The monthly newsletter of the Jodo Mission of Hawaii for January 2017.

1. JodoMissionofHawaii
Bulletin-JANUARY2017
(#1242-0117)
JodoMissionofHawaii
1429MakikiSt.
HonoluluHI96814
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New Year’s Message from the Bishop:
Dear Members:
Wishing you a peaceful Happy New Year! May your year be filled with happiness and
good health!
Our Jodo Shu founder Honen Shonin taught us that by calling Amida Buddha’s sacred
name in our daily lives, we can live happy, enriching lives in gratitude with the feeling of
okagesama (“thanks to you”) through Amida Buddha’s protection and guidance, and when we
pass, Amida Buddha welcomes us to the Pure Land. In his final message, Ichimai kishomon,
Honen Shonin wrote, “Earnestly practice nenbutsu [call Amida’s sacred name].” This is the es-
sence of our founder’s teaching. When we say “Namu Amida Butsu,” Amida Buddha is always
with us—always comforting us, always giving us encouragement and hope.
When we wake up in the morning, let us put our hands together in gassho and say “Namu
Amida Butsu” as a reminder to be grateful for our lives this very day and endeavor to do our
best. At the end of the day, before we go to bed, let us put our hands together and say “Namu
Amida Butsu” in appreciation for our lives guided by Amida’s Compassion.
The Betsuin observes many services including Sunday service. It is my hope that through
your nenbutsu and prayers to Amida Buddha during the temple services
and visits as well as in your daily lives, you will have a prosperous and
fulfilling year in 2017!
With Gassho,
Bishop Gensho Hara

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New Year Message
“A Happy New Year!” “ Akemashite Omedeto Gozaimasu!” Congrat-
ulations! Another new year has opened up! First of all, I would like to
thank everyone for your help and support for Jodo Mission, especially I
would like to thank the volunteers who worked so hard last year. Because of
your help, the activities such as O-Bon, Bon Dance, Bazaar, Mochi Making
and so on were very successful.
I know the new year has just started, but I already have a favor to ask you.
We lost 127 members during the last year. As of the time of printing of this
bulletin, our membership is only 617. I am feeling a sense of danger about this unusual
decrease of our membership.
If you know anybody who can help us, such as your son, daughter, your niece or nephew,
your sister or brother, or even your friend, please let me know.
Also, if you have any idea to increase our membership, please let me know, too. We are
always open to your creative ideas.
Now, the door of 2017 is open! Let’s pray for more good things to happen during this
year. If you lost your beloved ones last year, let’s pray for them to be able to live their happy
and peaceful second lives in the Pure Land.
At the end of my message, I would like to thank again all of our members, supporters and
friends, and ask for your continuous support for Jodo Mission.
May Buddha keep on shining upon us and may you have a very Happy New Year!
In Gassho,
Rev. Yubun Narashiba
Jodo Mission of Hawaii
Head Minister
New Year Day Blessing
January 1, 2017
10:00 a.m.
Please join us for our first service of the new year on
January 1, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. As part of the first service of
the year, Rev. Narashiba will be blessing all persons who
attend: families, couples, individuals. This is a wonderful
way to begin the new year to be blessed for good health, good
luck, happiness, etc.
Other blessing services such as house blessing, car bless-
ing and etc. are available by appointment.

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MAHALO Thank you everyone who came for general clean-up of the Temple, includ-
ing the Hondo, Columbarium or Nokotsudo on December 11,
2016. Your hard work and dedication to the Temple are deeply ap-
preciated, especially with your aches and pains!
Thank you also to the Sunday School and Intermediate
YBA for the delicious pizza luncheon
and visit by Santa. The Sunday
School students dec-
orated gingerbread
cookies and ginger-
bread houses. Eve-
ryone had a wonder-
ful time! What an
enjoyable treat after general cleaning!
One happy
baby to see
Santa!
2017 New Year’s Jodo Mission of Hawaii President’s Message
Dear Members,
Akemashite Omedeto Gozaimasu! Wishing you a Happy New Year!
For 2017, my wish is for you to be filled with happiness a great majority of
the time.
In a perfect world, we could wish for happiness all of the time, but when we
think about it, without some suffering and challenges, life would become boring
and we would not have the experiences that make us appreciate life even more.
When we fail, we appreciate our efforts and all the ups and downs, so when we
do succeed, it’s oh so sweet and wonderful. Even the impermanence of life, the fact that our
time is limited in this living realm, encourages us to appreciate the present moment, so we
cherish our time with our loved ones, work passionately on projects that excite us, and
absorb the beauty of nature such as the sun setting into our beautiful blue ocean. We develop
a deeper gratitude through our understanding of impermanence so even when we lose a per-
son we love; we are able to generate positive energy by all those wonderful moments we
shared with that person, and it’s this energy that encourages us to live life the best that we
can with the precious time we have before us. Thus, suffering and challenges can be a fuel
for our happiness through our practice of gratitude. When you combine gratitude with all
your positive practices of the Eightfold Path – Right Understanding, Right Purpose, Right
Speech, Right Conduct, Right Livelihood, Right Endeavor, Right Thought, and Right Medi-
tation, you will be filled with joy.
With Warmest Aloha,
Jon Riki Karamatsu
President of Jodo Mission of Hawaii

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GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
As members of Jodo Mission of Hawaii, you are cordially welcome to attend the 2017
General Membership Meeting on Sunday, January 22, 2017 at 10:30 a.m., following the
Sunday Service in the temple. Please join us. Following the religious and business portion,
please join us for a New Year’s party (see below)
By-Laws Amendment to Jodo Mission of Hawaii:
At the General Membership Meeting on January 22, 2017, an Amendment to our By-
Laws will be discussed and voted on. Specifically, it is about our Board of Directors, Standing
Committees and Quorums. Membership on our Board of Directors has declined and it has
affected the Board of Directors quorum to effectively conduct its meetings as well as quorum at
our General Membership Meetings.
Revisions to consider are: 1) changing the Board of Directors from not less than 15 to not
less than 5 nor more than 30 Directors to be elected biennially for 2 years; 2) Standing Com-
mittees to consist of not less than 5 to not less than 3 members, all to be appointed by the Pres-
ident with the approval of the Board of Directors; and 3) Quorums at General Membership
meetings, the presence of [25] to 15 members of the Mission will constitute a quorum; and at
Board of Directors meeting, the presence of [9] to 5 directors will constitute a quorum.
PLEASE KEEP THIS DATE, WE WILL NEED YOUR VOTE!
Shinnenkai 新年会 New Year’s Party
Please join us for our New Year’s Party following the Annual General Member-
ship meeting. All members and friends are invited. Come and meet your Board
of Directors.
Date: Sunday, January 22
Time: 12:00 noon (after General Membership Meeting)
Place: Jodo Mission Social Hall
Hyakusai (100 year olds) 百 歳
We would like to honor all 100 year olds and older members at our New Year’s
Party. If you know of anyone who will be 100 years old or older by January 22 and
he/she will be attending the Shinenkai, please call Rev. Narashiba at 949-3995 with
the name of the member. Thank you.

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GYOKI-E CHUTOBA FORM 2017（御忌会中塔婆申し込み用紙）
Deadline: January 4, 2017
YOUR NAME（お名前）：＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿PHONE（お電話番号）：＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿
NAME OF DECEASED（亡くなった方のお名前）：
1._________________________________________________________
2.____________________________________________________________
3.____________________________________________________________
4.____________________________________________________________
One Chutoba is $ 7.00 × Total of Chutoba ＿＿＿＿＿＿ ＝ Total ＄＿＿＿＿＿＿
（中塔婆 1本 7ドル） （本数） （合計）
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
Order accepted by: _______________ Date accepted: _______/______/ 2017 (In person / Mail / By phone)
Received by: _______________ Date paid: _______/______/ 2017 (Cash / Check # __________ ) Write_______
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Gyoki-e (Honen Shonin’s Memorial Service)
Gyoki-e means the memorial service for Honen Shonin. Honen Shonin, who is the
founder of Jodo Shu, passed away on January 25th, 1212. He was 80 years old.
After Honen Shonin passed away, his disciples and believers started to have a
memorial service for him on the 25th of every month. The biggest ceremony was held
on 25th of January every year. This service was held not only locally in Kyoto but it
spread all over Japan. In those days, the word “Gyoki” meant the anniversary of the
deaths of the Emperors or their wives. The word “Gyoki” was such a respectable word
for the Emperor's family.
Three hundred years after Honen Shonin passed away, Emperor Gokashiwabara
mandated Jodo Shu to call the anniversary of Honen Shonin’s death “Gyoki”. Since
then, people called his annual memorial service “Gyoki”. This occasion implied that
Honen Shonin was clearly accepted and revered by the Emperor and the people.
Our Gyoki-e service will be held on January 15th at 10 a.m. Please join us.
Chutoba is available for this Gyoki-e service. At this service you may also honor
your deceased ancestors with a Chutoba prayer. See above for the Chutoba order
form.
Founder of Jodo Shu :
Honen Shonin
(1133-1212)
Gyoki-e Service
January 15 at 10 a.m.
____ I plan to attend service
____ I do not plan to attend
Hawaii Buddhist Council Bodhi Day Service
Rev. George Kosho Finch of Koyasan Shingon Buddhist denomination was
the guest speaker on Sunday, December 4, 2016. Bodhi-Day is the celebration
of Shakyamuni Buddha’s enlightenment attained under the Bodhi Tree. Rev.
Finch lives in Portland, Oregon, where he founded the Foundation for Shingon
Buddhism. Rev. Finch’s talk was on “Buddhism for a Polarized World”. After
the recent election, Buddhism teaches us that we must come together and live in
harmony with each other and all people of this country as well as the world as it
is constantly changing.

6. Jodo Mission Office Hours:
Monday to Saturday: 8am—5pm
Sunday & Holidays: 8am—3pm
Phone: 949-3995
Website: www.jodo.us
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Rev. Yubun Narashiba
Head Minister
Rev. Kanjun Nakano
Resident Minister
Bishop Gensho Hara
Lahaina, Maui
FAQ: How should we discard Kagami Mochi?
ANS: Because of the unique climate of Hawaii,
Kagami Mochi gets moldy much faster than in
Japan. Therefore, it is recommended to take the
mochi down after the first three holy days of the
New Year (i.e. on January 4th), although it is a
common practice in Japan to keep them until Janu-
ary 11th.
After you take them down, it is best to eat
them very soon. However, in Hawaii, it is quite pos-
sible that the Kagami Mochi is already moldy. In
that case, sprinkle a dash of salt on the Kagami
Mochi to purify them just like Sumo wrestlers puri-
fy the Sumo ring with salt and wrap them with
white paper such as paper towel, and then throw
them away.
Or you may soak the moldy Kagami Mochi in
water so the mold will easily rub off
the mochi and can be eaten in soups,
fried or can be cooked over the hiba-
chi.
Brain Health
Guest Speaker: Jody Mishan
January 29, 2017 at 10 a.m.
On Sunday, January 29, 2017, at
10 a.m., our guest speak-
er will be Jody Mishan
of the Hawaii Alzhei-
mer’s Disease Initiative,
University of Hawaii
Center on Aging who
will talk about brain
health for kapunas and
caregivers.
The human brain is such a fasci-
nating subject! As we grow old or
have older parents, grandparents, or
know some elderly people, this subject
affects all of us. Wouldn’t you like to
learn more? Please come and hear
Jody Mishan on Sunday, January 29,
2017.

7. 1 Sekitaro Hirohama
The Hirohama & Kawasugi
Family
Kenji Fujikami
The Hashimoto Family
The Ohara Family
Haruko Ikuta
Tsugio Takamatsu Family
Tomomitsu Kawamura
The Kawamura Family
Fukuda Tokusaburo’s Father
Hon-yo Jo-dai Shin-ji
The Fukuda Family
The Nakabayashi Family
Chukichi Asamura
Toyo Asamura
The Masuda & Asamura Family
The Yamasaki & Hara Family
The Yoshizaki Family
The Matsushita Family
The Aoki Family
The Sakuda Family
The Okamura Family
Stanley Satoru Morimoto
Tomoyo Yanagihara
2 Richard Hichiro Kawamoto
3 Hideo Toyoshiba
Yoshitaka Wada
4 Tamaru Muraoka
5 Kiyo Fujikami
The Fujikami Family
Shizuyo Morisako
Kasuke Yamane
Jiro Nakamura
Randall Loreg
The Loreg Family
The Morinaga Family
6 Kikuyo Yamasaki
Eiichi Fujita
Shigeharu Ohata
Sachiko Okada
7 Jiro Oyabu
The Oyabu & Kondo Family
Kazuko Nomiyama
Tetsuko Miyamoto
Kama Takara
Ruth Shigeko Tarumoto
Yurie Tanaka Buffins
8 Matsujiro Otani (1)
The Otani Family
The Yanagihara Family
Toshio Isoibe
The Isobe Family
Matsujiro Otani (2)
Taketo Sumimoto (1)
Juichi Uesugi
Fusataro Higuchi
Taketo Sumimoto (2)
Kenji Miyakawa
Nobu Kishimoto
9 Taka Tomonari
The Tomonari Family
Asa Hayashi
Hisako Takamura
10 Hiroko Yoza
The Yoza Family
Kami Higa
The Higa Family
Bishop Ninryo Nago
The Nago & Kunimoto Family
11 Tokoe Imaguchi
The Imaguchi Family
Hatsuko Hayashi
The Hayashi Family
Masakichi Teruya
Reginald Hisao Hisamura
Uichiro Ishii
Kohei Umeda
Matsuyo Yamamoto
Tadashi Yanagihara (2)
12 Heiji Fukuda (1)
Heiji Fukuda (2)
The Fukuda Family
Nagao Yamada
Shokichi Harada
13 Bishop Jiko Kuya
Shima Morita
Shizue Fujita
Shima Morita
Kinmatsu Nakagawa
14 Akitaka Chikamoto
The Ohta Family
Genzo Yanagihara
The Yanagihara Family
Tsuchiyo Kimoto
Miyoko Kaya
James Akira Tamura
15 Tane Nagata (1)
The Nagata Family
Sukeichi Kameoka
The Kameoka Family
Tane Nagata (2)
Mildred Misako Tanimura
Shizue Kimura
16 Take Shinagawa
Tomojiro Fujita
The Fujita Family
Kenji Iwamoto
Chiyoka Mizuno
Seiichi Shimamoto
17 Hanayo Taniguchi
Kame Okamoto
Moto Kawasugi
Nobuo Hayashi
18 Kiyomatsu Daitoku (1)
The Daitoku Family
The Kawauchi Family
Katsutoshi Takada
The Takada Family
Kiyomatsu Daitoku (2)
Itaro Kurihara
The Kurihara Family
Masao Ishii
Shoichi Ishida
19 Tai Kawano
The Kawano Family
Chiyo Tomai
The Tomai Family
Miyo Ueno
The Ueno Family
20 Shinazo Nishiguchi
The Nishiguchi Family
Noboru Ajimura
The Ajimura Family
Kiku Kimura
Yuriko Nishimoto
21 Sueko Higashimura
Kiku Kimura
The Kimura & Muroshige
Family
Masao Teruya
Takeo Yamane
Shimo Hatanaka
Hiroshi Furuya
Tsuneko Shintaku
Koichi Ronald Namihira
Aileen Mitsuyo Kishida
22 Masae Tanimura
Konoshin Kimura
Fukukichi Tatei
23 Shokichi Fukumoto
The Fukumoto Family
Takeo Yoshihara
The Yoshihara Family
The Tanaka Family
Jiro Kiyama
Ralph Toshiaki Hashimoto
Terry Kazuo Yorimoto
24 Heikichi Isobe
The Isobe Family
Machi Yokoyama
The Yokoyama & Morita Family
Toranosuke Kinoshita
Tane Kinoshita
The Kinoshita Family
Tsune Aoki
George Masao Tanaka
Helen Katsuko Ito
Tetsuo Shinohara
25 Taka Fukuda
The Fukuda Family
Saiichi Hyodo
Joseph Yoshihiko Fujihana
Sadako Oki
Teruko Mamiya
The Sato Omura Family
Takeshi Tanaka
26 Take Arita
The Arita Family
Haruo Nakamura
The Nakamura Family
Kimio Yagi
The Yagi Family
Sueyoshi Yanagihara
Yoshi Yamamoto
Chester Takeo Kaita
27 Seiichi Fujimoto
The Fujimoto Family
Takeshi Sato
Charles Shoichi Kimura
Hiroko Nakano
Yoshiro Ohta
The Ohta Family
28 Yoshie Sato
The Sato & Suzuki Family
Sae Higashimura
The Higashimura Family
Tome Yamanaka
The Yamanaka Family
Chizuko Saeki
Sadamu Iwamoto
Yooko Fujimoto
29 Tomo Isobe
Hana Kinoshita
The Kinoshita Family
Jisaburo Kanemoto
The Kanemoto & Miyamoto
Family
Kansuke Shintani
Fusao Taniguchi
Ralph Hitoshi Tanaka
Toshito Fukuda
Hisayo Higashi
30 Kumaichi Tomonari
The Tomonari Family
Tsunejiro Kawasaki
The Kawasaki & Nakagawa
Family
Ine Yoshizaki
The Yoshizaki Family
Tomota Kakehashi
Masao Kume
Akio Matsuda
Kiyoshi Kamimura
Barbara Okimoto
Stanley Takayuki Ajimura
31 You Kawamura
The Kawamura Family
Shizuko Aoyama
Kaname Yamanaka
Takeo Tanaka
Shigeno Ohara
Perpetual Memorial Service (Eitaikyo)
For January
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.
Kameyo Kurakake 94
Tameko Morikawa 83
Helen Hatsuye Wachi 96
Agnes Chieko Sunabe 87
Ronald Kosei Gushiken 88

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9:30amMorningService
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January2017JodoMissionofHawaii
Phone:949-3995
Website:www.jodo.us
10:00amFamilyService
11:00amSundaySchool
11:45amBoardMeeting
10:00Gyoki-eService
(HonenShonin’sMemorial
Service)
COMINGEVENTS:Feb.12,2017Nehan-eFamilyService
Feb12,2017DenDenMushiPanelTheaterStudents
Feb26,2017FujinkaiNewYear’sparty
10amSundayService
10:30GeneralMembershipMtg
11:30amNewYear’sParty
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willalsojoinparty)
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Jan.8:8:30amIkoiHall
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