Jodo Mission of Hawaii

Bulletin - MAY 2017

(#1246-0517)

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

Visitation by Jodo Shu Secretary General Bishop Roji Toyooka and Director of Social &

International Affairs Bishop Shunmyo Sugiyama

On Wednesday, April 12, 2017, eight members of Jodo Mis-sion of Hawaii welcomed four visitors from Jodo Shu Head-quarters: Bishop Ryoji Toyooka, Secretary General, and Bishop Shunmyo Sugiyama, Director of Social & Interna-tional Affairs. Also with them were Rev. Shoju Nara, Overseas Department, and Rev. Kojun Ohta, Secretary General’s office. There was a short service performed, welcome addresses given by Bishop Gensho Hara, Jon

Karamatsu, Jodo Mission of Hawaii President, and appreciation addresses from Bishop Toyooka and Bishop Sugiyama and a meeting with members with Rev. Yubun Narashiba as translator. They were happy to meet the members and can now connect the faces with Hawaii. They stressed the importance of communication between Japan and Hawaii and sharing information. In Japan, if a temple member has a skill cont’d on page 2

Bishop Toyooka Bishop Sugiyama

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HBC Buddha Day Service

On April 2, 2017, the guest speaker at the Hawaii Buddhist Council’s Buddha Day Service (also known as Hanamatsuri Ser-vice) was Dr. George Tanabe. Dr. Tanabe is Professor Emeritus of Religion at UH Manoa, President of the Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai Hawaii and Chairman of BDK America. He is a specialist on reli-gions of Japan, especially Buddhism. In 2007, he received the Foreign Minister’s Award from the Japanese government, and in 2012 he was honored with the Imperial Order of the Rising Sun.

As we celebrate Shakyamuni Buddha’s birthday, here in Hawaii Buddhism is an international religion. Buddhism has developed into so many different forms since Shakyamuni Bud-dha’s time. Today it is known as the Mahayana Buddhism, which

was developed 500 years after Buddha’s passing. Two characteristics of Mahayana Bud-dhism are 1) no divine mystery in Buddha’s teachings; his teachings are beyond words; 2) it is humanistic—the care and concern of people. Humanism as to how we relate to each other, how should we relate to each other or how we understand each other and ourselves. Who am I, what is my obligation, why am I here? These are questions we ask and Shakya-muni Buddha said the common ground is the way we should be treating others.

Dr. Tanabe mentioned that BDK is translating 15 feet of the Buddhist Canon into English and it will be about 1,000 volumes of English translation when completed and it will take about 300 years. This year they BDK published volume 52 and averages 3 volumes a year.

Dr. Tanabe also mentioned an exhibit of 40 photos paired with Buddha’s sayings is being shown in Japan. And hopefully to come to Hawaii?

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that temple member may share his/her skill, i.e. like a cooking dish or a craftwork, gardening tips, etc. and share that with other members and maybe other people may want to join. The Bishops indicated Japan will continue to support Hawaii in whatever way they can however at this time there are no ministers available to come to Hawaii. However, they may be able to find other skilled persons to support any program we may have.

Bishop Toyooka, Bishop Sugiyama, Rev. Nara and Rev. Ohta arrived in Hawaii on April 10 and

went directly to Hawaii Island to visit with Hilo Meishoin members and Hamakua members. On April 11, they traveled to Maui to meet with Kahului, Wailuku and Lahaina members and then to Kauai to meet with Kapaa and Koloa members and arrived in Honolulu to meet with Japan Counsel General Yasushi Misawa. On April 12, before coming to Jodo Mission of Hawaii, they visited members of Haleiwa Jodo Mission.

Above right: Bishop Toyooka; left; Bishop Sugiyama

Above right: Rev. Nara; left: Rev. Ohta

Our Sunday School students pose in front of the Hanamido:: Himawari, Strider, Jax, Declan & Sophie

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Installation of Jodo Mission Board of Directors: On January 22,

2017, your Board of Directors were installed by Bishop Gensho Hara, however due to a lack of quor-um, they were confirmed official on March 26, 2017 at another General Membership meeting held and the quorum was met. Your Board of Directors consist of President Jon Karamatsu, 1st Vice President Jo Ann Matsuo; 2nd Vice President Daryl Masaki; Secretary Herbert Fujikawa, Treasurer Akiko Nishiyama (Tomoko Hisamoto stand-in); Directors: Clifford Miyamoto, Ian

Kitajima; Rev. Yubun Narashiba (Rev. Nakano stand-in); Sally Hayashi; Advisor Teruto Soma.

THANK YOU to all who came to March 26 meet-ing. (cont’d on page 4)

Stuart Nago and Ukulele

On April 9, 2017, Stuart Nago came to our family service and played one song on his recently made new ukulele. He also talked about having a class of do-it-yourself ukulele making as a good family thing and getting the older generation together with the younger generation. He said this do-it-yourself ukulele kit takes 20 minutes to make and it sounds good too! The kit is partially done so it can take 20 minutes and you do end up with a pretty good uku-lele. If you are interested in his class, please email Stuart at:

ukemakingclass@gmail.com

Stuart is a man of many talents. Besides teaching music classes, do-it-yourself ukulele, he has written a children’s book entitled “Kini and the Magic Uke” soon to be released. Stuart will be going on a book tour in Japan so sometime in the near future he will be our guest speaker and show us Japan.

Specia l Needs For those who do not want to climb the many stairs, see below

Elevator: We have an elevator, which is located on the seaside of the temple, and is available for those who cannot climb our many stairs. The eleva-tor is available to those who want to go to the Nokotsudo or Columbarium and also to go to any service in the Hondo. You may either ring the bell at the back door of the temple or

call the office when you are at the elevator.

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

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

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May 14th Is Mother’s Day (Haha No Hi)

Mother’s Day is celebrated as an expres-sion of love and appreciation to mothers.

A Children’s Concert is being worked on.

Please come to our Mother’s Day Service and bring your mothers and grandmoth-ers on May 14 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.

Flowers Needed for Lei Making on Friday, May 26

Please bring Plumeria or other small flowers for leis to Jodo Mission on Thurs-day, May 25, 2017. Any amount of flow-ers will be greatly appreciated. Little bit here and little bit there adds up.

Everyone is invited to join us on May 26, 2017 beginning at 9 am for our Me-morial Day lei making project, sponsored by the Honolulu Meisho Senior YBA. Please come and help us sew leis for our veterans at Punchbowl Cem-etery. Lunch will be provided. Thank you!

Jody Mishan Presents A Workshop Series for Caregivers

of Persons with Memory Loss

In January 2017, our guest speaker was Jody Mishan who talked about brain health. She now has a series of workshops for care-givers of persons with memory loss. Sub-jects being covered are: Normal vs. Not normal Aging Gems, More than Just Loss It’s All in Your Approach Challenging Behaviors Dining with Dementia End of Care & Letting Go

Any questions, please contact Jody Mishan at 295-2624 or email at jmishan@hawaii.rr.com

Go for Broke filming on April 15

Stacy Hayashi was happy to see the peo-ple who showed up for the 1940s funeral scene on April 15 for the Go for Broke movie. She thanks everyone for their patience, especially Rev. Narashiba who had to also perform a real funeral soon after. The low budget movie will be aired on December 7th. Stay tune.

Board of Directors (cont’d): Your Board of Direc-tors seeking members who would like to serve. Anyone interested, please contact Jodo Mission of Hawaii office. 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 con-

fusing for the younger generations. Because of this confusion, younger generations seem

to be going away from Buddhism by saying that Buddhism is hard to understand. There-

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

Clara Sumie Fujikawa 85

Mildred Miyako Iwaki 88

Nancy Yoshie Taketa 96

Carol Tatsuko Murakawa 83

Tokiko Yonemoto 104

Helen Yukiko Noborikawa 90

Richard Iseo Hashimoto 83

Harry Tatsuo Kinoshita 90

Kiyomi Matsumoto Yamamoto 92

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 ser-vice 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 during the morning service. The prayers will continue each year for as long as Jodo Mission exists. 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 appli-cation form. Each name costs $200. After the application 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 22

at 10:00 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.

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 Hanako Kume

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 Alan 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 Edward Toshimasa Fujikami

27 Kichi Hisamura Torakichi Miyao Takashi Saiki Gladys Tomi Uemoto

28 Iro Yamane Misao Yasuda Shuso Gushikuma Shurei Gushikuma Kamaru Gushikuma Kama Gushikuma The Kusaki Family

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

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