JODO-E SERVICE

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

Shakyamuni Buddha attained enlightenment under the Bodhi Tree.
Although Buddhas 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 Japanese American during World War II and Equality from a point of
view of Buddhism.

Date;
Time:
Place:

Sunday, December 7, 2014

9:00 a.m.
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.

Address Service Requested

Jodo Mission of Hawaii

1429 Makiki St.
Honolulu HI 96814
(#1217-1214)

Bulletin - DECEMBER 2014

Jodo Mission of Hawaii

NEW YEARS EVE

At this time of the year, Buddhist temples observe two kinds of special services to welcome the
New Year. They are New Years Eve service and New Years Day service. Have you attended these
services before? If not, the following are meanings for these services.

New Years Eve Service. New Years Eve service is one of the most familiar annual ceremonies for Buddhists in Japan. Here in Hawaii, the New Years Eve Bell ringing service is observed at each Buddhist Temple. When we listen solemnly to the sounds of the bell in the silent midnight, we reflect in ourselves, and have a feeling of deep meditation. Do you know why the temple
bell rings 108 times on New Years 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 Years 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 Years 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 Years Day Service. New Years Day Service is another special service held on
January 1st. New Years 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 Years 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 Years 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. Lets start the
wonderful New Year in the love and compassion of Amida Buddha. Please call Jodo Mission at
949-3995.

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 ones palm. Omamoris are available at Jodo Mission.

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

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Reunion of Former Dormitory Residents

Many, many years ago, Jodo Mission of Hawaii was home to a lot of college students 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 understand 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 Missions New Years 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 Years 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, telephone #, 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
Years 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 dormitory 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. Wouldnt 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 interested 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 Tanabes 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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Reflection - 2014
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 guidance 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 upDecember 27, 2014 Members will order their mochi.
We will again need everyones 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 Fathers Day (June 15, 2014) guest speaker was Richard
Kimura, who teaches Karate here at Jodo Mission. He spoke of balancing 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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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 Buddhas 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.

MOCHI (Dec. 27) ORDER FORM

Deadline for order is Saturday, December 6, 2014
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HOME PHONE NO.

PLEASE PRINT NAME

OKASANE
$4.25/SET

TOTAL

KOMOCHI
$3.75/POUND

SETS

LBS

DOLLARS

DOLLARS

DOLLARS

FOR OFFICE USE ONLY

Order accepted by: _______________

Received by: _______________

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

Date paid: _____/_____/_2014 (Cash / Check#

)
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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 welcome 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)

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 mochi 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
takenmochi rice needs to be steamed,
shaped, brushed, packing, etc.

Obituaries

Jodo Mission Office Hours:

Monday to Saturday: 8am5pm
Sunday & Holidays: 8am3pm

Phone: 949-3995

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
Allen Iwao Kamibayashiyama
Shigeko Aoki

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73
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Website: www.jodo.us

Bishop Gensho Hara

Lahaina, Maui
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Rev. Yubun Narashiba

Head Minister

Rev. Kanjun Nakano

Rev. Dwight Nakamura

Resident Minister

Bishop Emeritus

Perpetual Memorial Service (Eitaikyo) for December

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Jusaku Kimura
Sato Imaguchi
Isamu Matsumoto
Masayoshi Tanigawa
The Kimura & Muroshige
Family
The Imaguchi Family
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

Fumie Chinen
Fumiko Hayashi
Fujino Masatsugu
The Chinen Family

Ryuichi Higashimura
Gunichi Morioka
Nobusuke Shinagawa
The Higashimura Family
The Morioka Family

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
Tokuemon Imamoto
Hideo Morita
Kiyoko Maehara
Imamoto & Kawakami
Family
Kazue Ukeda

Matsujiro Tanimura

Reisuke Wakagi
Seiichi Nakamura

Yoshio Higashimura
Matsuyo Tanimura
Takaichi Tamakawa
The Wakaki Family
The Nakamura Family
The Tanimura Family
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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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Mochi can be picked up on:

Saturday, December 27, 2014
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Deadline to
Order Mochi

Sunday School

Mochitsuki
Day

Dec 14 at 10:30 am

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Ministers & Ministers Wives

Seminar 12/21 &
12/22

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Phone: 949-3995
Website: www.jodo.us

Jodo Mission of Hawaii

NO MEETINGS IN DECEMBER:
Fujinkai; YBA; Sewing Circle

New Years
Eve Service

11:30 pm

Wed

December 2014

Dec. 7 at 9:00 am HBC Jodo-e (Bodhi Day) at Nichiren Mission

Dec 14 at 8:00 am General Clean-upWe need your help!
Dec. 27 Mochitsuki Day
Dec. 31 at 11:30 pm New Years Eve Service
Jan 1 at 10 amNew Years Day Service
Jan 25 at 10 am Sunday Service, including memorial service for
St. Honen; General Membership Meeting; New Years Party

HIGHLIGHT OF EVENTS:

10:00 Sunday Service

10:00 Sunday Service

Ministers & Ministers

Wives Seminar (contd)

8:00 Temple Cleaning

10:30 Sunday School
End of the Year Party

Service at Nichiren
Mission of Hawaii

9:00 HBC Bodhi Day

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Sun

9:30am Morning Service

Everyday