Jodo Mission Bulletin - March 2016
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This bulletin from the Jodo Mission of Hawaii provides information about upcoming events and recent visits from universities in Japan. It announces that an animated film about Honen Shonin will air on TV and encourages members to watch. It also summarizes visits from Taisho University and Josai International University students and their interactions with temple members. The bulletin includes details about an upcoming Higan service and related memorial services. It provides membership and contact information.
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Jodo Mission Bulletin - March 2016
- 1. JodoMissionofHawaii Bulletin-MARCH2016 (#1232-0316) JodoMissionofHawaii 1429MakikiSt. HonoluluHI96814 AddressServiceRequested Our Master Honen Kiku TV: March 12 at 8:00 pm The English version of the animated depiction of the life and teaching of Jodo Shu founder, Honen Shonin, entitled “Our Master St. Honen”, created by our Grand Temple—Chion-in, will be shown on Kiku TV on Saturday, March 12, 2016 at 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. This movie is part of Jodo Shu’s ob- servance of the 120th Anniversary of the arrival of Jodo Shu’s pioneer ministers—Rev. Taijo Matsuo and Rev. Gakuo Okabe (in 1894). The movie was shown around the same time in March 2015 but the animation was only in Japanese. So please make every effort to make time to watch this interesting movie!
- 2. VISITATION BY TAISHO UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, JAPAN Page 2 Eleven students from Josai International University of Chiba Prefecture, Japan also came to Jodo Mission on Feb- ruary 14, 2016. They were accompanied by Professor Sadayuki Tokoro. The stu- dents were very much inter- ested in meeting temple members. They too enjoyed the spam musubi! While en- joying refreshments, they were able to talk to our mem- bers. They enjoyed Maui dur- ing their visit and they want to come back to Hawaii. Jodo Mission was privileged to have visitors from two universities from Japan on Sunday, Janu- ary 14, 2016: Taisho University Professor Jundo Nagashima and coordinator Toshimichi Sakurai accompanied 16 students to Hawaii. It is so nice to be so young! The future Buddhist ministers and nuns of Tendai, Shingon and Jodo Shu. Bishop Gensho Hara is an alumnus of Taisho University and the students heard a lecture by Bishop Hara . Rev. Norimasa Nakamura, visiting graduate student studying at the University of Hawaii, is also an alumnus of Taisho Uni- versity. The students were so happy to be in Hawaii and they enjoyed our spam musubi! Nehan-e Service (memorial service for Shakyamuni Buddha) was held at this time and the stu- dents were fortunate to see the beautiful scroll of when Buddha passed away. This scroll is taken out once a year for this memorial service. VISITATION BY JOSAI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
- 3. Spring Higan Chutoba Form (彼岸会中塔婆申し込み用紙) Your Name(お名前) : Phone（電話）: ______________ Name of Deceased （亡くなった方のお名前）： 1. 2. 3. 4. One Chutoba is $7 X Total of Chutoba = Total $ （中塔婆1本7ドル） （本数） （合計） Please make checks payable to “Jodo Mission of Hawaii”. DEADLINE: Sunday, March 15, 2016 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY Order accepted by Date accepted / / (In person/ Mail / By phone) Received by Date paid / / (Cash/ Check # ) Write Spring Higan-e Service The word “Higan” literally means “the other shore” in Japanese. One shore represents this world which we are in, and the other shore “Higan” represents Amida Buddha’s Pure Land. The river represents the bad mind we all possess. The concept is that we practice the teaching to reach the other shore across the river. We have two Higan seasons in a year. One in the spring, the other in autumn, as Higan is held during the week of the spring and autumn equinox. Shan Tao, one of the high ranking priests of Jodo Buddhism in China said that the sun sets due west during the equinox thus it is a good opportunity to think about Buddha’s Pure Land which exists far away in the west, as well as appreciate our ancestors who are also there. Please join us in crossing the river to the other shore as we think about Buddha’s Pure Land and respect for our ancestors. Our Higan Service will be held: Sunday, March 27 at 10 am On that day, Chutoba prayers will be conducted during the service. If you request a Chutoba, please fill out the form on this page, and send it to or drop it off at the Jodo Mission office. One Chutoba is SEVEN dollars. Please make your check payable to “Jodo Mission of Hawaii.” Page 3 Higan Service March 27 at 10 a.m. ____ I plan to attend service ____ I do not plan to attend
- 4. Tonkatsu Sandwich: Have you ever eaten a tonkatsu sandwich? It is almost like eating tonkatsu with rice, except it is between two slices of bread. Chinatsu Maeda (left photo; husband is Tatsuji Maeda of Japan Memorial) will be here to help make tonkatsu sandwich for the Fujinkai-sponsored Food Fair on Sunday March 13, 2016 . Food Fair will begin at 10:30 am (after 10 am service) and will end at 12:30 pm. Photo on right is a sample of what the tonkatsu bento will look like. The slices of pork in this sample is pretty large and quite filling! As you can see from the photos, it is fried, patted down to get out the excess oil and a special tonkatsu sauce is poured on the tonkatsu. Very delicious! Page 4 HAWAII STATE JODO SHU FUJINKAI SCHOLARSHIP Namiye Nakamura Scholarship The Hawaii State Jodo Shu Fujinkai offers a $1,000 Namiye Nakamura Scholarship to a Hawaii high school graduate or a member of the temple who wishes to further his/her education toward a de- gree or advanced degree in an accredited college or university. The applicant for the scholarship must meet the following criteria: 1. Priority will be given to an applicant who participated regularly in his/her Jodo Mis- sion temple activities. 2. Be an active member of his/her respective Jodo Mission. 3. The applicant should be a student graduating from a high school in Hawaii. If there are no gradu- ating students applying, any applicant continuing his/her education may receive the scholarship. 4. Be accepted at an accredited university or institution of higher learning. 5. Possess good moral character and leadership potential. 6. Submit an application by April 15th. The family or legal guardian of the applicant must currently be a member of his/ her respective Jodo Mission. Financial need will be considered. Determination of the scholarship recipient will be made by a Scholarship Committee. If there are any questions about the scholarship, please consult Rev. Yubun Narashiba at 949-3995.
- 5. General Membership Meeting On Sunday, January 24, 2016 at the General Membership Meeting, Presi- dent Jon Riki Karamatsu thanked the membership for their support of the temple events not only in monetary contributions but also volunteering their time and en- ergy for the recent mochi making in December, Bon Dance in August and Bazaar in Octo- ber. He read a list of 19 new members in 2015. He asked for everyone’s continued sup- port in 2016. He spoke of gratitude in Buddhism and to focus on what we do have—get some sun- light, go walking, this is a beautiful world, think positively. There is a lot of positive things in life, don’t dwell on the past and go forward. Things that are troubling you may not be as bad as you may think if you just try to think positively! Go walking around the block or try your sense of smell with aroma therapy you might feel better. Rev. Narashiba announced that 2019 Jodo Shu will celebrate 125 years in Hawaii. In commemoration of this event, a tour to Japan in 2019 is being planned with a visit to the Grand Temple Chion-in. The tour will cover the path which St. Honen took. So his sug- gestion is to save your money and let’s go! Shinnenkai—New Year’s Party: At the Shinnenkai, we did not have any Hyakusai members (100 year olds). There may be a few 100 year olds members out there who for some reason or another could not attend. Whoever did not attend the New Year’s Party missed out on a very nice party. There was lucky number, and of course BINGO and won- derful prizes. And the food was delicious! Aki Nishiyama and ladies did a wonderful job of nishime, miso tako, sushi, sekihan, fried mahimahi, BQ chicken, gunlo mein, vegetable tempura, potato-mac salad and wonderful deserts! We had entertainment by Duane Miyashiro and his wife and Sophie Narashiba playing the koto. There was special song where you could hear the wood- pecker tapping and the river water swishing. Then there was BINGO and lucky number. Below Jo Ann Matsuo worked with Skyler, Sophie and A’Marie to call out BINGO numbers and Skyler, Sophie and A-Marie passed out wonderful prizes! Please join us next year for our annual New Year’s Party! Page 5
- 6. 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. Margaret Namiko Morikawa 95 Douglas Hiroshi Shishido 84 Jodo Mission Office Hours: Monday to Saturday 8am—5pm Sunday & Holidays 8am—3pm Phone: 949-3995 Website: www.jodo.us Page 6 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 morn- ing 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 wel- come you to attend the morning service at 930am. 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. Rev. Yubun Narashiba Head Minister Rev. Kanjun Nakano Resident Minister Bishop Gensho Hara Lahaina, Maui Membership Dues (Gojikai) REMINDER: If you have not paid your membership dues ($60) this year, please be sure to do so by making your check payable to Jodo Mission of Ha- waii (mail to 1429 Makiki Street, Honolulu, HI 96814). Thank you.
- 7. Perpetual Memorial Service (Eitaikyo) for March 1. Fusa Sato The Sato & Suzuki Families The Matsushita Family 2. Kazuo Ishizaki Haruo Shigeoka Masao Hayashida Setsuko Tsuda 3 Hideo Shoji The Shoji Family Yoshima Takabayashi (2) The Nanbara Family The Tanigawa, Hirano,& ’ Hisano Family The Namba Family 4. Kuma Tabata Mume Yamamoto Kuni Ishikawa 5. Matsue Nakamura Yukio Hisamoto The Hayashi Family Toshisuke Terada Margaret Chieko Iwamoto Sadae Kanehira Shigeno Toyofuku 6. Bishop Enjo Ito Hideo Kubota Kaoru Kusunoki Chiyo Iwamoto Tsugio Aoki (2) Ruiko Kaita 7. Kiku Yagi The Yagi Family Makoto Tanaka The Tanaka Family Hiromu Higa The Higa Family Kikue Tanaka The Tanaka Family Kenichi Kinoshita Masao Hashimoto Hideo Sugihara The Sugihara Family Kamado Taira 8. Hatsuno Daitoku The Daitoku & Fujimoto Family Yoshi Imamoto The Iwamoto & Kawakami Family Gisaburo Kawamura The Kawamura Family Satoru Takitani Tadao Yoshimoto 9. Sumie Chikamoto The Ota Family Seiichi Takaoka Masao Watanabe Gohichi Hifumi Sam Takaoka Toshikado Kimura 10. Chotaro Fujise Fujise & Kobayashi Family Fushi Shintaku The Isogai Family Harriet Nomiyama De St. Martin 11. Seikichi Teramoto The Teramoto Family Mami Kumagaya Shizuko Kubota Yoshiko Oshiro Ono Iwamoto Kazue Kishida 12. Taikichi Yamane Clara Asami Tominaga Ruth Chieko Sakuda 13. Benshiro Tanimura The Tanimura Family Kunisuke Higashimura Mume Yanagihara Seitaro Komiya Tetsumi Fujimoto (2) Rui Hara The Hara Family Fujino Imada Barney Rio Hiroshi Higaki Kathleen Kazuko Yoshimoto 14. Eijiro Hara Satoshi Shinagawa Yuku Nakamura 15. Hachizo Aoki The Aoki & Kimura Family Naoyuki Hara Hara Family Asajiro Asai Omoyo Nagano The Nagano Family Hajime Aoyama Harunori Ohara Suematsu Namba 16. Hanako Kanehira The Kanehira Family Shigeo Sakuda (2) Chizuko Yasumoto Masato Kawano Robert Katsuhiko Sumida Kikutsuchi Tarumoto Calvin Sakae Murashige 17. Seiichi Yanagihara The Yanagihara Family Tadako Kunimoto Kunimoto & Nago Family Edwin Seimu Matsumori(2) Mieko Nomiyama Tsuchiyo Fujimoto Tokuichi Ohara 18. Moyo Iwamoto Matsuyo Hamada Inouye Eisaku Asaumi Shuso Saiki George Aoki Hisayo Kawaoka 19. Umeki Matsumori The Matsumori Family Tsuru Fukuda Ototsuchi Yamanaka Yamanaka Family Ikuzo Kuniyuki Yoshinobu Yamato 20. Ichiyuki Mizuno The Mizuno & Ohta Family Asakichi Iwamoto Iwamoto Family Zennoshin Yoshioka Masue Yagi 21. Masuji Kajioka The Kajioka & Morita Family Shima Nakagawa The Nakagawa Family Bishop Shinjun Shimizu Gonsuke Nakahara 22. Asano Fujikami The Fujikami Family Suegusu Matsuo The Matsuo Family Ishi Onaga The Onaga & Nakamura Family Heijiro Furumoto Ito Nakamoto Rev. Shutetsu Uenoyama Chiyoko Umezu Yoshikata Hayashi Jean Yachiyo Soma Baba 23. Miko Kawano The Kawano Family Kazu Nakai The Nakai Family Midori Uno Sadami Suehisa George Choji Miyagawa 24. Rikuo Masuoka The Masuoka Family Hanako Yanagihara Torae Miyao Shigeki Hirono 25. Chiyo Nishimura The Nishimura Family Kimie Umemoto (2) The Umemoto Family Tetsubei Ishimoto The Ishimoto & Akimoto Family Nobuo Nakamoto The Nakamoto Family Kichizo & Kikue Miura Shizuno Uyehara Mizuko Sankichi Umemoto Suyekichi Watanabe 26. Yukiko Takeda The Takeda Family Satoru Iguchi Giichi Hayashi Stephen Toshiichi Kotake Howard Masuji Tasaka Kiyo Ota 27. Yukitsuchi Morikawa The Morikawa Family Kiyoe Kakehashi Asae Okamura 29. Muta Chinen (2) Satoshi Ukeda Shizuno Ebisuzaki 30. Bishop Shinko Nakajima Setsu Yamamoto Betsy Yoshiko Kubota Kikuyo Lila Uyeharu Betty Sun Ogata 31. Kamenosuke Kinoshita The Kinoshita Family Aki Fukuda The Fukuda Family Nao Fujita The Fujita Family The Nakamura Family