Jodo Mission of Hawaii

Bulletin - DECEMBER 2014

(#1217-1214)

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 Nichiren

Mission of Hawaii. The guest speaker is Mrs. Carole Hayashino,

President and Executive Director of the Japanese Cultural Center

of Hawaii. Mrs. Hayashino will speak on “The internment of Japa-

nese American during World War II and Equality from a point of

view of Buddhism.”

Date; Sunday, December 7, 2014

Time: 9:00 a.m.

Place: Nichiren Mission of Hawaii 33 Pulelehua Way, Honolulu, Hawaii

Guest Speaker: Mrs. Carole Hayashino

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

Wednesday, 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 Thursday, January 1, 2015 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. Yubun Narashiba will also give his New Year’s address in English -

Happy New Year!

NEW YEAR BLESSINGS AT HOME During January, 2015, 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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Omamoris 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.

Reunion of Former Dormitory Residents Many, many years ago, Jodo Mission of Hawaii was home to a lot of college stu-

dents who lived here while attending college or trade school. We had a cafeteria run

by Vicky Koike and she fed all the students as well as the single ministers. We under-

stand Mrs. Koike did this for almost 40 years.

The dormitory was called “Miyamoto Hall” (named after Bishop Miyamoto),

which is currently an apartment building in the back of the temple. We understand the

top two floors were for women from the outer islands and the men stayed downstairs

below the temple. The first floor was a cafeteria where students and single ministers

gathered to have their meals.

At Jodo Mission’s New Year’s party on January 25, 2015, we would like to invite

all former dormitory residents. If anyone knows of any dormitory residents who

would like to join us for this New Year’s party, please have them send a note to

Jodo Mission that they are interested in attending this reunion or call the Jodo

Mission of Hawaii office 949-3995 and leave their contact information (name, tele-

phone #, e-mail address). We would be happy to have their contact information. They

can tell us their stories of their dormitory experiences at Jodo Mission during our New

Year’s party.

At this time, we have not found too much information but we are researching this

part of the temple history. One person indicated that in 1941 he stayed at the dormito-

ry but when World War II began, he had to leave and look for work while the military

took over the temple and its property. There are not too many people around from these early days but we would appreciate learning what it was like. Wouldn’t you be

too?

When the war ended and the military left, those who were interned came to the

temple for help. Some stayed for a while as they did not have much luggage or

belongings until they could start again. This probably happened at many temples in

Hawaii as the temple was the gathering place for their activities.

We are also interested in photos of the dormitory years. Photos of this period are

not easily found. If anyone knows of someone with old photos, we would be interest-

ed in copying them and hopefully there is a story behind it too.

This is such an interesting subject area. There is so much history to Jodo Mission.

This temple and its membership began in Kakaako (around South Street and King

Street) according to Dr. George Tanabe’s book “Japanese Buddhist Temples in

Hawaii”. The property at its present location was purchased in 1929 and the temple

moved to its present location in 1932. To be continued in January 2015.

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R e f l e c t i o n - 2 0 1 4 This has been a wonderful year! And it is because of all your support and hard work that

Jodo Mission has been able to survive. Our Keiro members (over 80 years old) who came to

our September 14, 2014 service were honored with

a picture taking, a luncheon and chocolate candies

by the Jr. YBA and Sunday School. These Keiro

members all support the temple in so many, many

different ways and they are much appreciated and

hope they continue to come because it is the guid-

ance of Amida Buddha as well as the fellowship

and friendships which give meaning to our daily

lives.

Bazaar Day on October 19 and the week prior were busy

times .With the unsure weather condition, the decision to go ahead

with the bazaar was confusing at times but it did go quite well with

everyone doing their best and there were people waiting from 6:00

am for the doors to open.

Mochitsuki Day is coming up—December 27, 2014 Members will order their mochi.

We will again need everyone’s help in making mochi!

Nokotsudo - Columbarium is now open as repairs to the ceiling and walls were

repaired in September.

We had some interesting speakers during the past year: Dr. George

Tanabe was here for the HBC Buddha Day Celebration on April 6, 2014. His talk

was “How Old Is Buddha?” His most interesting talk ended with

Buddha is as old as you are.

On April 13, 2014, Audrey Kitagawa ,who is a wonderful

speaker, came to talk about her worldwide travels. She brought with her the Light

of Awareness who prepared a wonderful lunch for everyone who attended.

For our Bacculaureate Service held on May 25, 2014, our guest

speaker was Rev. Irene Matsumoto of the Palolo Kwannon Temple

who gave some inspiring hints about life for Ashley Mizuo who was

about to begin college at Loyola University.

Our Father’s Day (June 15, 2014) guest speaker was Richard

Kimura, who teaches Karate here at Jodo Mission. He spoke of balanc-

ing your mind, body and soul.

On August 31, 2014, our guest speaker was Corey S.C. Wong

who teaches Tai Chi here at Jodo Mission as well as other places and he

is also a practicing acupuncturist. He stated that he sees our physical bodies as a

vehicle that we can use to help us in our spiritual journey. Faith is what powers your

vehicle which is you in your spiritual quest.

On November 30, 2014, Calvin Hara was the guest speaker who will

talk about the relationship between Jodo Mission of Hawaii and the Kiwanis Club.

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MOCHI (Dec. 27) ORDER FORM おもち注文表 Deadline for order is Saturday, December 6, 2014

注文締め切り１2月6日

FOR OFFICE USE ONLY

Order accepted by: _______________ Date accepted: _____/_____/_2014 (In person/ Mail / Phone)

Received by: _______________ Date paid: _____/_____/_2014 (Cash / Check# )

PLEASE PRINT NAME 名前 HOME PHONE NO. 電話番号

OKASANE おかさね

$4.25/SET

KOMOCHI こもち

$3.75/POUND

TOTAL

合計

SETS

LBS

DOLLARS DOLLARS DOLLARS

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NOTICE TO

NOKOTSUDO / COLUMBARIUM USERS Please note that the repair work done to the ceilings and walls in the upstairs Nokotsudo (Columbarium) are completed and you are welcome to bring flowers during our regular office hours. We would prefer you not bring your special vases as sometimes accidents happen. Please note that we ask that you offer incense in front of Amida Buddha’s statute at Nokotsudo entrance. We ask that you not bring your own senko container. When the Nokotsudo doors are opened, a gust of wind may blow the ashes all over the counter or blow the senko down which is dangerous. Thank you for your cooperation.

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.

Katsutoshi Yano 92

Allen Iwao Kamibayashiyama 73

Shigeko Aoki 89

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 27,

2014. 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, brushed, packing, etc.

Bishop Gensho Hara Lahaina, Maui

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 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 wel-come 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.

Apology to Ian

Kitajima who found

an umbrella!

(typographical error in

November Bulletin)

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

Kanayama Family

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

Hikato Okamura

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

Kazuyoshi Homareda

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

Family

Wilfred Masaichi Taira

The Agari Uebaru Family

The Naka Uebaru Family

The Uebaru Guwa Family

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