Information of O-Toba for 2017

Dear Members and Friends of Jodo Mission:

Thank you very much for your support to Jodo Mission. We hope you are enjoying a very safe and peaceful
New Year. Time passes so quickly! It is time to order your
O-Toba.
What is an O-Toba? An O-Toba is a long wooden memorial tablet with the name or names of your ancestors
written to honor them.

We will soon send you an O-Toba order form to order your O-Toba
for O-Bon 2017.
Because of the Temples busy summer schedule, the deadline to order your
O-Toba is Wednesday, March 1st. Our O-Bon services will be held on July 2123 (Fri-Sun).
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
In Gassho,
Jodo Mission of Hawaii

Address Service Requested

Jodo Mission of Hawaii

1429 Makiki St.
Honolulu HI 96814
(#1243-0217)

Bulletin - FEBRUARY 2017

Jodo Mission of Hawaii

Buddhas Memorial Day Service (Nehan-e)

Sunday, February 12th at 10 a.m.
Nehan-e is the Memorial Day Service for Shakyamuni Buddha. He is the founder of Buddhism. He passed away at the age of 80 about 2500 years ago on February 15.
Nehan is Nirvana in Sanskrit. Nirvana means the state of things after a fire has
been put out. In other words, it means that Shakyamuni Buddha put out the fire of bad
things human beings have in their minds; such as, anger, confusion, sorrow and so on. Then,
he completely reached Enlightenment on that day. It is said that Shakyamuni Buddha
achieved Enlightenment at the age of 35 and then spent the rest of his
life teaching his wisdom throughout much of northern India. After
nearly 45 years of lecturing, he and a number of his loyal disciples
journeyed toward the place of his birth. During this journey, Buddha
experienced much pain from his illness and knew his time on earth
was coming to an end but still continued to his birthplace. When his
pain became unbearable and he had to stop moving, his disciples prepared a bed for him under a sala tree where he could rest. He still
continued to preach his sermons and told his disciples that they must continue to practice
his teachings and strive for enlightenment.
Thanks to Shakyamuni Buddha, we can live with this wonderful teaching. Shall we express
our great appreciation to Shakyamuni Buddha on this Nehan-e Service. The service will be
held on Sunday, February 12th at 10:00 am. We look forward to your attendance.

Den Den Mushi

Panel Theater Group
Four students from Shukutoku University Panel
Theater will be here on Sunday, Feb. 12 at
10:30 am (after Sunday Service) to perform. If
you have never seen this group, you must
come. Each year a new group comes to sing
and dance and tell stories using their flannel
panel board. They visit care homes and
churches spreading their cheerfulness and
while they experience Hawaii during their short visit. This year in addition to the Betsuin,
they will go to Maui and visit Lahaina Jodo Mission, Wailuku Jodo Mission and Kahului
Jodo Mission as well as care homes, elementary and pre-schools on the Island of Maui.
Please come to see this wonderful group tell their picture story and bring your whole
family, friends and relatives whom you think would enjoy this very happy group from
Japan!
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VISION FOR THE FUTURE (5)

By Rev. Yubun Narashiba

Japanese Buddhism in Hawaii has a very unique cultural background.

In Japan, Buddhist customs differ from village to village, town to town,
prefecture to prefecture. This is because Buddhism has been localized to fit
to the custom in each area. Since Japanese immigrants came to Hawaii from the various
regions of Japan, ceremonial customs are different according to the area where the family
came from. However, as time passes, those customs are becoming unclear and more confusing for the younger generations. Because of this confusion, younger generations seem
to be going away from Buddhism by saying that Buddhism is hard to understand. Therefore, in this article, I would like to explain the standard procedure of doing a service. As the
first, let me show you the two common procedures of having funerals among the members
of Jodo Mission of Hawaii.
1. When Someone Passed Away
Death

Medical examination

Call for a minister

Makuragyo (Bedside service)

Call for a mortuary

Body pick-up

Meeting with the funeral director at the

mortuary

Viewing service

Cremation

FUNERAL with the first 7th day service

49th day service

Burial service

Hatsubon (1st O-Bon) service

1 year memorial service

2. When Someone Is Very Close To Death

Call for a minister

Rinju Gyogi (Last rites)

Death

Medical examination

Call for a mortuary

Body pick-up

Meeting with the funeral director at the

mortuary

Viewing service

Cremation

FUNERAL with the first 7th day service

49th day service

Burial service

Hatsubon (1st O-Bon) service

1 year memorial service

Note: Above two service procedures are purely for informational purpose. We shall honor your family customs and
decisions to arrange a funeral service.
**Editors note: This article is a reprint from our August 2011 issue. Because this article contains information you will need
to know some day, we will be reprinting it from time to time as space permits.
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New Years Eve Service, Ringing of the Temple Bell and Soba Noodles

Honolulu Jodo Shu Fujinkai General Membership Meeting

and Shinenkai or New Years Party
The Honolulu Jodo
Shu Fujinkai will
have their annual
General Membership
Meeting and New
Years party on Sunday, February 28, at
10:30 a.m., following
Last year we honored our keiro ladies and supporters. [keiro are persons over 80 years olddont they
the regular Sunday
Service. If you are a all look so healthy!]
Fujinkai member, please join us for our General Membership Meeting and New Years party.
If you are interested in joining the Fujinkai or would like to know more about the Fujinkai,
this would be a good opportunity to meet the Fujinkai ladies. The Fujinkai is a women association which promotes spiritual and social development of its members as well as promotes
goodwill and fellowship among its members.
The Honolulu Jodo Shu Fujinkai is always looking for more members. The Fujinkai ladies are
known for their sushi and sushi vinegar, botamochi or
ohagi (mochi inside and azuki beans outside and this
dish is either called botamochi in spring or ohagi in
fall). The Fujinkai ladies also prepare refreshments for the Family Service Sundays.
New member Chinatsu had an
All of this may seem like work and it is, but at the same time it also
idea of selling homemade
promotes
fellowship and goodwill among its members. It takes a lot of
Gyoza at Bon Dance and her
group also dressed for the
women to prepare the above items and everyone doing their part makes
occasion.
the entire project an accomplishment! If you feel you have something to
contribute or be a part of this hard working group of ladies, please come and if you have some
ideas or fun activities the ladies could get involved with, please come and let us know your
ideas.
The one thing we ask is if you plan to attend, please contact Sally Hayashi or leave
your name with the temple office and she will get back to you. We would like a head count
for our New Years Party. Thank you.
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Mochi Tsuki DayDecember 27, 2016

Ian, Masa & Tim pushing the mochi

rice through the grinder

Dusting excess powder, weighing & packaging mochi orders.

Lots of volunteers!

Above: rows & rows of mochi cooling.

Arigato

Mochi is gently molded

Into shape

Preparation done prior to

actual pounding

to all who came to the temple to make Mochi on

Tuesday, December 27. This was a work day for many and we appreciate those who took the day off to help. There were so many temple members, relatives and friends and friends of friends who brought their children and grandchildren to help with mochi making. Some experienced
mochi making for the first time. The time went by so quickly! It takes a
lot of people, young and old, to make mochiITS A LOT OF HARD
WORK!
The mochi rice needs to be washed the day before and the pots, burners, wooden containers or morobutas all need to be brought out from
storage, washed and prepared for use for Mochi Day.
On Mochi Tsuki Day, mochi rice is steamed, pounded manually or put
through a grinder, and individually shaped, floured, brushed off excess
powder and packed to fulfill all the orders received. There is also a lot of
fellowship. Some never made mochi before and were amazed how it is
done. Didnt your mochi taste especially good when you were part of
this unique day!! Thank you so much for your help!

Father & son pounding mochi

Cars lined up to pick up mochi

orders
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What is Perpetual Memorial

Service? (Eitaikyo)

New Years Day Blessings

New Years Day
brought many
members and relatives to the first
service of the new
year and also the
New Year Blessing
for good health,
happiness and luck.
Nice to see families!

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 9:30am.

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.

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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Rev. Yubun Narashiba

Head Minister

Rev. Kanjun Nakano

Resident Minister

Perpetual Memorial Service (Eitaikyo)

For February
1. Itaro Yanagihara
The Yanagihara Family
Kisaburo Teraoka
The Teraoka Family
The Mitani Family
Sumako Kishii
2 Kuma Kawamura
The Kawamura Family
Robert Hiroshi Yamanaka
Dorothy Mieko Oshita
Hideo Takamatsu
Yasuko Tanaka
Sueyo Nakamura
3 Rymond Hisashi Narahara
Ayame kano
Hazel Mitsuko Imai
4 Kii Hirohama
The Hirohama Family
Kiyoe Soma & Family
Robert Takashi Maehara
5 Hatsu Konaka
The Yano, Konaka &
Hayashi Families
Gorokichi Ishida
The Ishida and Aimoto
Families
Misao Mitsuyasu
The Mitsuyasu Family
Masaharu Kotake
Tsugio Hayase
Shigeyo Kawano
Sumiko Sakaguchi
Harumi Maeda
6 Matsuemon Tanimura (2)
The Tanimura Family (2)
Sawaichi Nakagawa Family
Kimi Higashi
Misae Ichida
Bunji Kishii (2)
Umeyo Yamamoto
Dr. Yasuhiko Hayashi
Patrick Seiji Yamamoto
7 Namie Nakamura
Tsugi Hifumi
Yoshizo Muramoto
8 Toshio Higa
The Higa Family
Yukie Higashi
Tame Ito
Stella Masako Takamatsu
9 Haruyo Yanagihara
The Yanagihara Family
Minoru Okawa
The Okawa Family
Kishichi Yoshikawa
Kimie Tanaka
Yoshiteru Sakaguchi
10 Satomi Yamamoto
The Yamamoto Family
Kame Uyehara
The Uyehara Family

Michie Watanabe
Jimmy Nestegard
Chiyo Tanaka
J Jackson Miiyagawa
11 Minekichi Taniguchi
The Taniguchi Family
Tsuneko Nago
The Nag & Kunimoto
Families
Rev. Shuen Inoue
Sue Nishimoto
Noboru Yamasaki
Kameyo Fujita
Hisae Yamato
Sue Nishimoto
12 Sumie Kanoyama
The Kanoyama Family
Bishop Shinkyo Tachikawa
Doris Umeno Nojima
Yoshihiro Hata
13 Torajiro Kusunoki
The Kusunoki Family
Ichiro Yasumoto
Fusakichi Kawanishi
Haruyo Tarumoto
Seijiro Takabayashi
14 Hajime Nishimoto
The Nishimoto Family
Kensuke Hironaka
The Hironaka & Ishimoto
Families
Sae Tachikawa
Hiroshi Sato
Raymond Shizuo Asaumi
Shigeyo Otani
Takeji Gushikuma
Matsu Kiyuna
George Sotoshi Tarumoto
Kikuye Homareda
15 Kiyoshi Tsukiyama
Otake Takara
16 Shigeru Asaumi
The Asaumi Family
Yukio Nakagawa
Motoo Muramoto
17 Masuyo Shimokawa
The Shimokawa Family
Kinzaburo Makino
The Makino Family
Kazuyo Hashimoto
Choshiro Ikuta
Tsuchiyo Fujimoto
Reiko Hata
Alfred Akira Tanaka
Frederick Kinzaburo
Makino
18 Reiji Yamane
The Yamane & Harada
Families
Tsutako Yamanaka
The Yamanaka Family
Matsuyo Machida

Otome Takara
Tomiko Ruth Inouye
Cory Ikuta

Tsuru Kuniyuki
29 Nobue Kochi

19 Chozo Kawano
The Kawano Family
Eijiro Murakami
The Murakami &
Yamamoto Family
Ishi Matsuda
The Murakami Family
Eijiro Murakami
20 Ryozo Hamada
The Hamada Family
Magoichi Mineishi
The Mineishi Family
Taro Takara
Tomoyo Takara
Kimie Matsuda
Sue Takabayashi
Natsuko Aoki
The Takara Family
21 Tamotsu Kuniyuki
Momoyo Yoshida
22 Yoshi Hayashi
The Yano, Konaka &
Hayashi Families
Kinu Nishimura (2)
23 Taichi Sato
24 Kame Akamine
The Akamine Family
Kikuno Hisamura
Kamesuke Nakahama
Takiko Yanagihara
25 Sue Maeda
The Maeda Family
Shinichi Takao
The Takao Family
Takayo Matsuo
The Matsuo Family
Shigeki Umemoto
The Yoza Family
The Shimabukuro Family
Tamotsu Nakamura
Florence Kimie Karimoto
26 Jirosaku Otani
The Otani & Yanagihara
Family
Shiro Fukuda
Richard Kiyomi Ochiai
27 Taichi Wakagi
The Wakagi Family
Keiko Hanano
Noboru Hirano
Shigeru Takara
Tatsuki Hirano
Matsuye Hirano
28 Fukuichi Fukuda
Mitsuyo GladysYoshihara
Goichi Kawamura
The Kawamura Family

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.
Buddy Yoshio Tarumoto
79
Michael Scott Oasay 45
Phyllis Miyoshi Aoki 98

10:30am Fujinkai General

Membership Mtg &
New Years Party

10:00 Sunday Service

10:00am Sunday Ser-

10am Nehan-e Family

Service
Den Den Mushi

10:00am Obetsuji Service

8:30am Fujinkai Mtg.

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Mon

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Tue

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Fri

25

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Sat

Website: www.jodo.us

Phone: 949-3995

Jodo Mission of Hawaii

Feb. 5 8:30 am Mtg

Fujinka i
Ikoi Hall

Class in February; will

start again in March

Sewing Circle: No

New Years Party

in Feb.

No Meettng:

Sr.YBA -

Sunday School will join Den Den

Moshi Panel Theater

Sunday School

Jodo Shu Calendar for February 2017: Never be

shy about doing good

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Thu

Feb. 26 at 10:30 am General

Membership Meeting followed by

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February 2017

COMING EVENTS:
Deadline for O-Toba Orders: March 1
Guest Speaker: Dr. Terry ShintaniMarch 12
Spring Higan Service: March 26
Deadline for Hawaii State Jodo Shu Fujinkai Scholarship: April 15

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Sun

9:30am Morning Service

Everyday