The document is a bulletin from the Jodo Mission of Hawaii announcing upcoming events in May 2018. It discusses preparations for the annual bazaar on May 6th, including sorting donated items from April 30th to May 5th. It also lists the dates and times for O-Bon services and Bon dance celebrations at Jodo temples across Hawaii from June to August 2018. It provides a contact for Stuart Nago, the newly appointed "Creative Events Coordinator", to coordinate potential new activities at the mission.

1. JodoMissionofHawaii
Bulletin-MAY2018
(#1258-0518)
JodoMissionofHawaii
1429MakikiSt.
HonoluluHI96814
AddressServiceRequested
Bazaar
Sunday, May 6, 2018
(8:00am –1:00pm)
Bazaar preparation: Your help is needed on Sun-
day, April 29 at 8:00 a.m. to bring out all the stored
Bazaar items to the Social Hall. Throughout the year
people drop off items to be sold at the Annual Bazaar
and these items are stored. We have a lot of items
especially since we did not have a Bazaar in 2017 due
to our temple renovations. Please come and join us to help take out all of these stored
items. Lunch will be provided.
From Monday, April 30 to Saturday, May 5, beginning at 9:00 a.m. each day, help
is needed to sort, organize and price the many donated items for the Bazaar.
RETIREES, we can use your help—men, women. This is a good time to meet other
retirees and also feel good that you are helping Jodo Mission
of Hawaii. Please call the Jodo Mission office (949-3995) and
leave your contact information and someone will return your
call.
Any fruits or vegetables that you would like to share,
please bring them to the temple on Saturday, May 5.
Any plants that you would like to donate, please also bring
them to the temple on Saturday, May 5.
Sunday, May 6, BAZAAR DAY; The long awaited BAZAAR is finally here.
Please come and shop—you may find some wonderful items!

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Island Temple Phone No. Dates Times
Oahu Betsuin 949-3995 O-Bon Service
Bon Dance
July 13 & 14
July 15
Aug 17 to 18
2:00 pm/7:00 pm
10:00 am
6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Haleiwa 637-4382 O-Bon Service
Bon Dance
Toro Nagashi
June 15 & 16
June 15& 16
June 16
6:00 pm
7:00 pm -10:00 pm
9:00 pm
Big Island
[Hawaii]
Kurtistown Call Rev. Miyazaki
(808) 936-7828
(808) 935-6996
(808) 936-7828
O-Bon / Bon Dance August 4 6:00 pm / 7:00 pm
Hilo O-Bon / Bon Dance
O-Bon Service
July 21
July 22
6:00 pm / 7:00 pm
10:00 am
Hakalau O-Bon / Bon Dance August 18 6:00 pm / 7:00 pm
Hamakua
Call Rev. Wansa
(808) 775-0965
O-Bon / Bon Dance August 11 6:00 pm / 7:00 pm
Kohala O-Bon / Bon Dance July 14 6:00 pm / 7:00 pm
Hawi O-Bon / Bon Dance August 4 5:00 pm / 6:00 pm
Maui Kahului Call Rev. John Hara
(808) 871-4911
(808) 244-0066
O-Bon / Bon Dance July 22 & 23 6:30 pm / 7:30 pm
Wailuku O-Bon / Bon Dance June 15 6:30 pm / 7:30 pm
Lahaina (808) 661-4304 O-Bon Service
Bon Dance
July 7
July 7
7:00 pm
8:00 pm
Kauai Kapaa O-Bon Service
Bon Dance
Toro Nagashi
June 3
June 8 & 9
June 24
10:00 am
7:30 pm
7:30 pm
Call Rev. Ishikawa
(808) 742-6735
Koloa O-Bon Service
Bon Dance
Toro Nagashi
July 1
July 6 & 7
August 5
10:30 am
7:30 pm
7:30 pm
2018 O-BON AND BON DANCE SCHEDULE
OF JODO SHU TEMPLES IN HAWAII
HBC Buddha Day Service at Soto Mission
The Hawaii Buddhist Council had an impressive Buddha Day Program
on Sunday, April 1, 2018. Music was sung by the Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii
Besuin Choir and the Soto Mission of Hawaii Baikako, similar to Jodo Shu
Goeka group, sang gathas (Hana Kuyo Gowasan and Shakuson Hanamatsuri
Gowasan) with bell ringing, very beautiful!
Representing Jodo Mission of Hawaii for the offering of flowers and
pouring amacha on Baby Buddha statue were Declan
and Jax and mother Mallika Guris (far left photo
shows Declan pouring amacha over Baby Buddha). Photo
on left is of Sophie, Jax and Declan in front of the
Hanamido at the entrance.
Gannenmono Memorial Service: At the end of
the Buddha Day Service, there was a special religious service in recog-
nition of those who came to Hawaii in 1868, 150 years ago. [continued on page 3]

3. Jodo Mission of Hawaii’s Hanamatsuri Service
On April 8, 2018, Jodo Mission had its
Hanamatsuri Service and sang “Hanamatsuri
Kodomo no Uta” (Buddha Day Children’s Song).
Traditionally, a Hanamido (shown on the right) is
decorated with flowers and everyone is able to
pour sweet tea or amacha on the Baby Buddha
statue.
Everyone then went to the
social hall for some games, actually one game
(memory card game for both children and adults). At first only the children
wanted to try, then it looked like fun and the adults tried and had some fun
too! The memory game (left photo) had to do with other Hanamatsuri photos
and everyone both adults and children had fun—everyone was a winner! This
card game was the idea of Stuart Nago to get both children and adults to
play together and it worked wonderfully!
During refreshments, entertainment was provided by koto
instructor Darin Miyashiro and Sophie Narashiba. They
played many beautiful songs and Sophie also did a solo.
Stuart Nago passed out sheets of 3 Japa-
nese children’s songs for a sing along:
Haruyo Koi (come, spring); Haruga Kita
(spring has come); and Hana (blossoms).
Bishop Narashiba then announced he
was giving Stuart Nago a new title of “Creative Events Coordinator” so he
can come up with different activities like the Hanamatsuri Day Program.
Strider, A’Marie & Sophie in front
of the Hanamido.
[HBC Buddha Day Service at Soto Mission (continued)]
Attorney Christine Kubota was the guest speaker. Ms. Kubota is Chair-
person of the Board of the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii. She talked
about the “Gannenmono”, celebrating 150 years since the first immigrants
came to Hawaii from Japan in 1868. She said there were 150 Japanese who
traveled from Yokohama and arrived on June 20, 1868 in Honolulu. They were
technically “illegal travelers” since the Meiji government did not permit overseas travel. Out
of the 150 Gannenmono who came, 7 passed away before their contract ended, 54 eventually
returned to Japan and among those who didn’t return to Japan, nearly half of them moved to
the mainland and the rest chose to settle in Hawaii. She expressed appreciation to Japanese
Counsel General Misawa who did most of the leg work regarding the Gannenmono. She men-
tioned on June 7, 2018 at the Sheraton Waikiki there will be an all day event to discuss the
Gannenmono group and there are many other activities scheduled for this 150-year celebration
Higashi Hongwanji sponsors four students from the Fukushima disaster
area of 2011 to come to Hawaii for a break from the devastation and this year
four girls came and spoke of their experiences since 2011 and being afraid of
radiation in the foods and water and the unknown after effects of radiation. It
seems not all is back to normal and they all have suffered and now would like
to go into nursing to help those who are suffering. Page 3

4. A n n o u n c e m e n t s
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May 13th Is Mother’s Day
(Haha No Hi)
Mother’s Day is celebrated as an expres-
sion of love and appreciation to mothers.
A Children’s Concert is being worked on.
Please come to our Mother’s Day Service
and bring your mothers and grandmoth-
ers on May 13 at 10:00 a.m.
Children’s Day (May 5)
In Japan, since 1948, May
5 has been a national holi-
day known as “Children’s
Day” or “Kodomo no hi”.
This national holiday in
Japan was
decreed to
celebrate the happi-
ness, health and
growth of all chil-
dren. Most notable
are carp shaped
streamers. The carp
was chosen because it
symbolizes strength and success and
according to Chinese legend, a carp
swam upstream to become a dragon.
Children’s Day
around the world.
Flowers Needed for Honolulu Meisho Senior YBA
Lei Making Project on Friday, May 25
Please bring plumeria, crown flowers or other small flowers for leis
or even the beautiful bougainvillea flowers to Jodo Mission on Thursday,
May 24, 2018. Any amount of flowers will be
greatly appreciated. Little bit here and little bit
there adds up.
Last year someone brought branches from this
bush (right photo). This plant also makes beautiful
leis combined with bougainvillea flowers and
crown flowers. You can be creative!
Everyone is invited to join us (even students, retirees, etc) on May 25, 2018 at
9 am in Ikoi Hall for tthe Memorial Day lei
making project, sponsored by the Honolulu
Meisho Senior YBA. Please come to help
sew leis for our veterans at Punchbowl Ceme-
tery and at the same time enjoy the fellowship
for this wonderful event! It can be very relax-
ing concentrating on your lei making. Lunch
will be provided. Thank you!

5. Jodo Mission Events Activities
As you have read on page 3 of this Bulletin, Bishop Narashiba has given
Stuart Nago a title of “Creative Events Coordinator”. Below please find
the following activities which we would like your response:
Classes beginning Saturday, May 5 at Stuart Nago’s Studio at Room 2210
(above Social Hall)
1) Ukulele: 9:30 to 10:30 am Interested ____ Not Interested ____
2) Voice (solo/group) 10:30 to 11:30 am Interested ____ Not Interested ____
Other activities, please indicate interested /not interested:
3) Chess Interested ____ Not interested ____
4) Ukulele making (made in Hawaii) Interested ____ Not Interested ____
5) Guitar Interested ____ Not Interested ____
6) Hula Interested ____ Not Interested ____
7) Line Dancing Interested ____ Not Interested ____
8) Piano Interested ____ Not Interested ____
9) Koto Interested ____ Not Interested ____
10) Card games (no gambling) Interested ____ Not Interested ____
(i.e. Hanafuda, Mahjong, Bridge Japanese Go)
11) Yoga Interested ____ Not Interested ____
12)` Hiking Interested ____ Not Interested ____
13) Picnic (volleyball, softball, etc.) Interested ____ Not Interested ____
14) Japanese Travel Etiquette Interested ____ Not Interested ____
15) Other suggestions:
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
Email response to:
hawaiijodo1894@gmail.com
Or mail or bring your response to Jodo Mission of Hawaii, 1429 Makiki St, Hon, HI 96814
Name: _________________________________________________________________
Address: _________________________________________________________________
Phone: _________________________________________________________________
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6. Jodo Mission Office Hours:
Monday to Saturday
8am—5pm
Sunday & Holidays
8am—3pm
Phone: 949-3995
Website: www.jodo.us
www.jodonewsletter.com
Rev. Kanjun Nakano
Resident Minister
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Hawaii Buddhist Council’s
Memorial Day Service
Everyone is cordially invited to the
Memorial Day Service, sponsored by the
Hawaii Buddhist Council:
When: date/time to be announced
Where: Punchbowl Cemetery
Hawaii Buddhist Council is made up of seven (7)
Buddhist denominations: Higashi Hongwanji Mission of
Hawaii, Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii, Jodo Mis-
sion of Hawaii, Koyasan Shingon Mission of Hawaii,
Nichiren Mission of Hawaii, Soto Mission of Hawaii and
Tendai Mission of Hawaii.
Bishop Yubun Narashiba
Additional Website
For more information about Jodo
Mission of Hawaii, please go to:
www.jodonewsletter.com
Thank you.
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 9:30am.
How to apply
Stop by the office, and fill out the application
form. Each name costs $200. After the applica-
tion is accepted, the name will be listed on the
record.

7. 1 Tome Iwamoto
Tome Toishigawa
The Ochiai Family
2 Bishop Buntetsu Miyamoto
Etsuo Nakagawa
Fusaye Mizuta
3 Mitsuyo Nakahara
The Fukunaga Family
Mitsuko Sakai
Carole Masako Yano
4 Eikichi Hirouji
The Miyamasu Family
Tamotsu Takaoka
Toshio Yoshioka
James Mitsuyoshi Uesugi
5 Sadaichi Mito
The Mito Family
Michie Makino(2)
The Makino & Okamura
Family
Morita Kokubun
6 Tokusaburo Fukuda (2)
The Fukuda Family (2)
Tora Kanayama (2)
The Kanayama Family
Hitoshi Nitta
Kamato Uyehara
Florence Tamayo Matsumori
Laurie T. Cho
Kazuo Karimoto
Kuma Tatei
Masaru Morimoto
7 Minetaro Katagiri
The Katagiri & Imamiya
Family
Tsuyako Kishii
Ross Kiyoshi Hirano
Satoru “Sugar” Miura
8 Toshiko Kusunoki
The Kusunoki Family
Tami Kawasaki
The Kawasaki & Nakagawa
Family
Tsuru Kitamura
The Kitamura Family
Yasuo Kagihara
Seki Tamura
9 Roy Shigeyoshi Kawafuchi
10 Sada Kurihara
The Kurihara Family
The Ajimura Family
The Ito Family (Stillborn)
Shinichi Takenouchi
11 Masataka Fukuda
The Fukuda Family
Shuzo Mitsutani
The Mitsutani Family
Ayataro Nambu
The Nambu Family
Kimiko Fujii
Kikuyo Hayashi
Kinuyo Matsui
Matsuichi Onaga
Hanako Kume
12 Konosuke Tsuda
The Tsuda Family
Kimie Takaoka
Mieko Takara
Yasu Oki
Kenji Otani
Kikuye Okamura
13 Imazo Nakai
The Nakai Family
Hikoichi Hirae
The Hirae Family
Moushi Uehara
Teruo Sawamura
Fumiko Yogi
Kenichi Hayashi
Teruo Sawamura
The Sawamura Family
Betty Oshita
Katsutoshi Kano
Akino Tamura
Kimiko Hayashi
14 Kiku Miyashige
The Goto & Miyashige
Family
Fui Yamato
The Yamato Family
Toshio Karamatsu
Kiku Matsumoto
Kura Harada
Shinichi Yanagihara
Mitsuko Takemoto
16 Kamekichi Hayashi
The Hayashi Family
Kozo Okamoto
Peggy Miyako Ogi
17 Hiromu Hayashi
Wallace Kazuyo Sakai
Helen Miyoko Fujikami
Tamashiro
Hanako Thelma Ogawa
18 Hatsuyo Yamamoto
The Yamamoto Family
Tadami Uemoto
Chizuko Koto
Haru Shimizu
The Kawabe Family
The Mitsujiro Kurashige
Family
Kiyoshi Narahara
19 Kamechiyo Uyehara
Fumio Fujiwara
Takayuki Nakamura
Kayoko Miyamoto
Toshiko Yamanaka
20 Sukeo Matsuno
The Matsuno Family
Hatsue Tsuda
The Tsuda Family
Kamei Akamine
Koan Takara
Haruyo Iwamoto
Benzo Takahashi
21 Fuji Yamamoto
The Yamamoto Family
Shigeko Fujikami
The Fujikami Family
22 Tsunekichi Tamanaha
The Tamanaha Family
Masuo Tomita
Alan Haruo Nakagawa
Howard Seishi Kobayashi
23 Hichizo Nishimura (2)
The Nishimura & Aoki Family
Harukichi Hirohama
The Hirohama Family
Ishi Onaga
The Onaga & Nakamura
Family
Tomoko Hayashi
Kenzo Hashimoto
24 Zensuke Yokomichi
The Yokomichi &
Kondo Family
Kaizo Goto (2)
The Goto & Miyashige Family
Kichizo Yamamoto
The Yamamoto Family
Takeji Ogata
Kiseno Nakano(2)
Satsuki Nakano
Kamazo Teruya
Natsu Muramoto
25 Keiichi Mineishi
The Mineishi Family
Kazuo Shidaki
The Shidaki Family
Yoshio Nishimura
Shinsuke Uchiumi
Minoru Yamane
Yonosuke Ikuta
The Takasawa Family
Jiroichi Otani
26 Senkichi Fukuda
The Fukuda Family
Fukuji Muranaka
Rikio Kunihisa
Mitsuki Kimoto
Toshiko Higa
Edward Toshimasa Fujikami
27 Kichi Hisamura
Torakichi Miyao
Takashi Saiki
Gladys Tomi Uemoto
28 Iro Yamane
Misao Yasuda
Shuso Gushikuma
Shurei Gushikuma
Kamaru Gushikuma
Kama Gushikuma
The Kusaki Family
29 Mayo Yamamoto
The Yamamoto &
Suzukawa Family
Yazaburo Shoji
The Shoji Family
Joji Sakaguchi
Tomiko Yamanaka
Haruo Kito
The Kito Family
Hatsuko Toishigawa
Sumie Ito
30 Tamezo Yanagihara
The Yanagihara Family
Heikichi Ichida
The Ichida Family
Setsu Yamamoto
Mackay Umeichi
Yanagisawa
Tsunejiro Iwamoto
Yoshiko Moritsugu
31 Hideo Kuniyuki
Ichiro Obara
Tahei Harada
EITAIKYO (Perpetual Memorial Service) for May
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O b i t u a r i e s
The Jodo Mission of
Hawaii extends its sin-
cere condolences to the
family members and
loved ones of the follow-
ing members who have
recently left this world
for the Pure Land.
Mitsugu Hisanaga 91
Joan Tsugiko
Hayamoto 94
Wilfred Seiji
Takabayashi 86
Janet Yoshiko
Morikawa 93

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Phone:949-3995
Website:www.jodo.us
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10amSundayService
NOSundayService
8:00-1:00pmBAZAAR
10amMemorialDay
Service
11:30amKiniandthe
MagicUke—SocialHall
ComingEvents:
June8-10:AlohaStateMeishoYBAConventiononOahu
July1:GeneralCleanup&O-TobaSetup—Weneedyourhelp
July13&14:O-BonServices;10:00amHatsubononly
2:00pm&7:00pm
July15:FinalO-BonService:10:00am
Aug17-18:JodoMissionBonDance
11:45amBoardMeeting
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inMay
SundaySchool
May13:10a.m.
Mother’sDayService
SewingCircle
May12&26
8:to11a.m.
YBA:LeiMakingProject
May25@9am
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