Jodo Mission of Hawaii

Bulletin - DECEMBER 2013

(#1205-1213)

Jodo Mission of Hawaii 1429 Makiki St.

Honolulu HI 96814

Address Service Requested

JODO-E SERVICE

Jodo-E (sometimes referred to as Bodhi Day) is the day that Shakyamuni Buddha attained

enlightenment under the Bodhi Tree. Although Buddha’s enlightenment took place about

2500 years ago, his teachings are with us and continue to lead us to a life of

true peace and happiness.

The Hawaii Buddhist Council*, invites everyone to join in the Jodo-E

Service: This year the service will be held at our Betsuin so please come

and enjoy this beautiful service. The guest speaker is Professor Soho

Machida. Professor Machida is an excellent speaker. He spoke to our

members in February 2012. If you missed that event, please do not miss

this Jodo-E Service:

Date; Sunday, December 8, 2013

Time: 10:00 a.m.

Place: Jodo Mission of Hawaii 1429 Makiki Street, Honolulu, Hawaii PH: 949-3995

Guest

Speaker: Professor Soho Machida

Parking: Limited, carpooling encouraged

*The Hawaii Buddhist Council is comprised of the following Buddhist Temples: Nichiren Mission, Soto

Mission, Higashi Hongwanji Mission, Honpa Hongwanji Mission, Jodo Mission of Hawaii, Koyasan

Shingon Mission and Tendai Mission.

NEW YEAR’S EVE

At this time of the year, Buddhist temples observe two kinds of special services to welcome the

New Year. They are New Year’s Eve service and New Year’s Day service. Have you attended these

services before? If not, the following are meanings for these services.

New Year’s Eve Service. New Year’s Eve service is one of the most familiar annual cer-

emonies for Buddhists in Japan. Here in Hawaii, the New Year’s Eve Bell ringing service is ob-

served at each Buddhist Temple. When we listen solemnly to the sounds of the bell in the silent mid-

night, we reflect in ourselves, and have a feeling of deep meditation. Do you know why the temple

bell rings 108 times on New Year’s Eve? To ring the bell 108 times signifies the dispelling of 108

evil passions which all human beings have. According to Buddhism we have 108 different kinds of

evil thoughts in our minds. While the temple bell is rung, we pray to dispel our evil passions and

thoughts. Japanese people call that night “Joya”. Joya means the very night when we should try to

dispel all evil things in our lives.

The New Year’s Eve service gives us a good opportunity to meditate and reflect on our life on

this last day of the year. And it is also a time to express our gratitude to every blessing which we

have received in our lives and at the same time to our ancestors, parents, our country and our Lord

Amida Buddha. In so doing, we can welcome a most Happy New Year!

Joya-e Service: Everyone is invited to New Year’s Eve Service or Joya-e Service on Tues-

day, December 31st at 11:30 p.m. Please come and help ring the temple bell 108 times.

New Year’s Day Service. New Year’s Day Service is another special service held on

January 1st. New Year’s Day has three beginnings. It is the beginning of a new day, a new month

and a new year. Therefore, it is a very important and significant day. Buddhist temples have a special

service which is called Shusho-e. This service means a religious gathering to reflect on the past life

(year) and correct it and think of the New Year with hopes of a better life. We can reflect on our past

lives (years), confess to past deeds, and resolve for a better life by following the teachings of Amida

Buddha. And we can begin the New Year with hopes for the future. These two services have long

been the practices for Buddhists to finish the old year and begin the first day of the New Year. In so

doing, you can begin the New Year with strengthened faith in Amida Buddha.

Shusho-e or New Year’s Day Service: Please join us on Wednesday, January 1, 2014 at

10 a.m. for the first service of the year and pray for our safety, happiness and world peace for

the coming new year. Rev. Narashiba will also give his New Year’s address in English - Happy

New Year!

NEW YEAR BLESSINGS AT HOME During January, 2014, New Year blessings at

homes are available for those who cannot attend the New Year service at the Temple. Let’s start the

wonderful New Year in the love and compassion of Amida Buddha. Please call Jodo Mission at

949-3995.

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Omamori are spiritual charms, talismans, and amulets in Japanese religious

tradition that possess the power to ward off misfortune and procure good luck. They

can be made of pieces of wood, patches of cloth, strips of paper, or rings of metal and

come in various sizes though the majority found in Hawaii tend to be no larger than

the size of one’s palm. Omamoris are available at Jodo Mission.

Please call Jodo Mission at 949-3995 for more information.

Fairwell Message By Rev. Yasuhiro Watanabe

Thank you for the kindness and support that you have shown to

me over the past three years. I especially offer special thanks to Bishop

Hara, Rev. Narashiba, Rev. Nakano, the other ministers in Hawaii, and

the many people who helped me to come and stay here. I also would

like to thank the Jodo Mission president, the board members, the members who attend Sunday services, and all of the Jodo Shu members.

I enjoyed many events at Jodo Mission like Buddha Day, Bon Dance, ba-

zaar, and the mochi sale. I was amazed that many local people came together

each year at the Bon Dance. I also enjoyed the refreshments served by Fujinkai

members and the activities with Sunday school children. It was a big surprise that a kind of skinny Santa Clause with glasses came to our temple for three

years.

I really had a meaningful time in Hawaii. I did funeral and memorial ser-

vices at temple and at mortuaries. It was a precious experience to be able to of-

ficiate at inurnment services at Punchbowl. I learned American culture through the temple activities, Thanksgiving dinner, and English lessons. I went to shop-

ping centers, local restaurants, and movie theaters wearing aloha shirts. I also

traveled to the neighbor islands and enjoyed the beauty in Hawaii.

I plan to do many things when I return to Japan. I will reconnect with my family and friends, and I will find a new position. Hopefully, I will continue to

serve in a temple as a minister. Hawaii has helped to prepare me for this.

It was my honor to be a minister at Jodo Mission of Hawaii. I look forward

to seeing you again some day.

Mahalo and Aloha!

Rev. Yasuhiro Watanabe

Visitation by Jodo Shu Dignitaries from Japan: Bishop Yugen Miyabayashi,

Chief Minister of Jodo Shu Inter-

national and Social Affairs Depart-

ment and Rev. Dosho Takeda of

Taisho University visited the Bet-

suin on October 23 and 24, 2013.

Some Board members and mem-

bers met with the two dignitaries on October 23 and

on October 24, the dignitaries interviewed two Board members and a former Kyoku president

regarding the future of Jodo Shu and the type of ministers we would like to have in Hawaii and

are there ministers willing to come to Hawaii.

Rev. Takeda & Bishop Miyabayashi above

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MAHALO NUI LOA Thank you, thank you to everyone who

volunteered their precious time to make our

annual Bazaar held on October 27, a great suc-

cess! This year the Bazaar was chaired by

Jon Riki Karamatsu and Rev. Narashiba.

It was an event of dedicated members and

friends who unselfishly came for days to pre-

pare the items for sale at the Bazaar. The

preparation involved donations by members

and friends, the collection and storage of these

donations, the sorting, displaying, pricing,

selling and the overall clean-up; the parking

attendants; the planning and coordination of

every phase of the Bazaar; the pre-Bazaar

preparation, i.e., the buying of foods for the

pickles and meals for the volunteers for the

entire week; and all the other incidentals that

come with a great project.

Here are some photos. The Craft section

outshined all the others. The beautiful quilts

hanging near the stage area. Doris Soma who

has Sewing Circle classes twice a month sold

some beautiful things they made.

Donations of baked goods, spam musubis,

tsukemonos, plants were also good sellers.

ARIGATO! To all who came to shop, to

the workers who worked so hard and tireless-

ly, THANK YOU SO MUCH! Hope you had

fun! See you again next year!

BAZAAR NEWS

Neatly folded clothes; signs for people to see

Crafts were the most profitable: All the beautiful quilts,

blankets, rugs, etc.

Cashiers were kept busy with many purchasers.

Smiling ladies Dorothy Murashige & Amy

Yano selling musubis, tsukemonos, sushi vine-

gar. Missing from this photo was Dorothy’s

husband Richard Murashige. THANK YOU

Mr. and Mrs. Murashige who spent most of their time in this section.

Lots of items for sale: dishes, pots & pans,

clothing, toys, books, etc. Rev. Narashiba was

directing traffic

Men selling

plants had fun:

Teruto Soma,

Herbert Fujikawa

and Richard Karamatsu

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Visitors from Japan:

Rev. Hiroyoshi Oeda and his family

recently came to Hawaii for a visit.

His sons have grown up. Some

friends and members gathered for a

dinner one night and everyone had a

wonderful time! Hope to see him

and his family again soon!

Rev. Hiroki Maeda and

his family also visited the

Betsuin. Photos can be

seen in the November

Bulletin. Rev. Maeda also helped in

Bazaar prep day.

Rev. Yoshitaka Hatanaka

and his wife also visited

the Betsuin recently.

Hopefully he will come

again soon and stay long enough for

the members to meet him and his

wife.

Obituaries

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.

Tatsui Oshita 98

Henry Kazuto Hayamoto 84

James Yutaka Nakatsuka 95

Gladys Kazue Ebisuya 95

Kenji Matsuo 100

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

Rev. Dwight Nakamura Bishop Emeritus

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MOCHITSUKI DAY

Please come and help make

mochi beginning at 7:00

a.m. on Saturday, December 28,

2013. It is hard work AND also lots of fun

to make mo-

chi and a

wonderful experience

for families

and friends.

Bring your

friends and family! There are lots of

things to do in preparing for the orders

taken—mochi rice needs to be steamed,

shaped, packing, etc.

TOWNHALL DISCUSSION Sunday, December 22 after 10 am Service

As part of the Ministers and Ministers’

Wives’ Seminar December 21 and 22, there will

be a townhall discussion with all ministers from

13 Jodo Shu temples. Rev. Dosho Takeda of

Taisho University will return for this Seminar

and will be part of the Townhall Discussion.

Also coming to this Ministers and Ministers’

Wives Seminar is Archbishop Shogen

Miyabayashi of Komyoji Temple in Kamakura.

Please mark your calendars for this Town-

hall Discussion (or brainstorming session) which

will cover the subject of the future of Jodo Shu

in Hawaii. As many of you heard from the

“Aloha Buddha” film, membership at Buddhist

temples are declining. Your opinions are im-

portant so please come for this interesting dis-

cussion. Sunday, December 22, after 10 a.m.

Sunday Service. Refreshments will be served

and everyone is invited.

Perpetual Memorial Service (Eitaikyo) for December

1 Jusaku Kimura

Sato Imaguchi

Isamu Matsumoto

Masayoshi Tanigawa

The Kimura & Muroshige

Family

The Imaguchi Family

2 Kame Aoki (2)

Kame Yano (2)

Ayako Yokoyama

Shizue Matsuda

Shizue Nakano

Hisashi Kochi

Tose Terada

The Aoki & Kimura Family

The Yano, Konaka &

Hayashi Faimily

The Yokoyama & Morita

Family

The Matsuda Family

Michiko Miyao

3 Fumie Chinen

Fumiko Hayashi

Fujino Masatsugu

The Chinen Family

4 Ryuichi Higashimura

Gunichi Morioka

Nobusuke Shinagawa

The Higashimura Family

The Morioka Family

5 Tatsuji Kusunoki

Yuichi Kanayama

Yasuyo Hirano

Kane Otani

Rice Ishii

Kameyo Morimoto

Irene Nishida

Kiyoichi Kishida

The Kusunoki Family

The Hirano & Kaneko

Family

Tane Oda

6 Tokuemon Imamoto

Hideo Morita

Kiyoko Maehara

Imamoto & Kawakami

Family

Kazue Ukeda

7 Matsujiro Tanimura

8 Reisuke Wakagi

Seiichi Nakamura

Yoshio Higashimura

Matsuyo Tanimura

Takaichi Tamakawa

The Wakaki Family

The Nakamura Family

The Tanimura Family

9 Genjiro Shimabukuro

Tora Aoki

Ichiro Kishi (2)

Yutaka Onaga (2)

The Shimabukuro Family

The Aoki Family

The Kishi Family

10 Hyoichi Sugihara

Asa Nanba

Chokichi Nakamura

Hiroshi Hayamoto

Ito Kawanishi

Matsu Gushiken

Jiro Saiki

The Sugihara Family

11 Asajiro Inada

Zenshiro Sato

Paul Tanigawa

Edward Yokoyama

Hanako Uchiumi

Inada & Morimoto Family

Grace Saiki Beringer

12 RokuichiYanagihara

Jisaku Yanagihara

Robert Wong

13 Mosaku Hayashi

Hana Imai

Sachiko Fujikami

The Yano, Konaka &

Hayashi Family

Mutsuko Reed

14 Umetaro Ogata

Yuichi Nose

Tamikichi Yasuda

Naoji Nishimura

Yoshiko Tanigawa

Tsuruko Gushikuma

Curtis Tokue Uehara

15 Masagoro Kitagawa

Yoshio Miyao

Masami Kawamura

The Kitagawa Family

Ichiji Kiyuna

Kisei Takara

Manabu Omura

16 Fusakichi Okawa

The Shigeoka & Okawa

Family

17 Yasukichi Kaya

Rinsuke Uesugi

Hideo Moritsugu

Kona Matsuda

Kaya & Shimazaki Family

18 Bishop Kyodo Fujihana

Alice Y. Fukunaga (2)

Kiyoko Kagihara

Taichi Ebisuzaki

19 Tsunesuke Yanagihara (2)

Iwa Yanagihara

Jane Takabayashi

Jeanette Asako Hayashi

The Yanagihara Family

20 Satoshi Yasumoto

21 Tokutsuchi Saeki

Masao Yano\

George K. Kimoto

Seiichi Kimura

Judith K. Kodama

The Saeki Family

22 Emiko Hirai

Kama Chinen

Tsurumatsu Miyamasu

Umekichi Yamachika

Kikuyo Goto

Harold T. Hamasaki

The Hirai Family

The Chinen Family

The Miyamasu Family

The Yamachika &

Matsushige Family

23 Tsuru Nakamura

Teruo Asai

Hideko Wada

Giichi Kawamura

The Nakamura Family

Setsuko Onaga

24 Totsuchi Nanba

Tokutsuchi Muranaka

Matsu Yokomichi

Kame Yanagihara

Ryuichi Ipponsugi

Hatsuno Hirai

Michika Umeda Gaines

The Nanba Family

The Muranaka Family

The Nanba Totsuchi Family

Roy Toyosuke Ohnaga (2)

25 The Sato Family

Robert Mitsuyasu

26 Haru Ogawa

Seiji Minehira

Maurice Bungo Udo

Shinemon Toishigawa

Hisayo Doris Imaguchi

27 Tsunesuke Yamamoto

Tamito Yasuda

Evelyn Hideko Yagi

28 Ichiro Sagawa

Saichi Ikeda

The Kawahara Family

The Ikeda Family

29 Kiku Yanagihara

Shotaro Nose

Kamato Akamine

Chiyoe Kameoka

Teruo Gushikuma

30 Seiichi Tsuchiya

Hatsuyo Yoshioka

The Tsuchiya Family

31 Hira Yamane

Teruyo Kishii

Yoshikazu Wada

Frances S. Johnson Ito

The Yamane & Harada

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Wilfred Masaichi Taira

The Agari Uebaru Family

The Naka Uebaru Family

The Uebaru Guwa Family

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