Bon Dance

August 18, Friday: 6:30pm-9:30pm

August 19, Saturday: 6:30pm-9:30pm
August 18, Friday: 5:45pm
Jizo Bon prayer will be held
in front of Jizo statue)
August 18-19 (Fri-Sat): 6:00 pm
Taiko performance by Dragon Beat
to begin our Bon Dance Taiko players pray before their performance

Please come, bring your family and friends with their kimonos, happi coats
and dance around the yagura and enjoy the many food items:
bentos, BBQ sticks, saimin,
sushi, yaki soba, gyoza, spam
musubi, Andagi (Okinawan
donuts), hot dog, chili and rice,
turkey jook, juice, soda, shave
ice, water, etc.
Food Booths will open at 4:30pm
Kiddie games will be available
Dancers enjoying themselves around the yagura and lots of people watching & enjoying

Address Service Requested

Honolulu HI 96814
1429 Makiki St.
Jodo Mission of Hawaii

(#1249-0817)

Bulletin - AUGUST 2017

Jodo Mission of Hawaii
Above photo, people are getting ready for Bon Dance.
Below Taiko performance to begin our Bon Dance

Bon Odori is
the fellowship
part of ances- Prayer is given before Bon Dance begins
tor worship
Dancing is for
everyone!
Yummy foods of all kinds! Games for children!
Happi coats and bon dance towels for sale.

Helping with Bon Dance Preparation: We do need your help with Bon Dance
preparation. Please contact the temple office to let them know you are able to help. Help
is needed on Thursday, Aug 17 and/or Friday, Aug 18 and/or Saturday, Aug 19 from 9:00
a.m. If you are only available a few hours, whether it is during the day or during the Bon
Dance hours, your help will be much appreciated! Please contact the office to let them know
when you are available. Thank you.
Bon Dance Practice: Bon dance practice will be held Tuesday, August 15 and Wednes-
day, August 16, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome to practice or learn from
instructors in the inner circle.
Jodo Mission Happi Coats: Jodo Mission
will be selling its own happi coats. If you are
interested you may contact Jodo Mission or
come to the Bon Dance.
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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 2. When Someone Is Very Close To Death
Death Call for a minister

Medical examination Rinju Gyogi (Last rites)

Call for a minister Death

Makuragyo (Bedside service) Medical examination

Call for a mortuary Call for a mortuary

Body pick-up Body pick-up

Meeting with the funeral director at the Meeting with the funeral director at the
mortuary mortuary

Viewing service Viewing service

Cremation Cremation

FUNERAL with the first 7th day service FUNERAL with the first 7th day service

49th day service 49th day service
Burial service Burial service

Hatsubon (1st O-Bon) service Hatsubon (1st O-Bon) service

1 year memorial 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. Page 3
 Thank You to All Who Participated with O-Toba Set Up
Thank you to all who came to help with the O-Toba set up and general cleaning of
the temple and Nokotsudo or Columbarium on Sunday,
July 9th. As you can see
from the photos on this page,
there were so many O-Tobas
to set up. It takes a lot of man
power to put the O-Tobas up.
To secure one O-Toba, one
person needs to hold the
O-Toba while another person
pounds a nail to
secure the O-Toba.
Also thank you to the
women who helped clean our
temple and Nokotsudo or
Columbarium and for those
who prepared the delicious
lunch! See photos below.
With the help of many of
you (members, relatives and friends of members),
we were able to have the O-Tobas set up and ready for O-Bon services. See photo below to
the right showing all the O-Tobas set up! Beautiful! This is hard work! It is with all your
kokua that it is possible to welcome the departed spirits
to Jodo Mission. Hope everyone enjoyed yourselves
while working hard and you enjoyed the fellowship, which
is very important. ARIGATO!
In addition to cleaning
and setting up the
O-Tobas, the electricians
needed
to set up
the wir-
ing.
Sifting the ashes from the koro (so the small pieces of
senko can be taken out) .requires Tomoko Hisamoto to
use a face mask protecting her from the ash dust.

Someone needs to
set up the faucet for
those bringing flow-
ers and someone
needs to trim our co- Harue Maki, Mutsue
conut tree so our Jodo Mission sign Yanagihara and Doris
Soma. Missing is Aki
can be seen from the freeway (our Nishiyama.
Page 4 ministers). ARIGATO
 Haleiwa Jodo Mission O-Bon Service
On July 14 and 15, 2017, Haleiwa Jodo Mission had its
O-Bon Services and Toro Nagashi on July 15. As the
only other Jodo Shu temple on Oahu, some members of
Betsuin and minister Rev. Narashiba went to help. It is
so beautiful to see all the lanterns floating. This year,
because of the tide, the toro launching was at 9 p.m. and
many either did not attend or did not pick up their lan-
terns. With the help of volunteers, all the lanterns went
on their way.

Stuart Nago: On May 28, 2017 before going

on his trip to Japan, Stuart Nago came to play some
ukulele and sing and also mentioned his new book
Kini and the Magic Uke, which he had written.
On June 16, 2017, Stuart Nago returned to
Jodo Mission to talk about his trip to Japan and
his visit with Rev. Hiroyoshi Oeda, wife Mari and their family.
Stuart also showed a video Rev. Oeda made introducing his family
members which included his father, mother, sister, brother-in-law,
children, and other ministers working at their temple. Stuart hopes to
continue his talk about Japan on another Sunday and also go into his new book. So
please be on the lookout for another announcement!
Also attending the Sunday Service on June 16, were
visitors from JapanRev. Shinko Kanda and daughter
Yumiko from Osaka and Rev. Hosho Hori from Kyoto.
Although Stuart spoke English, all of our guests were able to
understand, especially when Stuart talked about the different
foods he ate in Japan. After some refreshments, Yumiko
went with Stuart, Yukari and Sophie Narashiba to the
Ukulele Festival at Kapiolani Park

GoshuinchouJapan Temple Stamp Book

Have you ever heard of Goshuinchou? This is a popular thing in Japan
where one goes to a temple or shrine and obtains a red-stamp from that temple.
Goshuinchou or stamp book is purchased at the first temple and after the minis-
ter makes his mark in the stamp book, it is then used for the next temple/shrine,
etc. The minister uses black ink to handwrite the name and date
using traditional Japanese calligraphy. After writing, he stamps
the book with a large red stamp that is unique to that specific tem-
ple. Visitors from Japan stop by for this treat. On this day Rev.
Narashiba stamped 4 books for the 4 visitors. Travelers can use
this when they go home and open the book of their travels.
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 2017 O-BON AND BON DANCE SCHEDULE
OF JODO SHU TEMPLES
Island Temple Phone No. Dates Times
Oahu Betsuin 949-3995 O-Bon Service July 21 & 22 2:00 pm/7:00 pm
July 23 10:00 am
Bon Dance Aug 18 to 19 6:30 pm 9:30 pm
Haleiwa 637-4382 O-Bon Service July 14 & 15 6:00 pm
Bon Dance July 14 & 15 7:00 pm
Toro Nagashi July 15 9:00 pm
Big Island Kurtistown Call Rev. Miyazaki O-Bon / Bon Dance August 5 6:00 pm / 7:00 pm
[Hawaii] (808) 936-7828
Hilo O-Bon / Bon Dance July 8 6:00 pm / 7:00 pm
(808) 935-6996 O-Bon Service July 9 10:00 am

Hakalau (808) 936-7828 O-Bon / Bon Dance August 19 6:00 pm / 7:00 pm

Hamakua O-Bon / Bon Dance August 12 5:00 pm / 6:00 pm

Call Rev. Wansa
Kohala O-Bon / Bon Dance July 8 5:00 pm / 7:00 pm
(808) 775-0965
Hawi O-Bon / Bon Dance August 5 5:00 pm / 6:00 pm
Maui Kahului Call Rev. John Hara O-Bon / Bon Dance July 28 & 29 6:30 pm / 7:30 pm
(808) 244-0066 June 16
Wailuku O-Bon / Bon Dance 6:30 pm / 7:30 pm
Lahaina (808) 661-4304 O-Bon Service June 30 6:00 pm
July 1 6:30 pm
Bon Dance July 1 8:00 pm
Toro Nagashi July 1 7:30 pm
Kauai Kapaa O-Bon Service June 18 10:00 am
Call Rev. Ishikawa Bon Dance June 23 & 24 7:30 pm
(808) 742-6735 Toro Nagashi July 2 7:30 pm
Koloa O-Bon Service July 30 10:30 am
Bon Dance August 4 & 5 7:30 pm

In preparation of
Jodo Mission Office Hours: O-Bon Service,
Monday to Saturday: 8am5pm someone prepared
Sunday & Holidays 8am3pm the chochins to be
beautifully present-
Phone: 949-3995 Website: www.jodo.us ed!

Rev. Yubun Narashiba Rev. Kanjun Nakano

Bishop Gensho Hara Resident Minister
Lahaina, Maui Head Minister
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 EITAIKYO (Perpetual Memorial Service) for August
1 Cordelia Reiko Ushiroda Thomas Yoshiaki Shimizu Saka Kuniyuki Misawa & Watanabe
Morishige Inage Family
2 Sato Hirouji 12 Hatsuichi Karimoto Misao Kuniyuki Misawa Family
The Miyamasu Family Yoshi Nishimura Akira Misawa
The Hirouji Family 13 Doris Kiyoko Miura Toshiyuki Ogawa Riyo Yano
The Nakamura Family Toshio Kouchi Toraichi Kurakake Edith Kiyoko Kaneshiro
Tadashi Nakamura
Janet Okawa 14 Ashizuchi Fujikami 22 Yuri Hironaka
The Fujikami Family The Hironaka & Ishimoto
3 Satsu Hashimoto Shizuo Yokomichi Family
The Hashimoto Family The Yokomichi & Kondo Masuichi Tabata
Family Miyoko Hokushin
4 Masaichi Harada Iichi Yanagihara Takenouchi
Tsuru Nomura Yoshijiro Iwamoto
The Nomura Family Shizuno Muraoka 23 Yoshisuke Masuda
Sumako Iguchi Raymond Tetsuji
Kenkichi Kimoto 15 Maki Hara Nishiyama
Keisuke Masuda The Hara Family
Bishop Shoshin Inouye 24 Kazuo Kano
5 Tori Matsubara The Nose Family The Kano & Wataba 6
The Matsubara Family Sata Nitta
Tahei Higashimura Torano Toyoshiba Family
The Higashimura Family Noboru Hamamura Teisuke Hamamoto
Mantaro Nitta Hatsue Yamada Watanabe The Hamamoto Family
Toichiro Tomita Robert Tokusei Kaneshiro Eizo Fukuda
Yutaka Kubota Tatsuki Heirakuji
16 Masao Mizuno Sueko Onaga (2)
6 Toshiko Nishimura The Mizuno & Ohta Family
Yoshio Fujii Ume Miyamasu 25 Tema Iuchi
The Miyamasu Family The Iuchi Family
7 Kametaro Yano (2) The Masaki Family Kiku Masuda
The Yano Family Yoneo Masuda The Masuda & Asamura
The Yano, Konaka & The Masuda Family Family
Hayashi Family Etsuko Ohta
Chokichi Tanaka 17 Toshikata Shinagawa The Ohta Family
The Tanaka Family David Kenji Moritsugu Koji Yasumoto
Aiko Fukuhara Kiyoji Yamamoto Gladys Otsui Ikeda
The Inouye Family Kazuyo Furukawa
Kikuno Yamane 26 Tadasuke Nishida Obituaries
Kaneichi Kato 18 Mitsuru Morisako Masaji Ishida
The Morisako & Ishii Family Umeno Masuda The Jodo Mission of Hawaii
8 Takao Tsuda Shinsuke Mito Torao Maehara extends its sincere condo-
Kitae Yamanaka The Mito Family Yachiyo Tamura lences to the family mem-
The Yamanaka Family Fuji Yasumoto bers and loved ones of the
Zentoku Takara Hanayo Imai 27 Harumi Tasaka
Kame Taira Miyuki Ono Shigeo Kobashigawa following members who have
Russel Hideo Uehara Toraichi Kurakake The Kobashigawa Family recently left this world for
Rev. Ryokai Yamanaka Kenji Kawano the Pure Land.
9 Takeo Sato Ryusuke Machida
The Sato & Suzuki Family Haruo Okuhara 28 Hitoshi Mizuno Glenn Katsumi Inouye 69
Hiro Yonemoto The Mizuno & Ohta Family
Tora Higashi 19 Eiko Maeda Seikuro Hisamura
Kazuko Hisanaga 89
The Hashimoto Baby The Maeda Family Shichiemon Ebisuzaki (2) Faye Natsuko Shinohara 94
Evelyn Murakami Kiyoshi Hisamura Hana Noyama Don Shigeo
Yonemoto Family Hisano Oyabu Toishigawa 90
The Higashi Family The Oyabu & Kondo 29 Tadashi Higashi
Family The Higashi Family Judith Mariko
10 Seitaro Yamamoto Wakichi Suzui Family Kenji Hamada Kishimoto 92
The Suzuki & Yamamoto Takeshi Umetsu The Hamada Family Junichi Motoike 66
Family Sakae Matsumoto Atsushi Fujita
Takaji Shigeoka The Fujita Family
Kinichi Imai 20 Shizue Iwamoto Masahiko Miyagi
Saburo Nishimura Henry Hashimoto
Ito Fujita Kame Namihira 30 Thomas Takeshi Tanaka
The Fujita Family Chie Nakagawa Elsie Kikuye Tatei
Hideo Yamagata Katsumi Nishimoto
Aileen Fukunaga 21 Yoshisuke Sato Sojiro Takamura
The Sato & Suzuki Rikiichi Yagi
11 Tomegusu Kotake Yutaka Tejima
Kuranoshin Matsumoto The Tejima Family 31 Toshiatsu Misawa (2)
 9:30am Morning Service Jodo Mission of Hawaii
Everyday
August 2017 Phone: 949-3995
Website: www.jodo.us
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10 11 12
8:30 Fujinkai Meeting
8:00 am Sew8ing
10:00 Sunday Service
Circle

13 14 15 16 17 18 19
8:00 Yagura Set up 5:45pm Jizo Bon Prayer
NO SUNDAY SERVICE Bon Dance Practice
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm B o n D a n c e : 6:30 pm 9:30 p m
11.45 Board Meeting (after
Yagura set up )
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
8:00 Yagura Kuzushi
NO SUNDAY SEVICE
Bon Dance Clean-up

27 28 29 30 31 29
10:00 Sunday Service

Jodo Shu Calendar for August 2017: The best way Sewing Circle Sunday School
to thank our ancestors is to live each day earnestly. August 12 No Sunday School in
8 to 11 a.m. August
Coming Events:
Sept 10 Keiro Kai & Grandparents Day
Fujinkai Meeting
Sept 1517 Kyoku /Hawaii Council for Jodo Missions Convention (Womens association) YBA Meeting
Sept 24 @ 10am AutumnHigan Service August 6 @ 8:30 am To be announced
Oct 8 Bazaar Set up after 10 am service Ikoi Hall
Oct 15 Jodo Mission Bazaar