Jodo Mission of Hawaii Bulletin - MAY 2014 (#1210-0514) Jodo Mission of Hawaii 1429 Makiki St. Honolulu HI 96814 Address Service Requested 2014 BON DANCE SCHEDULE OF JODO SHU TEMPLES Island Temple Phone No. Dates Times Oahu Betsuin 949-3995 Aug 15 to 16 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm Haleiwa 637-4382 July 18 to 19 7/26: 8 pm – 10 pm 7/27: 8 pm – 11 pm Big Island [Hawaii] Kurtistown Call Rev. Miyazaki (808) 935-6996 August 2 8:00 pm Hilo July 19 to 20 7/12: 7:30 pm 7/13: 8:00 pm Hakalau August 16 8:00 pm Hamakua Call Rev. Wansa (808) 775-0965 August 9 6:30 pm Kohala July 12 6:30 pm Hawi August 2 6:30 pm Maui Kahului Call Rev. John Hara (808) 244-0066 August 9 7:00 pm Wailuku June 20 7:00 pm Lahaina (808) 661-4304 July 4 to 5 7:00 pm Kapaa (808) 822-4319 June 6 to 7 7:30 pm Kauai Koloa (808) 742-6735 July 18 to 19 7:30 pm
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Jodo Mission of Hawaii
Bulletin - MAY 2014
(#1210-0514)
Jodo Mission of Hawaii 1429 Makiki St. Honolulu HI 96814 Address Service Requested
2014 BON DANCE SCHEDULE OF JODO SHU TEMPLES
Island Temple Phone No. Dates Times
Oahu Betsuin 949-3995 Aug 15 to 16 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Haleiwa 637-4382 July 18 to 19 7/26: 8 pm – 10 pm
7/27: 8 pm – 11 pm
Big Island [Hawaii]
Kurtistown
Call Rev. Miyazaki
(808) 935-6996
August 2 8:00 pm
Hilo July 19 to 20 7/12: 7:30 pm
7/13: 8:00 pm
Hakalau August 16 8:00 pm
Hamakua
Call Rev. Wansa
(808) 775-0965
August 9 6:30 pm
Kohala July 12 6:30 pm
Hawi August 2 6:30 pm
Maui Kahului Call Rev. John Hara
(808) 244-0066
August 9 7:00 pm
Wailuku June 20 7:00 pm
Lahaina (808) 661-4304 July 4 to 5 7:00 pm
Kapaa (808) 822-4319 June 6 to 7 7:30 pm Kauai
Koloa (808) 742-6735 July 18 to 19 7:30 pm
Volunteer Office Worker Needed
We are in need of a volunteer office worker from June 1,
2014 to July 8, 2014 from 9 am to 2 pm on either Mondays or
Fridays. Duties include: answering the telephone, receiving reser-
vations for memorial services, taking messages, collecting pay-
ments, answering the Nokotsudo or Columbarium buzzer to let
someone in to visit the Nokotsudo. It is quite interesting. You get
to meet all kinds of people and at the same time, you will learn a lot
about Jodo Mission and Jodo Shu.
In preparation for the O-Bon season, the O-Tobas
need to be written and the minister needs to concentrate
on the O-Toba he is working on so having someone an-
swer the telephone while the minister is writing an
O-Toba or doing a memorial service or getting ready
for a funeral would be greatly appreciated. If you
are interested, please contact Rev. Narashiba
at 949-3995.
Getting Ready for O-Bon:
Many of you have signed up
for your O-Toba. Now, it may be time to think about
what you will offer at your
O-Toba.
Please share your family’s tradi-
tion regarding the O-Toba. There are
some families who probably coordi-
nate what they are bringing and what
type of container they are using. Some are so neatly stacked when so
many families come to the same O-
Toba. We would like to hear from
you. Thank you.
Special Needs: For those who do
not want to climb many stairs, see
below:
Elevator: Please note that we
do have an elevator which is located
on the seaside of the Temple. Please
ring the bell at the back door of the
Temple for assistance.
Service in Ikoi Hall: If you
would like to have your service on the first floor, you may do so by request-
the right and Choir Pia-nist Francis Okano is also
in the last row. Choir
Conductor Mari Muraka-mi is missing from this
photo. Also to the left
are Hitomi, Mayumi and Yatsuyo, although
Yatsuyo face is blacked.
Pouring sweet tea over
Baby Buddha is one of the
first thing one does at Bud-
dha Day Service
Bishop Ryokan Ara (HBC President) was the
Officiant at this service.
Everyone is listening to Dr. George Tanabe
Collection of Offertory—the volunteer students from
Punahou High School helped collect offerings.
A n n o u n c e m e n t s
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May 11th Is Mother’s Day
(Haha No Hi)
Mother’s Day is celebrated as an expres-
sion of love and appreciation to mothers.
Please come to our Mother’s Day Service
on May 11 at 10:00 a.m.
Flowers Needed for Lei Making
on Friday, May 23, 2014
Please bring Plumeria or other small flow-
ers for leis to Jodo Mission on Thursday,
May 22, 2014.
Everyone is invited to
join us on May 23, 2014
beginning at 8 am for our
Memorial Day lei making
project. Please come and
help us sew leis for our veterans at Punchbowl
Cemetery. Lunch will be provided.
Children’s Day (May 5)
In Japan, since 1948, May 5 has
been a national holiday known
as “Children’s Day” or
“Kodomo no hi”. This national
holiday in Japan was decreed to
celebrate the happiness, health
and growth of all children.
Most notable are carp
shaped streamers. The
carp was chosen because
it symbolizes strength
and success and accord-
ing to Chinese legend, a
carp swam upstream to
become a dragon. Children’s Day
around the world.
Service Project by Punahou Students
This year Jodo Mission was fortunate in having
eight students from Punahou High School choose
Jodo Mission for their service project to the com-
munity. The four girls below (Katelyn, Jodi,
Talia and Joy) came to our Buddha Day Service
and helped by folding programs to be passed out,
passed out programs, collected money for the
offertory, took many, many photos of our Buddha
Day Program, so much so they would like to do a
blog on the internet of our Buddha Day Service.
At the time this Bulletin went to press, specifics of
this blog was not known and we will pass the in-
formation in our next Bulletin. We appreciated
their help at the Buddha Day Service and at the
same time they learned that there is a day to cele-
brate when Buddha was born. Because they
learned so much,
hopefully they will
return or tell others
about this.
Photos to the right
are Andrea and
Odilia and Harri-
son and Kieko who
came to do some
yard work. Kieko is the granddaughter of long time
members Robert and Barbara Ashimine.
O b i t u a r i e s
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.
Yoshinobu Yamato 90
Harry Kyoichi Kishii 89
Jodo Mission Office Hours:
Monday to Saturday 8am—5pm
Sunday & Holidays
8am—3pm
Phone: 949-3995
Website: www.jodo.us
Rev. Yubun Narashiba Head Minister
Rev. Kanjun Nakano Resident Minister
Rev. Dwight
Nakamura Retired Minister
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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 dur-ing the morning service. The prayers will contin-ue each year for as long as Jodo Mission ex-ists. 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 applica-tion is accepted, the name will be listed on the record.
Bishop Gensho Hara Lahaina, Maui
Hawaii Buddhist Council’s
Memorial Day Service
Everyone is cordially invited to the
Memorial Day Service, sponsored by the
Hawaii Buddhist Council:
When: Monday, May 19
at 9:00 a.m.
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 Mission of Hawaii, Koyasan Shingon
Mission of Hawaii, Nichiren Mission of Hawaii,
Soto Mission of Hawaii and Tendai Mission of
Hawaii.
Hanamatsuri blog set up by
Punahou students is at http://hanamatsuri.blogspot.com/