Mahalo Gozaimasu

We gratefully acknowledge the following for their generous contributions. If we’ve missed any donor’s name, please accept our apologies and let us know by calling the Betsuin at 531-9088 so we can make corrections to our records.

MEMORIAL, FUNERAL, INURNMENT & BURIAL SERVICEChieko Nishimura Jamie Watanabe & Family Shinbo Family Sumie Shojinaga Family Eiichi Sudo Sandra Chun & Madeleine Arita

SHOTSUKI MEMORIAL SERVICEKimie Sugimoto Debra & Dennis Saiki Jane Smith Carol Yamanuha Gladys Murakami Ken & Gale Shoda Mr. & Mrs. Wilfred Gono Tadao Iwasaiki Ed & Betty Honbo Atsuko Nonaka Albert Yamane Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Gono Tsutomu Oi Yamashita Family Linford Chang

GOJIKAI MEMBERSHIPShigeko Tsuchida Sumiye Shojinaga Grace Kogami Charlotte Tsukamoto Mr. & Mrs Richard Hanai Esther Shioi Harold Kudo Michiko Otsuka Sasayo Okazaki Debra Saiki Helen Suzuki TanoueKiyoko Dorothy Moriyama Elizabeth Nishimura Yasuko Kawada Kenneth Kawada

KYODAN DONATION (including columbarium, Otani Center)Harriet Yatagai Jane Watanabe Kenneth Sakamoto Takeshi Kikusawa Edward Kaneshige Haruo TanidaViolet Watanabe Amy Hirokawa Daryl Kitamori Fusao Hanai Robinson Hikoharu Uyesato

HIGASHI HONGWANJI DISTRICT CALENDARDoris Hanai Frances Makiyama Natalie Matsuzaki Lynnette Kimoto Misao Ujimori Jane Low Jackie & May Uyeda Takao Haruno Hilda Takehiro Jane Kaneshiro Edith Endo Florence Kanno Florence Hirakawa Mildred Abe Stanley & Marjorie Hosaka Satsuye Tanaka Lynn Murakami Akatsuka Eileen & Wesley Uchida Ann Miyasato June Omura Violet Harada Susan & Kenneth Archer Yuko Oshiro Betty KoizumiFlorence Matsuura Jane Okazaki Hosen Fukuhara Holly & Dean T Nakasone Kubota Family Tadao IwasakiFaye Shigemura Charlene Watanabe Jane Wataru Kawamoto Orchid Nursery Hiroharu & Miyoko Oharu Katherine NakamuraMiyuki Koga Arlene Yoneyama Jean Hayashi Paul Motoyama Mitsuharu Murakami Haruo TanidaAnnie Uyema Bert Kaizuka Viola Uyeno Satoru Uyeno Hirata Family Frederick ZukeranRalph Nishida Kazuto Shimizu Harvey & Norma Shima Howard Nikaido Katherine Kurakake Akizuki FamilyKazuo Kono Grace Kogami Wake Fujioka Mr. & Mrs. Takuo Sakai Jean Shindo Richard ShozuyaLowell Arakaki Gainer Tomokiyo Kikue Minatoya Betty Niide Sandie Kaneshiro TokunagaJanice Fukuda Kikue Kaneshiro Linda Tokase Harvey Maruya Mitsuko Yukutake Nancy NakatsuMichie Hamao Ethel Umemoto Harumi Fuchikami Eiko Yoshida Chester Bow Lois SuzukiHenry Yoshino Donald Murakami Paul & Judith Tanaka Beatrice Nakano Wallace Haraki Katherine Shirabe James Mimuro Sasayo Ozaki Franklin & Marian Hayashida Gary & Joyce Kurihara Hideo Fukunaga Jan Lee Baccigaluppi Minami Family Frances Maekawa Roy Nakamoto Gladys Abe Yukie Nagata Tsutomu OiGladys Murakami Patricia Nitta Joan Yoshio Moriso Teraoka Mr. & Mrs. Richard Hanai June Taniguchi Michael Sawai Toshio Kaichi Mr. & Mrs. Takayama Albert Yamane Loreen Segawa Stanley KonoGeorge Yamauchi Yonekura Family Bert Yamato Esther Shioi Paul Nishida Robert Okazaki Lawrence Imai Bert Maekawa Tanoue Family Amy Abe D Oishi Mitsuye IkutaHelen Suzuki Barbara Okumura Kiyoko Dorothy Moriyama

FLOWER ARRANGEMENT AND DONATIONMinako Ito Kumiko Saiki

NEWSLETTER MAILINGBetty Nishida

We wish to extend our deepest sympathy to the family of the lateDorothy Asayo Shinbo (86) November 24, 2012

I was walking down the street and I came upon a tree stump. I was shocked! All my life I have believed that all trees in the world have annual rings. However, I was wrong. The stump before my eyes didn’t have any rings! As you know, annual rings are used to estimate a tree’s age, since a new set of rings is formed each year. How are these annual rings created? Tree growth changes with the seasons. During the warm seasons, trees grow

faster, forming light-colored wood, and during the cold seasons, growth slows, resulting in dark, denser wood. In Hawaii, however, temperatures remain fairly constant and don’t vary as much as they do in Japan. As a result, Hawaiian trees do not seem to have the well-defined annual rings that I am used to seeing. How amazing nature is!

– Rev. Makoto Honda

Little Differences: Hawaii and Japan

IN MEMORIAM