees the value of the Hawaiian people trying to claim their culture and heritage. Her research is not complete so she will be doing more interviews. [At time of this printing, we do not have a photo of Yoko but hope to before she leaves for Japan on May 16.]

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Honouliuli Internment Camp On January 17, 2016 our guest speakers were Betsy Young and Les Goto, volun-teers at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii, who came to speak about the Honouliuli Internment Camp.

As we learned, many who were interned never told their stories, never let their children know what happened and their friends only visited them in the night hours. So many of our ministers who were in Hawaii at the various Buddhist temples, including

Jodo Shu, were immediately interned at Honouliuli after the Pearl Harbor attack. They were then transferred to internment camps in the U.S. mainland. Many were Japanese Americans who were born in the United States and educated in Japan and were interned because they were Japanese.

Les Goto is our contact and he and possibly Betsy Young will again come to speak to us on Sunday, May 29, 2016 on

this subject. They will show a half hour film and may bring DVDs if anyone wants to purchase to see at your leisure.

If you missed the last presentation or if you want to learn

more, please attend Sunday, May 29, 2016

Our Master Honen Sunday, May 15, 2016 at 10 am

If you missed the showing of the English version of the animated depiction of the life and teaching of Jodo Shu founder, Honen Shonin on Kiku-TV on March 12, 2016, it will be shown after our 10 a.m. Sunday service on May 15, 2016. Please join us.

This movie is part of Jodo Shu’s observance of the 120th Anniversary of the arrival of Jodo Shu’s pioneer ministers—Rev. Taijo Matsuo and Rev. Gakuo Okabe (in 1894).

Stories of Jodo Mission of Hawaii—Are you part of the many families with ties to Jodo Mission of Hawaii. Do you have stories you want to share. Many of the generations previously have not talked about what it was like but if your parents, grand-parents told you some stories, we would like to hear them. Please send your stories to Jodo Mission of Hawaii. Thank you.

1. When Someone Passed Away

Death ↓ Medical examination ↓ Call for a minister ↓ Makuragyo (Bedside service) ↓ Call for a mortuary ↓ Body pick-up ↓ Meeting with the funeral director at the mortuary ↓ Viewing service ↓ Cremation ↓ FUNERAL with the first 7th day service ↓ 49th day service Burial service ↓ Hatsubon (1st O-Bon) service ↓ 1 year memorial service 2. When Someone Is Very Close To Death

Call for a minister ↓ Rinju Gyogi (Last rites) ↓ Death ↓ Medical examination ↓ Call for a mortuary ↓ Body pick-up ↓ Meeting with the funeral director at the mortuary ↓ Viewing service ↓ Cremation ↓ FUNERAL with the first 7th day service ↓ 49th day service Burial service ↓ Hatsubon (1st O-Bon) service↓ ↓ 1 year memorial service

VISION FOR THE FUTURE (5) By Rev. Yubun Narashiba

Japanese Buddhism in Hawaii has a very unique cultural background.

In Japan, Buddhist customs differ from village to village, town to town,

prefecture to prefecture. This is because Buddhism has been localized to fit

to the custom in each area. Since Japanese immigrants came to Hawaii from the various

regions of Japan, ceremonial customs are different according to the area where the

family came from. However, as time passes, those customs are becoming unclear and

more confusing for the younger generations. Because of this confusion, younger genera-

tions seem to be going away from Buddhism by saying that Buddhism is hard to under-

stand. Therefore, in this article, I would like to explain the standard procedure of doing a

service. As the first, let me show you the two common procedures of having funerals

among the members of Jodo Mission of Hawaii.

Note: Above two service procedures are purely for informational purpose. We shall honor your family customs and decisions to arrange a funeral service.

**Editor’s note: This article is a reprint from our August 2011 issue. Because this article contains information you will need to know some day, we will be reprinting it from time to time as space permits.

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A n n o u n c e m e n t s

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May 8th Is Mother’s Day (Haha No Hi)

Mother’s Day is celebrated as an expression of love and appreciation to mothers. Please come to our Mother’s Day Service on May 8 at 10:00 a.m.

Children’s Day (May 5)

In Japan, since 1948, May 5 has been a national holiday known as “Children’s Day” or “Kodomo no hi”. This national holiday in Japan was decreed to celebrate the happiness, health and growth of all children.

Most notable are carp shaped streamers. The carp was chosen because it symbolizes strength and success and accord-ing to Chinese legend, a carp swam upstream to become a dragon. Children’s Day

around the world.

Malama Concert for Mother’s Day

As part of our Mother’s Day celebration, Jodo Mission of Hawaii will have a concert with piano and bassoon performed by guest bassoon player Marsha Schweizer, a former member of the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra, and piano by Rev. Kanjun Nakano. Photo on left shows Marsha holding a bassoon.

Their program will consist of Bach, Vivaldi and others. The concert will begin at 10:40 a.m. after our 10:00 a.m. Sunday Nenbutsu service.

This is a rare opportunity for us to hear such beautiful music. Please come and enjoy the music.

Flowers Needed for Lei Making on Friday, May 27

Please bring Plumeria or other small flowers for leis to Jodo Mission on Thursday, May 26, 2016. Any amount of flowers will be greatly ap-preciated. Little bit here and little bit there adds up.

Everyone is invited to join us on May 27, 2016 beginning at 9 am for our Memorial Day lei making project, sponsored by the Honolulu Meisho Senior YBA. Please come and help us sew leis for our veterans at Punchbowl Cemetery. Lunch will be provided. Thank you!

75th Aloha State Meisho YBA Convention

June 10-12, 2016 is when the Aloha State Meisho YBA Conven-tion will be held on Maui. The theme this year is “Embraced by Bud-dha”.

Anyone interested, please contact jocelyn tengan@yahoo.com or call/text her at 1-808-281-9155.

O b i t u a r i e s

The Jodo Mission of Hawaii extends its sincere

condolences to the family members and loved

ones of the following members who have recently

left this world for the Pure Land.

Florence Chiyoko Tanaka 97

Kenneth Kazuo Miyoshi 85

Kay Kiyoko Kimura 88

Rev. Alan Sukeharu Masaki 91

Jodo Mission Office Hours:

Monday to Saturday 8am—5pm

Sunday & Holidays

8am—3pm

Phone: 949-3995

Website: www.jodo.us

Rev. Yubun Narashiba Head Minister

Rev. Kanjun Nakano Resident Minister

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What is “Perpetual Memorial Service?” (Eitaikyo)

This record of a perpetual memorial service and is called Eitaikyo in Japanese. When the date of death occurs for a person listed on this record, the ministers pray for that individual dur-ing the morning service. The prayers will contin-ue each year for as long as Jodo Mission ex-ists. Anyone can be included in it. You may put your own name on the list, too. This also helps when it is difficult to have memorial services. We also welcome you to attend the morning service at 9:30am.

How to apply

Stop by the office, and fill out the application form. Each name costs $200. After the applica-tion is accepted, the name will be listed on the record.

Bishop Gensho Hara Lahaina, Maui

Hawaii Buddhist Council’s Memorial Day Service

Everyone is cordially invited to the Memorial Day Service, sponsored by the Hawaii Buddhist Council:

When: Monday, May 23

at 9:00 a.m.

Where: Punchbowl Cemetery

Hawaii Buddhist Council is made up of seven (7) Bud-dhist denominations: Higashi Hongwanji Mission of Ha-waii, Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii, Jodo Mission of Hawaii, Koyasan Shingon Mission of Hawaii, Nichiren Mis-sion of Hawaii, Soto Mission of Hawaii and Tendai Mission of Hawaii.

Special Needs: For those who do not want to climb many stairs, see below:

Elevator: Please note that we do have an elevator which is located on the seaside of the Temple. Please ring the bell at the back door of the Temple for assistance.

Service in Ikoi Hall: If you would like to have your service on the first floor, you may do so by request-ing the service be held in Ikoi Hall instead of walking up the stairs.

1 Tome Iwamoto Tome Toishigawa Ochiai Family

2 Bishop Buntetsu Miyamoto Etsuo Nakagawa

3 Mitsuyo Nakahara The Fukunaga Family Mitsuko Sakai Carol Masako Yano

4 Eikichi Hirouji The Miyamasu Family Tamotsu Takaoka Toshio Yoshioka James Mitsuyoshi Uesugi

5 Sadaichi Mito The Mito Family Michie Makino(2) The Makino & Okamura Family Morita Kokubun

6 Tokusaburo Fukuda (2) The Fukuda Family (2) Tora Kanayama (2) The Kanayama Family Hitoshi Nitta Kamato Uyehara Tamayo Matsumori Laurie T. Cho Kazuo Karimoto Kuma Tatei Masaru Morimoto

7 Minetaro Katagiri The Katagiri & Imamiya Family Tsuyako Kishii Kiyoshi Hirano Satoru Miura 8 Toshiko Kusunoki Tami Kawasaki The Kusunoki Family Tsuru Kitamura The Kawasaki & Nakagawa Family Yasuo Kagihara The Kitamura Family Seki Tamura 10 Sada Kurihara The Kurihara Family The Ajimura Family The Ito Family (Stillborn) Shinichi Takenouchi

11 Masataka Fukuda The Fukuda Family Shuzo Mitsutani The Mitsutani Family Ayataro Nanbu The Nanbu Family Kimiko Fujii Kikuyo Hayashi Kinuyo Matsui Matsuichi Onaga

12 Konosuke Tsuda The Tsuda Family Kimie Takaoka Mieko Takara Yasu Oki Kenji Otani Kikuye Okamura

13 Konzo Nakai The Nakai Family Hikoichi Hirai

The Hirai Family Moushi Uehara Teruo Sawamura Fumiko Yogi Kenichi Hayashi Teruo Sawamura The Sawamura Family Betty Oshita Katsutoshi Kano Akino Tamura

14 Kiku Miyashige The Goto Family The Miyashige Family Fui Yamato The Yamato Family Toshio Karamatsu Kiku Matsumoto Kura Harada Shinichi Yanagihara Mitsuko Takemoto

16 Kamekichi Hayashi The Hayashi Family Kozo Okamoto Peggy Miyako Ogi

17 Hiromu Hayashi Wallace Kazuyo Sakai Helen Miyoko Fujikami Tamashiro Hanako Thelma Ogawa

18 Hatsuyo Yamamoto The Yamamoto Family Tadami Uemoto Chizuko Koto Haru Shimizu The Kawabe Family The Mitsujiro Kurashige Family Kiyoshi Narahara

19 Kamechiyo Uyehara Fumio Fujiwara Kayoko Miyamoto Toshiko Yamanaka

20 Sukeo Matsuno The Matsuno Family Hatsue Tsuda The Tsuda Family Kamei Akamine Haruyo Iwamoto Koan Takara Benzo Takahashi

21 Fuji Yamamoto The Yamamoto Family Shigeko Fujikami The Fujikami Family

22 Tsunekichi Tamanaha The Tamanaha Family Masuo Tomita Haruo Nakagawa Howard Seishi Kobayashi

23 Hichizo Nishimura (2) The Nishimura & Aoki Family Harukichi Hirohama The Hirohama Family Ishi Onaga The Onaga & Nakamura Family Tomoko Hayashi Kenzo Hashimoto

24 Zensuke Yokomichi The Yokomichi & Kondo Family Kaizo Goto (2) The Goto & Miyashige Family

Kichizo Yamamoto The Yamamoto Family Takeji Ogata Kiseno Nakano(2) Satsuki Nakano Kamazo Teruya Natsu Muramoto

25 Keiichi Mineishi The Mineishi Family Kazuo Shidaki The Shidaki Family Yoshio Nishimura Shinsuke Uchiumi Minoru Yamane Yonosuke Ikuta The Takasawa Family Jiroichi Otani

26 Senkichi Fukuda The Fukuda Family Fukuji Muranaka Rikio Kunihisa Mitsuki Kimoto Toshiko Higa

27 Kichi Hisamura Torakichi Miyao Takashi Saiki Gladys Tomi Uemoto

28 Iro Yamane Misao Yasuda Shuso Gushikuma Shurei Gushikuma Kamaru Gushikuma Kama Gushikuma

29 Mayo Yamamoto The Yamamoto & Suzukawa Family Yazaburo Shoji The Shoji Family Joji Sakaguchi Tomiko Yamanaka Haruo Kito The Kito Family Hatsuko Toishigawa Sumie Ito

30 Tamezo Yanagihara The Yanagihara Family Heikichi Ichida The Ichida Family Setsu Yamamoto Mackay Umeichi Yanagisawa Tsunejiro Iwamoto Yoshiko Moritsugu

31 Hideo Kuniyuki Ichiro Obara Tahei Harada

EITAIKYO (Perpetual Memorial Service) for May

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