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 helpmen, 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 am5 pm
Sunday & holidays: 8 am3 pm
No furniture or bulky items will be accepted. All items must be dropped-off at the Temple.

Address Service Requested

Jodo Mission of Hawaii

1429 Makiki St.
Honolulu HI 96814

(#1239-1016)

Jodo Mission of Hawaii

Bulletin - OCTOBER 2016

Jodo Mission Is Looking for

Volunteers for Tuesdays and
Wednesdays
Jodo Mission is looking for volunteers
or a volunteer to help answer the telephone, take messages, take reservations for memorial
services, allow someone to enter the nokotsudo or columbarium, 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 Laypersons Association Convention
25th Hawaii Jodo Shu Rengo Fujinkai Convention
September 16-18, 2016 on Maui

2016-2018 Hawaii Laypersons 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 Secretary Carolyn Sewake (Big Island); Corresponding Seccretary Mrytle Hara (Big Island); Treasurer 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 officers.
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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, everyone in attendance took a moment 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.

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 students especially or any adult who would like to share their talents before Amida Buddha
and our members.
Sharing ones talents can
be enlightening to everyone!
We can all learn what a bassoon looks like and how it
sounds, we can learn about classical music, Hawaiian 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!
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Honoring Our Keiro Members

On September 11,
2016, the Sunday
School and Intermediate YBA honored
our Keiro members
(80 years old and older).. The oldest woman was Yoshiko Kitagawa (97) and the oldest 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, AMarie
Parasso, Sophie Narashiba and Himawari Kaneda.
Sunday School students performed for the Keiro members: Strider
and AMarie 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!

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 government 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 cant afford to give them special sake cups anymore and the government has plans to nix the commemorative 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 older with a special service and presentations by our Sunday School 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 Laypersons 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 Fujinkais 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 Laypersons Association both have been able to have larger attendance. Without the Laypersons Association the Rengo Fujinkai would not be able
to hold a statewide convention. When the new slate of officers is confirmed, an announcement 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
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What is Perpetual Memorial

Service? (Eitaikyo)

Obituaries

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 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 8:30am.

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

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
Aiko Kuniyuki

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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.
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Jodo Mission Office Hours:

Monday to Saturday
8am5pm
Sunday & Holidays
8am3pm

Phone: 949-3995
Website: www.jodo.us

Bishop Gensho Hara

Lahaina, Maui
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Guest Speaker on October 23:

Professor Jay Sakashita, Professor
of Religion at Leeward Community

College, will come to our Sunday Service 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 Sakashitas talk on American Buddhism.

Rev. Yubun Narashiba

Head Minister

Rev. Kanjun Nakano

Resident Minister

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
Tomoaki Ito
Takeo Ishida
Sumi Akashi
Shizuku Hashimoto
Henry Yoshiichi Uyehara
19 Harriet Hatsuko Umeda
Mildred Mitsue Yanagihara
Saito
Shizue Omura
11 Shizuo Fujikami
The Fujikami Family
20 Masaichi Ishizaki
Shizuyo Kimura
Mino Kamisato
The Kimura Family
Shuichi Yamamura
Takeo Nakata
Iso Ikuta
Ayako Nakamura
Wayne Shoji Nakata
Haruyo Kotake
12 Mitsuo Hisamura
Aoki Family
21 Aiko Okamoto
The Okamoto &
13 Ishimotos Child
Nakamoto Family
Shizuyo Fukada
The Ishimoto & Akimoto
Family
Bradley Yoshiaki Wada
Yoshiko Imaguchi
22 Kei Sawamura
The Imaguchi Family
Seizo Hayashi
Kiyomi Fujimoto
Masanobu Asai
Jerry Suyeichi Iwamoto
Fukae Ono
14 Yukichi Sakuda
The Sakuda Family
23 Shigezaburo Kanayama
The Kanayama Family
Tsunejiro Imaguchi
The Imaguchi Family
Noboru Kuriyama
Shotaro Ueda
The Kuriyama Family
Kosai Nakamura
The Ueda Family
Kokichi Okimura
Shozaemon Yoshida
The Okimura Family
Kiyoto Horiuchi
Masato Kamisato
Eleanor Masayo Sato
Tsune Nomiyama
Teruko Sumimoto
24 Yoshiichi Yamada
Shimo Hirouji
The Yamada Family
Edward Shoichi
Kitaro Yamato
Matsumoto
The Yamato Family
Harue Nakagawa
Miru Umemoto
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

25 Mamoru Fukuda
The Fykuda Family
Asataro Yamamoto
The Yamamoto Family
Hatsuji Yamamoto
Komao Harada
Masa Ikuta Yamada
26 Kikuji Okada
Yaichi Maruich
Taro Taira
Kiyoko Aoki
Judy Ukiko Tanaka
27 Fumio Yanagihara
The Yanagihara Family
Nobuo Amakawa
Mamoru Hayashi
Take Kimura
Toichi Toyofuku
Masa Furukawa
28 Hideo Inouye
29 Takayuki Kameoka

The Kameoka Family

Take Hinotsume
Haruyo Hashimoto
30 Fuji Yamada
The Yamada Family
Sue Matsuo
The Matsuo Family
Chiyoko Ogata
31 Rikizo Fukuda
The Fukuda Family
Tora Okawa
The Shigeoka &Okawa
Family
Kuni Yamamoto
The Yamamoto Family
Yasuko Mitsuyasu

10:00 Sunday Service

10:00 Sunday Service

Guest Speaker:
Prof. Jay Sakashita

8am to 1 pm

BAZAAR

NO SUNDAY SERVICE

11:45 Board Meeting

10:00 Family Service

8:30 Fujinkai Meeting

10:00 Sunday Service

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8:00 Sewing Class

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NO MEETING in Oct

YBA Meeting

Oct 4 at 8:30 a.m.

(Womens association)

Fujinkai Meeting

to be announced

Sunday School

Oct 10 at 8:00 a.m.

Sewing Circle

Jodo Shu 2016 Calendar: October: Putting complete reliance in Amida

Buddhas compassion. Let us chant Namu Amida Butsu.

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Website: www.jodo.us

Phone: 949-3995

Jodo Mission of Hawaii

P R E P A R A T I O N : Al l w ee k u n t i l B a zaa r Day 10/ 16

Tue

B A Z A A R

Mon

October 2016

Oct 9 after Sunday ServiceBazaar Prep to bring out Bazaar items; HELP NEEDED
Oct 10-15 Bazaar Prep Week= HELP NEEDED to sort, organize & price items
Nov 13 10:00 a.m. O-Juya Service
Dec 4 HBC Bodhi Day Service (Jodo-e)
Dec 11 at 8:00 am General Cleaning for New YearYOUR HELP IS NEEDED!
Dec. 27 Mochitsuki Day

COMING EVENTS:

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9:30am Morning Service

Everyday