Jodo Mission of Hawaii 1429 Makiki St.

Honolulu HI 96814

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Jodo Mission of Hawaii

Bulletin - OCTOBER 2016

(#1239-1016)

Bazaar

Sunday, October 16, 2015 (8:00am –1:00pm)

Bazaar preparation: Your help is needed on Sunday, October 9 at 11:00 a.m. to bring out all the stored Bazaar items to the Social Hall. Throughout the year people drop off items to be

sold at the Annual Bazaar and these items are stored. Help is now needed to take out these stored items. Please come and join us. Lunch will be provided.

From Monday, October 10 to Saturday, October 15, beginning at 9:00 a.m. each day, help is also needed to sort, organize and price the many donated items for the Bazaar. RETIREES, we can use your help—men, women. This is a good time to meet other retirees and also feel good that you are helping Jodo Mission of Hawaii. Please call the Jodo Mission office (949-3995) and leave your contact information that you want to help and someone will return your call.

Donations of useable clothing, household items, plants, baked goods, craft items, etc. are welcomed and greatly appreciated. Please feel free to drop off non-perishable items anytime during our office hours (preferably before October 9):

Monday to Saturday: 8 am—5 pm Sunday & holidays: 8 am—3 pm

No furniture or bulky items will be accepted. All items must be dropped-off at the Temple.

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Jodo Mission Is Looking for Volunteers for Tuesdays and

Wednesdays

Jodo Mission is looking for volunteers or a volunteer to help answer the tele-

phone, take messages, take reservations for memorial services, allow someone to enter the nokotsudo or col-umbarium, etc. on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. This is a good opportunity to learn about Jodo Mission and its many activities. If you are interested, please contact Rev. Narashiba at 949-3995.

24th Hawaii Jodo Mission Layperson’s Association Convention 25th Hawaii Jodo Shu Rengo Fujinkai Convention

September 16-18, 2016 on Maui

2016-2018 Hawaii Layperson’s Association Officers: President: Patricia Ozeki (Big Island) (Pat is 3rd from right); 1st Vice President: Melvin Yasutake (Big Island), 2nd Vice President: Jennie Hashiro (Maui) (Jennie is 4th from right), Clifton Hayashi (Kauai) (center/5th from right), 4th Vice President Jon Riki Karamatsu (Oahu) (Jon is 4th from left); Recording Secre-tary Carolyn Sewake (Big Island); Corresponding Seccretary Mrytle Hara (Big Island); Treas-urer Wayne Miyaji (Big Island); Auditors: Aki Nishiyama (Oahu) (Aki is 3rd from right), Mark Nakamura (Big Island) (Mark is 2nd from right), Kathy Ibara (Maui) (Kathy is 2nd from right), Clifton Hayashi (Kauai); Directors: Glenn Matsumoto (Oahu) (Glenn is 1st on the left), Sheldene Hozaki (Maui), Mildred Kurihara (Kauai). Rev. Ishikawa installed all the offic-ers.

SEE more on page 5 > > > > > >

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Do you know of any students or adults who are willing to perform at our Sunday Services? If you know of a student or an adult who can play a musical instrument, i.e. piano, ukulele, guitar, flute, etc., sing, dance the hula, ballet, Japanese dance, etc. and would like to perform at one of our Sunday Services, please contact Rev. Narashiba at 949-3995. We would like to see stu-

dents especially or any adult who would like to share their tal-ents before Amida Buddha and our members.

Sharing one’s talents can be enlightening to everyone! We can all learn what a bas-soon looks like and how it

sounds, we can learn about classical music, Ha-waiian music, Japanese music, see and hear a shamisen, see and hear a koto, see and hear an ukulele, etc.

We can also learn about Hawaiian music through the hula. Hawaii is really a unique place. When students go to college outside of Hawaii, other students want to learn the hula or sing some Hawaiian songs or have a luau or want to know what is a luau!

Dedication Ceremony and September 11 Moment of Silence

On Sunday, September 11, 2016, Rev. Narashiba welcomed our Amida Buddha statue from Japan with a blessing service. September 11 Moment of Silence: 15 years ago many lives were taken on this very day, eve-ryone in attendance took a mo-ment of silence to honor those whose lives were lost with the collapse of the Twin Towers in New York, Flight 77 hitting the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. and Flight 93 hitting the ground

in Pennsylvania, including the many first responders who risked their lives to save others and some who passed away of illnesses caused with all the smoke and dust inhaled. NAMU AMIDA BUTSU.

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Respect for the Aged Day (Keiro no Hi): In Japan, Keiro no Hi is a

Japanese designated Public holiday celebrated annually to honor elderly citizens. This holiday started in 1966 as a national holiday held every September 15 however after 2003, Keiro no Hi was held on the third Monday in September as part of the “Happy Monday System.” Our research indicates that since 1963 the Japanese government gives a commemorative silver sake cup to Japanese who reach the age of 100. In 1963, there were 153 but with people living longer, the govern-ment in 2009 decided to reduce the size of the cup to cut costs. In 2014, 29,357 people received a cup. In August 2015, The Washington Post had an article “Japan has so many super old people that it can’t afford to give them special sake cups anymore” and the government has plans to nix the com-memorative silver gifts in lieu of some other cheaper option as more and more people are living longer. Here at Jodo Mission of Hawaii we continue to honor our keiro members 80 years old and old-er with a special service and presentations by our Sunday School and Intermediate YBA.

Honoring Our Keiro Members

On September 11, 2016, the Sunday School and Interme-diate YBA honored our Keiro members (80 years old and old-er).. The oldest wom-an was Yoshiko Kita-gawa (97) and the old-est man was Teruto Soma (89) but for some reason someone thought Clifford Miyamoto was the oldest. Later Clifford gave the orchid lei to Teruto Soma. Other Keiro members were

Harumi Molnaire, Tomoko Hisamoto, Edna Ajimura, Doris Soma, Clifford Miyamoto, Harue Maki, Akiko Nishiyama and Peggy Miyamoto. Sunday School members: Strider Parasso, Takeru Nii, A’Marie Parasso, Sophie Narashiba and Himawari Kaneda.

Sunday School students performed for the Keiro members: Strider and A’Marie sang, Sophie played the koto, Himawari performed on the piano and Takeru was the MC.

Each Keiro member was treated to a box of chocolates and a delicious Hawaiian luncheon. Everyone enjoyed themselves. Everyone who came to service also enjoyed themselves. Thank you, thank you Sunday School students and mothers and Intermediate YBA!

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More Bon Dance Photos

Dragon Beat with instructor Tsutomu Nakai began each Bon Dance day (August 19 and 20, 2016) with their taiko drums. His students are as young as 2 years of age. Little baby girl in photo at right is looking at taiko drummers .hmmm maybe someday I can play taiko too! Bottom photo: if you look very carefully at the

larger taiko drum, you will see a little boy with taiko sticks. The taiko drums were larger than he was! The sound of the taiko drums cannot be felt by photos. You must come next year to hear the taiko drums.

24th Hawaii Jodo Mission Layperson’s Association Convention 25th Hawaii Jodo Shu Rengo Fujinkai Convention

September 16-18, 2016 on Maui

Maui was a wonderful host for the two conventions. Maui temples include Lahaina Jodo Mission, Kahului Jodo Mission and Wailuku Jodo Mission. Everyone who went to the conventions enjoyed two workshops on September 17th and wonderful home cooked meals from the various members. Jodo Shu members from all over the State participated.

The Hawaii Jodo Shu Rengo Fujinkai’s officers for 2016-2018 are pending. Due to the lack of manpower, the Fujinkai has been connected to the Laypersons as many of its members have gotten older and it becomes difficult to provide the manpower to put on a convention. With the help of the Layperson’s Association both have been able to have larg-er attendance. Without the Layperson’s Association the Rengo Fujinkai would not be able to hold a statewide convention. When the new slate of officers is confirmed, an announce-ment will be made. Below is a group photo of those who attended the Hawaii Jodo Shu Rengo Fujinkai Convention taken on the grounds of the Lahaina Jodo Mission. What a

beautiful sunny day!

Keiro members (over 80) of Hawaii Jodo Shu Rengo Fujinkai

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.

Noboru Oku 91

Aiko Kuniyuki 94

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 8:30am.

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

Previously announced guest speaker on October 2, 2016 is CANCELLED. Due to a conflict in scheduling Rev. Takamasa Yamamura is unable to be our guest speaker on October 2 but maybe some other time in the not too distant future, he will come to talk to us. ============================ Guest Speaker on October 23: Professor Jay Sakashita, Professor of Religion at Leeward Community College, will come to our Sunday Ser-vice to speak on “American Buddhism”. You may have read some of his articles in the MidWeek Magazine. Please come to our 10 a.m. Sunday Service on October 23, 2016 to hear Professor Jay Sakashita’s talk on American Bud-dhism.

EITAIKYO (Perpetual Memorial Service) for October 1 Yuriko Hirono Sunao kurakake Henry Kazuto Hayamoto Miwa Irie Maeda 2 Takeo Taniguchi Yasumoto Kawahara The Kawahara Family Yoshimi Ohara Tsukie Iwamoto Akira Hashimoto Taniguchi Family Katsuko Tsuji Shuichi Yamamura 3 Tome Yanagihara The Yanagihara Family Masa Ueda Bishop Bino Mamiya Tanezo Fujimoto Kana Kimura 4 Tsune Matsumori The Matsumori Family Senichi Iwaki The Iwaki Family Robert Yanagihara 5 Toshiro Ashinaka The Morita & Ashinaka Family Daughter of K. Nakamura Rinji Inouye Hideo Imamoto Katherine Hatsuko Shibuya 6 Masu Tanimura The Tanimura Family Kazuhiro Kawabuchi 7 Itsue Hirohama The Hirohama & Kawasugi Family Wakamaru Masaki Mamu Teraoka Violet Umamoto Wada 8 Junichi Nanba The Nanba Family Sato Morikawa The Morikawa Family Yonesuke Yonemoto The Yonemoto Family Setsuko Tanaka The Tanaka Family Nobue Noyama Gunichi Wakazuru Mamoru Furuya 9 Shinzo Kawamoto Thomas Kiyoshi Aoki 10 Asa Isobe The Isobe Family

Kiso Fujimoto Takeo Ishida Shizuku Hashimoto Henry Yoshiichi Uyehara Mildred Mitsue Yanagihara 11 Shizuo Fujikami The Fujikami Family Shizuyo Kimura The Kimura Family Takeo Nakata Ayako Nakamura 12 Mitsuo Hisamura Aoki Family 13 Ishimoto’s Child The Ishimoto & Akimoto Family Yoshiko Imaguchi The Imaguchi Family Seizo Hayashi Masanobu Asai 14 Yukichi Sakuda The Sakuda Family Tsunejiro Imaguchi The Imaguchi Family Shotaro Ueda The Ueda Family Kokichi Okimura The Okimura Family Masato Kamisato Tsune Nomiyama Teruko Sumimoto Shimo Hirouji Edward Shoichi Matsumoto Harue Nakagawa 15 Arata Nishimoto (2) The Nishimoto Family Fukashi Yamamoto Kiku Yanagihara Masumi Yano Roy Nobuharu Mukaisu 16 Ichijiro Aoki The Aoki & Okubo Family Iwakichi Matsumori The Matsumori Family Nobuichi Nobuji Yoshio Tsuda Kazue Uyehara 17 Tome Nagata Marsha Yoshioka Susumu Yanagihara Koku Hokai Shujo Dr. Masaru Emoto 18 Takeichi Shintaku Tokuichi Iwasaki Masaru Hashimoto Marla M. Horiuchi

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