June 30: DEADLINE: Chutoba & Chochin Orders

June 30: O-Toba Set Up & General Cleaning - YOUR HELP IS NEEDED

July 12-14: O-Bon Services

Aug.16-17: Bon Dance

Friday, July 12 10:00 am (Hatsubon only)

2:00 pm & 7:00 pm

Saturday, July 13 10:00 am (Hatsubon only)

2:00 pm & 7:00 pm

Sunday, July 14

10:00 am

O-Bon Service Schedule

Important Dates

SEE Page 9 for Chutoba and Chochin order forms >>>>

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Jodo Mission of Hawaii

1429 Makiki Street Honolulu HI 96814 Address Service Requested

Jodo Mission of Hawaii

Bulletin - JUNE 2013

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O-Bon Service Schedule

O-Bon Services will be held as follows:

Friday, July 12 – 10:00 am (Hatsubon Families Only)

2:00 pm & 7:00pm

Saturday, July 13 – 10:00 am (Hatsubon Families Only)

2:00 pm & 7:00pm

Sunday, July 14 – 10:00 am

Sign up for O-Bon Service will begin 1 hour before 2 pm and 7 pm services. This is on a first come first serve basis. NO phone orders will be taken.

Closing Service will be on Sunday, July 14 at 10:00am. After Closing Service, cleanup will begin.

Parking Attendants Needed: We are in need of at least 6 parking attendants for each 2 pm and 7 pm services. Please call Jodo Mission at 949-3995 if you are able to help direct cars to parking spaces. We appreciate your help.

O-Toba Service Appointments: If you wish to have prayers offered in front of your O-Toba, appointments will be accepted from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm from Wednesday, July 3 to 10 a.m. on Sunday, July 14, 2013.

Announcements

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Parking Lot Repaving: From July 22 to August 1, there will be no services held at Jodo Mission due to the

repaving of our parking lot.

As you can see, we have done a lot of patch work here and there to cover holes due to rain. We are finally going to repave our entire parking lot. Anyone needing to have memorial services held during this period will be asked to schedule them either before or after these dates.

We apologize for this inconvenience but we do want to complete this job before our next big event which is the Bon Dance in August and before more rain comes in winter. Thank you very much for your patience!

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Introduction of Sho-ryo Dana in O-Bon

Butsudan

1) Incense: Purify the area of Sho-

ryo Dana with the smoke of in-

cense

2) Flower: Flower is a symbol of

purity. There are numerous flow-

ers in the Pure Land.

3) Water: Water is a symbol of of-

fering. The offered water is

called “AKA” that is translated

from a Sanskrit word “Argha”,

the most valuable thing.

4) Candle: A candle light is show-

ing us the light of wisdom and

compassion of Amida Buddha.

5), 6) Cucumber and Eggplant

with sticks: With a Cucumber,

make a horse (using sticks) for

your ancestors to return home

early. Make a Cow with an Egg

plant (using sticks) for them to

return to the Pure Land slowly.

7) Mizu-noko: The fresh cut egg-

plant and cucumber with washed

rice. Offering food in prayer to

help everyone from hunger in any

realms. (Optional)

8) Some rice in a bowl of Water

and a leaf of Lythrum ancepts:

This expands food limitlessly.

(Optional)

9) Nishime without meat: A tradi-

tional Japanese food used as mon-

asterial food called Sho-jin

Ryo-ri.

10) Somen noodle: Somen noodle is

a symbolic food for longevity.

11) Fruits and vegetables: Offer

gifts of nature to Buddha and

ancestors.

12) Mochi or any favorite food: Offer gifts of nature

to Buddha and ancestors.

13) Bamboo grass: Protection to keep away the bad

spirits from the Sho-ryo Dana.

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Getting Ready for O-Bon: In the May issue of our Bulletin, we

asked if you would share some of your family’s tradition regarding

offerings at your O-Toba. Most people offer flowers, fruits and vegetables,

candies and drinks. Each O-Toba has about a 6 inch by 6 inch

space for you to work with; otherwise you are into someone else’s space. The photo at left shows someone with flowers and fruits

and as you can see there is not a lot of space.

Marie Otani was gracious enough to share some of her family’s customs:

While the O-Tobas are up during the O-Bon season, it is important and customary

to attend to the O-Tobas, similar to caring for gravesites or niches. Over the many O-Bon seasons that our family has observed at Jodo Mission, we

have developed our style of caring for our O-Toba. We typically attend to those tasks

as soon as the O-Toba is set up, usually on the Sunday before O-Bon services start.

Flowers are placed at the base of the O-Toba. The temple sets up a basin and

makes available empty glass jars near the fence facing the freeway. But during the

year, our family sets aside suitable jars and we use those instead, leaving the available

jars for others who forget or don’t have suitable containers. To keep them from tipping

over with our trade winds, we tie the jars loosely to the base of the O-Toba. Tall peanut jars fit nicely in the space below the O-Toba and have an indentation in the middle

which keeps the rope from slipping off. To help the flowers stay fresher longer, we cut

the flower stems under water.

Food for the ancestors is placed on the shelf in front of the O-Toba. We typical-

ly get oranges since they last longer and are resistant to the weather. To prevent the

orange from rolling on the shelf, we put the orange in a paper bowl. To allow rain

water to drain, we poke holes in the base of the bowl. Then we attach the bowl to the shelf with a little tape, being careful not to block the drain holes. Blue painter’s tape

leaves little or no residue.

THANK YOU Marie for sharing. Please note that everyone is welcome to use

the empty bottles provided near the water basin usually located near the fence fac-

ing the freeway as Marie mentioned above.

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Continued from page 7:

next year, it will be the same ritual, but different. You will be older, stronger or weaker, but

wiser. So we should cherish and treat each person, each daily activity and encounter with

courtesy and kindness. Maybe not so comfortable, but soon, part of us.

So, today, this is the first time for me to offer amacha to Oshyakasama here with you,

and to remember, “Ichi go ichi e.” COL Walter Ozawa

Kurtistown Jodo Mission First Step Preschool

Kurtistown First Step Preschool: On April 28, 2013, Kurtistown Jodo

Mission had a dedication of their new First Step Preschool. Rev. Bunyu Shirahata,

Chairperson of Jodo Shu Preschool/Kindergarten Association in Japan sent the follow-ing message:

Mr. Neil Gyotoku,

Director, First Step Preschool

I would like to express my congratulations on the opening of the First Step Preschool.

On behalf of Jodo Shu Preschool/Kindergarten Association, consisting of about 430

schools that provide early education with the spirit of Honen-sama, I would like to of-

fer a message of solidarity.

I understand that church members, all the parties concerned, and Rev. Miyazaki have

overcome many hardships in order to open the First Step Preschool. This is a very

happy occasion not only for you but for us, the Jodo Shu Preschool/Kindergarten

Association members, that your effort has borne fruit today.

Hawaii and Japan are physically very far from each other; however, I am hoping to

build good relationships under the one spirit of Honen-sama. I am praying that the First Step Preschool prospers as an indispensable facility for the local community and

its children.

In Gassho,

Rev. Bunyu Shirahata

Chairperson of Jodo Shu Preschool/Kindergarten Association

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Sewing Circle:

June 8 and 22

at 8:00 a.m.

Any person interested is

welcome to participate

SUNDAY SCHOOL

No Sunday School in June & July

Fujinkai Meeting (Women’s association) 6/2/13 @ 8:30 a.m.

YBA Meeting

NO YBA

Meeting in June

♪ ♪ Jodo Mission of Hawaii ♪ ♪

Children’s Choir “Malama”

こども合唱団マラマ

No Malama Children’s Choir in June,

July and August

♫ ♪ Ukulele by Stuart Nago ♫

Please come and enjoy

ukulele music by Stuart

Nago on Sunday, June 16

at 10:00 a.m. after Sunday

Service. He may also play

his guitar or introduce a new

song he wrote.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Father’s Day June 16th is Father’s Day

We always remember our Mothers, but do

we always remember our Fathers? What do you

remember about your Father, Dad, Daddy, Otoo-

san?

Please come to our Father’s Day Service and honor

your father by your presence on June 16th at 10 a.m. Punahou Students came to help:

Katie and Travis came one day as a

service project to help with cleaning

the temple grounds.

THANK YOU Katie and Travis.

Hope you come back soon!

Mother’s Day Photos

Above are Sunday School students, Takeru, Skyler, A’Marie,

Himaware and Sophie with Sunday School coordinators Kay

Oshiro and assistant Jo Ann Matsuo. Sunday School and the

Intermediate YBA, consisting of the Oshiro family provided

a wonderful lunch for everyone to enjoy. Red carnations

were given to all mothers. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

[Apology for not having any photos of Sunday School

Mothers.]

Hanamatsuri Guest Speaker

COL Walter Ozawa

On April 28, 2013, COL Walter Ozawa was our

guest speaker. If you were not here to listen to his

talk, you missed out on a very personable person

who met almost everyone here and a wonderful

speaker. Some remembered him from many years

ago when he was our guest speaker.

Sketch to the right is a self-portrait by COL

Ozawa himself. His son, Ryan Ozawa, serves on

the Jodo Mission Board of Directors.

Below are portions of his talk:

Today is a happy day. An omedetai day! For millions of Buddhists, we remember today

as the birthday of Oshyakasama, Siddhartha Gautama, Amida Buddha. My father was a

Soto Zen priest, and so I, of course attended many Hanamatsuri services. And like you,

poured amacha or sweet tea over Amida Buddha in a hanamido. And like most of you, my

childhood memories include decorating the hanamido with flowers, and listening to stories

about when Prince Siddhartha Gautama who was born in Lumbini Garden, India, and who

grew up to become the Enlightened One, Shyakamuni Buddha.

I just returned from a short visit to Fukuoka, Japan, to accompany my wife to Itoshima

City Hall to receive a copy of her father’s koseki , or family register. He was born in Hatae

machi, and my wife’s maiden name is Hatae, and while we are all familiar with her mother’s

family since she was born in Hawaii, the Yamachika side, she did not know much about her

father. In our travels to Japan, we observed the Buddhist traditions and rituals are melded

into the Japanese people, as if it was in their DNA. As a young boy, I remember getting up

early in the mornings when my father would read okyo and chant every morning to begin

the day. He would strike the temple bell at the same time every day. You could tell time by

the otera no kane, ringing . . . kan, kan …

Rituals are important to us. For many, we are taught from a very young age to do things

over and over until they become not just second nature, but really part of our being. It

makes us feel safe, it comforts us, because we know that generations before us have also

done the same, and sometimes we don’t even know why. And, because most services are in

Japanese, we don’t understand. . . . .

There is a saying in Japanese “Ichi go ichi e” which means “once in a lifetime” or

“cherish every encounter as if it were your last.” If you are familiar with tea ceremony, you

may know this saying. Literally it means, “meeting only once.” It does not mean meeting

someone for the first and last time, but it refers to the ideal state of mind when encountering

other people—to value every meeting as if it is a once in a lifetime meeting. Even if you

meet someone for the second or third or more time, each time will always be under a differ-

ent circumstance. So, “Ichi go ichi e” is an everyday occurrence. Offering amacha or

sweet tea to Amida Buddha today, the child will be the first time for today, for this year and [continued on page 4]

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ホノルル浄土宗婦人会 Honolulu Jodo Shu Fujinkai

CRAFT FAIR Date: Sunday, June 23, 2013

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Place: Jodo Mission of Hawaii Social Hall

1429 Makiki Street, Honolulu, Hawaii

PH: 949-3995

We plan to have a variety of sales vendors (keiki

futons, pillow cases) Tupperware, jewelry, T-shirts,

blouses, Thirty-one bags.

Also, we plan to have a lot of food items so

if you get hungry, you will be able to pur-

chase something: tsukemono, sushi, popular

spam musubi, baked goods, i.e. cookies, etc.

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Jodo Mission of Hawaii, Telephone: 949-3995 for an application (first

come, first serve; deadline June 9).

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OBON CHUTOBA ORDER FORM

Obon Services will be held Friday, July 12th to Sunday, July 14th, at Jodo Mission of Hawaii

DEADLINE: June 30, 2013

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）

On which day are you coming? （いつお参りにこられますか？）

Please circle date and time.

Fri, July 12 2 pm or 7 pm

Sat, July 13 2 pm or 7 pm

Sun, July 14 10 am

Or

Cannot attend the service

ORDER FORM FOR CHOCHIN （LANTERN、ちょうちん申し込み用紙）

DEADLINE: June 30, 2013

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.____________________________________________________________

LARGE(大)＿＿＿＿×＄10.00 + SMALL(小)＿＿＿＿×＄7.00 = TOTAL（合計）＄______________

FOR OFFICE USE ONLY

Order accepted by : _______________ Date accepted : _______/______/ 2013 ( In person / Mail / By phone )

Received by : _______________ Date paid : _______/______/ 2013 (Cash / Check # __________ ) Write_______

( Cut )

FOR OFFICE USE ONLY

Order accepted by : _______________ Date accepted : _______/______/ 2013 ( In person / Mail / By phone )

Received by : _______________ Date paid : _______/______/ 2013 (Cash / Check # __________ ) Write_______

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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.

Fumiye Teruya 82

Carole Masako Yano 68

Kikue Akamine Yogi 95

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 Page 10

Rev. Yasuhiro

Watanabe

2013 BON DANCE SCHEDULE OF JODO SHU TEMPLES

Apology for April Eitaikyo List: We apolo-

gize for not listing the following death in April Bul-

letin:

4/30: Mitoshi Tanaka

Island Temple Phone No. Dates Times

Oahu Betsuin 949-3995 Aug 16 to 17 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Haleiwa 637-4382 July 26 to 27 7/26: 8 pm – 10 pm

7/27: 8 pm – 11 pm

Big Island [Hawaii]

Kurtistown

Call Rev. Miyazaki

(808) 935-6996

August 3 8:00 pm

Hilo July 12 to 13 7/12: 7:30 pm

7/13: 8:00 pm

Hakalau August 17 8:00 pm

Hamakua

Call Rev. Wansa

(808) 775-0965

August 10 6:30 pm

Kohala July 13 6:30 pm

Hawi August 3 6:30 pm

Maui Kahului Call Rev. John Hara

(808) 244-0066

August 10 7:00 pm

Wailuku June 28 7:00 pm

Lahaina (808) 661-4304 July 6 7:00 pm

Kapaa (808) 822-4319 August 2 to 3 7:30 pm Kauai

Koloa (808) 742-6735 July 5 to 6 7:30 pm

1 Tatsuo Nonaka

2 Takayo Fukuda The Fukuda Family Yasuichi Nakai The Nakai Family Kikue Tejima The Tejima Family Yasu Kawamura Fujio Fujita

4 Rui Yasumoto Shizutaro Kimura Fujiko Teruya Katsu Yokoyama Susan Teruko Lubick

5 Kamematsu Kano The Kano & Watanabe Families Shuichi Arakawa Yoshikazu Ebisuzaki Tamon Yamaguchi Japanese Marines

6 Chujiro Nishimura The Nishimura Family Matsu Wakagi The Wakagi Family Tomo Daitoku (2) The Daitoku, Fujimoto,

& Kawauchi Families

Shinichi Fukuda The Fukuda Family Miyoshi Takara

7 Ayako Morikawa The Morikawa Family Taki Asai Kichi Kunihisa Shina Kotake

8 Soichi Hirano The Hirano & Kaneko Families The Hirota Family Saku Yokoyama

9 Sueko Tanimura The Tanimura Family Kenzaburo Ishii The Ishii Family Emi Kawamoto

10 Hosuke Miyagawa The Miyagawa Family Ariki Fujimoto Hisako Mitani Mieko Ono Bertha Takako Homareda

12 Bunjiro Umemoto

The Umemoto Family Mitsuyoshi Okamura The Okamura Family

13 Charlse Harumi Takabayashi (2) Jeane Sachiko Ebisuzaki

14 Masuzo Konaka The Konaka, Yano,

& Hayashi Families

Kiichi Morisako Katsuko Sakakibara Shigeki Narahara

15 Yoshio Morita The Morita Family Kikutaro Higashide The Higashide & Fuyukawa Families Albert Akira Sakuda

16 Onichi Chinen The Chinen Family Chiyo Heirakuji Harry Noboru Matsumoto Iwao Oki

17 Natsu Kawamura The Kawamura Family Senjiro Ogawa Ichiro Nakatsuka The Hirotsu Family Helen Miyoko Oda Hachijiro Homareda

18 Bunkichi Kamimura Tama Morita The Morita Family Chiyo Mori Hatsuyo Yoshikawa Kame Uyehara The Uyehara family Kay Kimiko Yamamoto

19 Kiyomatsu Ueno The Ueno Family Shinei Kanehira The Kanehira Family Mitsuru Ogi Kenichi Naito Sam Saburo Taniguchi Kikuyo Morioka Miyoshi Akashi

20 Hisataro Yanagihara The Yanagihara Family Naoji Yokoyama Moushi Kobashigawa Kame Uyehara Ichitaro Matsuda Hisakichi Yamamoto

Wade Kenji Sakai

21 Sumi Takeda The Takeda Family Komanoshin Masatsugu Teruo Masatsugu Ayako Tasaka Suzuko Shigehara

22 Isuke Iwasaki Murakami's Baby Kazumi Mizuta Yoshimi Maruuchi Edward Isamu Kimoto Moshi Takara Takara’s Baby

23 Isamu Yonemoto The Yonemoto Family Yoshio Higa The Higa Family Yoshiko Hamasaki Jonosuke Arakawa Kosuke Takara Kihachi Kishimoto

24 Yoshito Ebisuya The Ebisuya Family The Fujii Family Tokiko Karakake

25 Hana Mitsutani The Mitsutani Family Nobuyuki Nishida Yukio Hirata Akio Nathon Tagami

26 Fuji Yano The Yano, Konaka,

& Hayashi Families

Daizo Kawamura The Kawamura Family Mokunosuke Taniguchi Isamu Nakano Keigo Soma Claris Sadako Yamamoto

27 Ron Kiyoshi Amasaki Akira Shimoda

28 Shintaro Masuda The Masuda & Asamura Families Ryoshichi Himuro The Himuro Family Kiyoichi Oshiro

29 Kumanosuke Morikawa The Morikawa Family Sadamu Yanagihara The Yanagihara Family Kinuyo Karimoto Ziu Takaoka

Kiichi Takaoka Shizuko Heirakuji Grace Kawafuchi

30 Hana Ishizaki Tsurue Nagaishi The Nakauye Family John Yoshito Nakauye Koei Takara Gerald Kenji Sato

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