The November 2010 issue of the monthly Jodo Mission of Hawaii Bulletin.

1. JODO MISSION OF HAWAII
BULLETIN - NOVEMBER 2010
(#1168-1110)
Jodo Mission of Hawaii
1429 Makiki St.
Honolulu HI 96814
Address Service Requested
JODO SHU CHIEF ABBOT
2011 Jodo Shu Calendar
SHUNEI TSUBOI PASSED AWAY
Live the Jodo Shu style each and
every day, sharing in the love and
compassion of Amida Buddha year
round with the messages of distin-
guished priests.
Calendar is for January through
December 2011
Free calendar is available.
Please order your calendar now
Our Jodo Shu Chief Abbot Shunei Tsuboi (81st before we run out
Chionin Monzaki) passed away on September 6th.
He was 95 years old. Official Jodo Shu funeral Please call Jodo Mission
was held on October 8th at Chionin Temple in
Kyoto. Bishop Gensho Hara represented Hawaii
of Hawaii at 949-3995
Jodo Shu at the official last rite. We will offer by November 10.
prayer for Chief Abbot Tsuboi at our O-Juya Ser-
vice on Sunday, November 14, 2010, at 10 a.m.
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2. LAYPERSONS’ & FUJINKAI Mark Nakamura (Hilo), Melanie Matsui
CONVENTION (Haleiwa), and Sam Gushiken (Koloa). The fol-
The 21st Layper- lowing is a summary of their presentations and
sons’ Association and discussions that lists general gaps, problems and
22nd Hawaii Rengo issues that arise because of these gaps, and sug-
Fujinkai Conventions gestions/ideas to start bridging those gaps.
were successfully held on I. Communication/language/cultural gaps:
Maui on September 17- Lack of communication between Kyodan,
19, 2010. About 80 peo- Fujinkai, and ministers, between members
ple participated (30 from of other temples, and between temple and
neighbor islands) in committee meetings, the greater community.
Fujinkai and Laypersons’ General Meetings, = Sermons need to be relevant to our
“Bridging the Gap” panel discussion. community and today as well as to
It was decided the next Layperson’s and younger generation (i.e. explain why we
Fujinkai Conventions will be held on Kauai in chant and offer incense). Make sermons
2012. pertinent to what is going on in the
world.
THANK YOU to Donald Fujii, President
of the Laypersons’ Association and also served = Members can contribute to newsletters
as Co-Chairperson of the Convention with and temple bulletin by submitting
Yayoi Hara. They did a wonderful job of co- articles and essays.
ordinating all the transportation to the hotel in = Making newsletters (i.e. Pure Land Life,
Lahaina as well as to the three temples on Maui Hawaii Buddhism) available online and
(Lahaina, Kahului and Wailuku) to attend the inviting community to activities online
various meetings and services. They also made and via local newspapers.
onolicious foods, including fresh caught papio, II. Gaps between people: Not enough new
and served us breakfast, lunch and dinner. people coming in (as well as loss of
Also, the fellowship with all the members of members who do not come any more).
the three temples as well as from the other is- = New people should be made to feel
land temples on the Big Island, Kauai and welcome
Oahu. = Hold extra curricular activities for
THANK YOU also to Valentina Watson members and invite friends to join such
who led the Fujinkai ladies in a discussion activities as golf club, sake tasting, and
about the future of the Hawaii Rengo Fujinkai cooking classes.
(statewide Fujinkai). Oahu has agreed to con- = Hold classes on Buddhism, not only for
duct the next Hawaii Rengo Convention meet- the members but for the general public.
ing on Kauai. III. Age and generation gaps:
Laypersons and Fujinkai Convention = Hold activities to create an environment
delegates continued the YBA Convention of sharing (i.e., Haleiwa has craft day,
workshop held in June of this year on the topic in which the Fujinkai teaches craft such
of “Bridging the Gap”. A panel consisting of as rug making).
Lyn Yamamoto (Wailuku) first briefly re-
capped the YBA workshop, followed by pres- Do you have any suggestions for new or differ-
entations by panelists Iris Nitta (Kahului), ent activities that would bridge the gap?
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3. MOCHI (Dec. 29) ORDER FORM おもち注文表
Deadline for order is Thursday, December 9, 2010
注文締め切り１２月9日
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MOCHI
With the New Year just around the corner it is once again time to order our delecta-
ble mochi. This year, we will be selling Okasane and Komochi. Please fill out the
mochi order form above. The deadline to submit your mochi order form is
Thursday, December 9th.
Mochi is to be picked up on:
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
From 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
And to those who would like to learn and make mochi with us, we will be making
mochi on Wednesday, December 29th from 7:00 am. This is a fun and memora-
ble experience for all, especially families (a family who makes mochi together
sticks together). Please come and join us. We look forward to seeing you.

4. ANNOUNCEMENTS
Meet Our New Minister O-Juya Family Service
Aloha everyone. It is nice to meet you. Will be held on Sunday,
November 14 at 10:00 a.m.
I am a new minister of Jodo Mission of Please do not forget your sweet treats
Hawaii. I arrived on October 11. My name to share with everyone. (But not leftovers
is Yasuhiro Watanabe. I came from Abiko from Halloween.)
City, Chiba Prefecture. I had a birthday on
September 3rd and I am now 35 years old. MOCHI ORDERS
I attended the graduate school of Waseda We apologize that we
University and majored in applied econom- must limit the amount of mo-
ics, especially the corporate governance chi each family can order.
system of Japanese firms. So I am familiar This is due to the lack of man-
with Japanese econ- power needed to complete the many orders
omy, history and cul- we receive and yet keep our prices down.
ture. If we can have more help, we can make
Then I made up more mochi. Mochi order form on page 3.
my mind to be a Bud-
dhist minister. I want New Format for Front Page
to contribute to many
Due to regulations from the US Postal
people to improve
Service, we have had to change the format
their lifestyle. I met a
of the Bulletin’s front page. Hope you
minister of Jodo Mis-
like the new format.
sion and talked to him about my thoughts.
He was willing to accept me and I became
his apprentice. Thanks to my master Koyo Sunday School
Hasuike, I began training as a minister and
We welcome children to join our
became qualified in December 2008.
Sunday School. Let’s enjoy studying
Now, I’ll try my best to work with all Onembutsu by doing various activities.
members of Jodo Mission of Hawaii and to 11/28/10 at 10:30 am
practice St. Honen’s teaching and Nenbutsu
chanting. Thank you for your attention.
NAMU AMIDA BUTSU. Fujinkai Meeting Sewing Circle
(Women’s Association)
Rev.Yasuhiro Watanabe No Sewing Circle
11/7 8:30 am
wxyz151a@gmail.com for November,
December, and
YBA Meeting January
No YBA Meeting
in November
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5. BAZAAR NEWS
MAHALO NUI LOA
Thank you, thank you to everyone who
volunteered their precious time to make
our annual Bazaar held on October 17, a
great success. It was an event of dedicated
members and friends who unselfishly came
for days to prepare the merchandise for the
Bazaar. The preparation involved the do-
nations by members and friends; the col- Lots of people and lots of things!
lecting/storage of these donations, the sort-
ing, displaying, pricing, selling and the
overall clean-up; the parking attendants; Lots of interesting
the planning and coordination of every things.
phase of the Bazaar; the pre-Bazaar prepa-
ration, i.e., the buying of foods for the
pickles and meals for the volunteers for the
whole week; and all the other incidentals
that come with a great project.
Two happy volunteers
It may have been a little overwhelming helping with the Plant
but the camaraderie, the fellowship, the Sale were Vivian
Aoki and Carol
renewing of old friends; the meeting of Yanagihara. Both
new friends, the sharing of stories and working hard in the
meals more than anything overcame all the hot sun.
sweat and hard work. Thank you again for
your tremendous sacrifice to this Bazaar,
another winner. ARIGATO!
♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫ Ki-Aikido
Jodo Mission of Hawaii Are you interested
Kids’ Choir “Malama” in learning more
First Kids’ Choir Class will begin on about Ki-Akido.
Sunday, November 14, 2010, at 11 a.m. If so, please contact
Any child ages 5 to 8 years old can join.
They will sing mainly Japanese songs and Lokahi Ki Society
Buddhist gathas. Practice will be in Japa- at www.LokahiKi.com or tele-
nese. phone (808) 372-7724 for chil-
♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫ dren & adult classes. Contact per-
son: Eric Kahalelehua Page 5

6. What is “Perpetual Memorial
Service?” (Eitaikyo) Obituaries
This record of a perpetual memorial ser- The Jodo Mission of Hawaii extends
vice and is called Eitaikyo in Japanese. its sincere condolences to the family
When the date of death occurs for a person members and loved ones of the following
listed on this record, the ministers pray for members who have recently left this
that individual during the morning service. world for the Pure Land.
The prayers will continue each year for as
long as Jodo Mission exists. Mike Shigeo Hara 89
Anyone can be included in it. You may put Yoshio Higashihara 95
your own name on the list, too. This also Fumiko Nishimura 90
helps when it is difficult to have memorial Yoko Watanabe Griner 77
services. We also welcome you to attend the Masumi Yano 78
morning service at 8:30am. Raymond Chikara Kanzaki 88
How to apply
Stop by the office, and fill out the applica- Wedding Services, Baby Blessings,
tion form. Each name costs $200. After the House Blessings are available
application is accepted, the name will be upon request.
listed on the record.
If you are planning to get married or
know someone who is planning a wedding
or if you would like to renew your wedding
vows, you are welcome to recommend our
Jodo Mission Office Temple. To pledge eternal love between
husband and wife to Amida Buddha is very
Hours: important.
Monday to Saturday Baby Blessings: May Amida Buddha’s
8am—5pm love surround our children with love.
Sunday & Holidays House Blessings: May your new house,
8am—3pm apartment, home be blessed.
Please call for an appointment.
Rev. Yubun Narashiba Rev. Kanjun Nakano Rev. Yasuhiro Rev. Dwight
Head Minister Nakamura
Resident Minister Watanabe
Retired Minister
Resident Minister
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7. Perpetual Memorial Service (Eitaikyo) for November
1 Gensaku Nakagawa Yoshio Kanehira Yoshi Yamanaka
The Nakagawa Family Mildred Asako Tsuda Taru Namihira
Hidetsugu Kanai
Sadao Hedani 10 Yoshisuke Miyakawa 21 Bishop Kyokujo Kubokawa
Masao Takeda The Miyakawa Family
Shinayo Kano 22 Wasa Hamada
2 Koichi Yoshiumi The Kano & Watabe Family The Hamada Family
The Yoshiumi Family Rev. Myoshun Hayashi Shina Karamatsu
Koichi Nakamura The Hayashi Family The Karamatsu Family
Jiro Masuda Shuichi Ota Minnosuke Ebisugawa
Kenjiro Ishii Clarence Katsuji Morimoto Mamoru Tatei
Tari Sato Fusae Oshita
11 Tsuru Teramoto Paul Shigeyuki Sakuda
3 Fuji Yoshisaki The Teramoto Family
The Yoshisaki Family Tamotsu Sugiyama 23 Matsue Inoue
Tsurue Hayase Soyo Nishida The Inoue Family
Yonoichi Kitagawa Sano Matsumoto
4 Kiichi Saiki Herbert H. Kano Yutaka Matsumoto
Kanji Kimoto Yoshiichi Takemoto
Emi Taira 12 Tomohei Tejima Kinji Yamamoto
The Tejima Family Takami Aoki
5 Kanichi Iwamoto Sueji Yano
The Iwamoto Family 24 Tatsuo Tsuda
Matsutaro Tanimura 13 Matsujiro Tsurusaki Yonezo Kitagawa
The Tanimura Family The Tsurusaki & Inada Family
Yuriko Sano 25 Tadao Nakamura
Yasuichi Hamasaki 14 Shiro Fukunaga Matsuyo Yamamoto
Katajiro Yamamoto Tsutomu Kuniyuki
15 Gentaro Arita
6 Kinroku Morita The Arita Family 26 Asako Yamamoto
The Morita Family Toyomi Moritsugu Kieko "Kay" Fuse
Jihei Shimokawa Kana Teruya Miyoko Matsumura
The Shimokawa Family Enosuke Kawasugi Noboru Tarumoto
Tokizo Fujita Rosalie Katsuko Nishimura
Tomi Tominaga 27 Chisaburo Azuma
16 Tora Otani The Azuma Family
7 Taeko Mizuno The Otani & Yanagihara Family Jane Hatsuko Higa
Mizuno & Ota Family Shosaku Yagi Hisako Kurakake
Tadahito Sakuda The Yagi & Okada Family
The Sakuda Family Kazuo Hayashi 28 Tameno Fujimoto
Shoichi Hisamura The Hayashi Family The Fujimoto Family
Kimiko Nobuji Koichi Ono Hatsuo Murao
Hatsue Gonhata The Ono & Yamada Family
Aki Ikeda Mitsuko Yanagihara 29 Junichi Oki
Kenji Sano Fumi Miyamoto Heizo Furukawa
8 Machida's Baby 18 Jinkichi Tanaka 30 Tsuma Ishida
Masao Uno The Tanaka & Noda Family The Ishida & Aimoto Family
The Uno Family Kimie Hashimoto Shizu Shigeoka
Bansuke Tomai Usanosuke Otani
The Tomai Family 19 Onsho Chinen
Tsutomu Hanano The Chinen Family
Kazuo Gonhata Saku Fukuda
Kazo Kubota The Fukuda Family
Mamu Iwasaki
9 Iwao Iwamoto Yaeko Uesugi
The Iwamoto Family
Natsu Kanemoto 20 Naka Iwamoto
The Kanemoto & Miyamoto The Iwamoto Family
Family Totaro Nomiyama
Otome Sugiyama Toyo Terada

8. 8:30am Morning Service Jodo Mission of Hawaii
Everyday November 2010 Phone: 949-3995
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5 6
10:30am Maunalani **3:15 pm Jodo Shu
Visitation Hour
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
8:30 Fujinkai Meeting
10am CCH visitation
10:00 Sunday Service
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Ministers & Minis-
ters’ Wives Work-
10:00 O-Juya Family Service shop
11:00 Children’s Choir **3:15 pm Jodo Shu
Hour
11:45 Board Meeting 1:00 pm Honen &
Shinran Play at Hawaii
Theater
21 Ministers & Ministers Wives
22 23 24 25 26 27
Workshop
NO SUNDAY SERVICE
1:00 Honen & Shinran Play
28 10:00 Sunday Service 29 30
10:30 Sunday School
HEALTH TIPS: COMING EVENT:
1) Wash your hands frequently. 12/5 9:00 am—HBC Jodo-e Service at Betsuin
2) Drink lots of water; eat lots of fruits and vegetables. 12/12 8:00 am—General Cleanup
3) If you cough or sneeze, please cover your mouth, use a Kleenex and then throw it away. 12/28: 9:00 am—Mochitsuki preparation
If you cover your mouth with your hands, please be sure to wash it right away or use a 12/29: 7:00 am Mochitsuki; Pickup: 12 noon to 4pm
hand sanitizer.
4) Try not to touch your eyes, nose and mouth. **Jodo Shu Hour Radio K-ZOO
5) If you are sick, stay home or try not to go to crowded areas where you may make others (AM1210Khz, Japanese station)
sick.