The August 2011 issue of the monthly newsletter of the Jodo Mission of Hawaii.

1. JODO MISSION OF HAWAII
BULLETIN - AUGUST 2011
(#1177-0811)
Jodo Mission of Hawaii
1429 Makiki St.
Honolulu HI 96814
Address Service Requested
Bon Dance 盆おどり
August 19, Friday: 7:30pm-11:00pm
August 20, Saturday: 7:30pm-11:00pm
(August 19, Friday: 6:45pm
Jizo Bon prayer will be held in front of Jizo statue)
Getting ready for the Bon Dance
Please come, dance around the yagura
and enjoy the many food items: BBQ
sticks, saimin, sushi, yaki soba, spam musubi,
Andagi (Okinawan donuts), hot dog, chili, chili and
rice, juice, waffle dog, soda, shave ice, water, etc.
Dancers enjoying themselves Food Booths will start at 5:30pm
Kiddie games will also be available for
pre-schoolers.

2. Jizosama: Photo on
right shows our Jizosama
statute which as you see as
you enter the Temple
grounds. Please note the
left hand is missing; some-
one took it.
Jizo is special to preg-
nant women and to those
whose children have died.
Statutes of Jizo can some-
Above photo, people are getting ready for Bon Dance. times be seen wearing tiny
Below prayer is said before Bon Dance begins.
children’s clothing or bibs.
Grieving parents place toys
and other offerings beside
the Jizo statute to invoke
his protection of their dead
child.
Offerings are also made by parents to thank Jizo for saving their
children from a serious illness.
Above: Dancers are having fun! Also above photos show some of the items to be sold.
Helping with Bon Dance Preparation: If you are willing to help with Bon Dance
preparation, your help is most appreciated. Please come to the Temple on Thursday,
Aug 18 and/or Friday, Aug 19 and/or Saturday, Aug 20 at 9:00 a.m.
Bon Dance Practice: Bon dance practice will be held Tuesday, August 16 and
Wednesday, August 17, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome to
practice or learn from instructors in the inner circle.
Jodo Mission Happi Coats: Jodo Mission
will be selling its own happi coats. If you are
interested you may contact Jodo Mission or
come to the Bon Dance.
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3. VISION FOR THE FUTURE (5)
By Rev. Yubun Narashiba
Japanese Buddhism in Hawaii has a very unique cultural background.
In Japan, Buddhist customs differ from village to village, town to town,
prefecture to prefecture. This is because Buddhism has been localized to fit to the custom
in each area. Since Japanese immigrants came to Hawaii from the various regions of
Japan, ceremonial customs are different according to the area where the family came from.
However, as time passes, those customs are becoming unclear and more confusing for the
younger generations. Because of this confusion, younger generations seem to be going
away from Buddhism by saying that Buddhism is hard to understand. Therefore, in this
article, I would like to explain the standard procedure of doing a service. As the first, let me
show you the two common procedures of having funerals among the members of Jodo
Mission of Hawaii.
1. When Someone Passed Away 2. When Someone Is Very Close To Death
Death Call for a minister
↓ ↓
Medical examination Rinju Gyogi (Last rites)
↓ ↓
Call for a minister Death
↓ ↓
Makuragyo (Bedside service) Medical examination
↓ ↓
Call for a mortuary Call for a mortuary
↓ ↓
Body pick-up Body pick-up
↓ ↓
Meeting with the funeral director at the Meeting with the funeral director at the
mortuary mortuary
↓ ↓
Viewing service Viewing service
↓ ↓
Cremation Cremation
↓ ↓
FUNERAL with the first 7th day service FUNERAL with the first 7th day service
↓ ↓
49th day service 49th day service
Burial service Burial service
↓ ↓
Hatsubon (1st O-Bon) service Hatsubon (1st O-Bon) service↓
↓ ↓
1 year memorial service 1 year memorial service
Note: Above two service procedures are purely for informational purpose. We shall honor your family customs and
decisions to arrange a funeral service.
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4. Bits of Knowledge of Biddhism
Vol.09 “The Story of Ancestors” (Aug 2011)
By Rev. Yasushiro Watanabe
After the funeral of a loved one, we should
have several memorial services. I’ll explain the
meaning of the services for the deceased. It is based
on the Japanese view of life and death. Memorial ser-
vices correspond to the loved one’s transition from
death to ancestry.
Soon after the person has passed away, we
think his/her soul enters the intermediate state of
moving on to the next existence. The state is unstable
and we should have a service every 7th day to calm
down the soul. Through the 49th day service, he/she
will be born in the Pure Land and become a Buddhist saint. After that, we conduct regular
services on anniversaries such as the one-year service, the 3rd, 7th, 13th, and so on. A series
of services is not endless. It depends on the local tradition, but in general we will end at the
33rd memorial service. After the 50th memorial, the deceased, who lives in the Pure Land,
becomes part of collective existence we call ancestors (Senzo). Your family ancestry is a
guardian god watching over your family in this world.
Simply speaking, we believe that from the 49th day, the deceased become a Buddhist
saint (Hotoke). From 50th year, he/she joins as a member of the ancestry (Senzo). We have a
series of memorials beginning with the funeral and some annual events such as O-Bon and
Higan. Through the traditions, your loved ones surely rest in perfect peace and become a
guardian spirit of your family.
Thank You to All Who Participated with O-Bon Activities
Thank you to all who attended our O-Bon Services. It is so nice to see so
many families come to pay their respects to their deceased ancestors. For some of you,
this may have been your first experience. Hope you enjoyed our services, including the
private services. Thank you also for the many monetary donations and rice donations.
Thank you to all our ministers who performed the many O-Bon services.
Bishop Gensho Hara conducted several services on Friday and Saturday and then re-
turned to Maui to his temple in Lahaina. Rev. Narashiba assisted Bishop Hara and con-
ducted a couple of services with the assistance of Rev. Nakano. Rev. Ezaki of Haleiwa
Jodo Mission assisted on Friday and Saturday. Private services were also conducted by
Rev. Narashiba, Rev. Nakano and Rev. Watanabe. Thank you for your many hours of
chanting for our ancestors’ visit at O-Bon. (continued on next page)
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5. O-Bon Photos
Thank You to All Who Participated
with O-Bon Activities (cont’d from page 4)
Thank you to all who came to help with
the O-Toba set up and general cleaning on
July 3rd. We could not do it without your help!
Hope you enjoyed yourself and that while you
worked hard, you enjoyed the fellowship. This
is very important. Rev. Nakano, Rev. Narashiba and Rev. Watanabe are
happy to participate at the Toro Nagashi ceremony.
Thank you to the Fujinkai ladies who
prepared meals for the ministers and work-
ers during O-Bon.
Thank you to the Sr. YBA for provid-
ing beautiful chrysanthemum potted plants.
There were seven O-Bon Services. Above are those
who attended one of them.
Sophie Narashiba joined the happy Sr. YBA
selling potted plants—Teruto Soma, JoAnn
Matsuo and Edna Ajimura
Service at the Segaki-dan (dining table
for hungry spirits.
Ministers’ last prayers for the day at the
O-Tobas
Above are those attending the last ser-
vice at the Segaki-dan. Then everyone
walked through each row of O-Tobas for
the last time. Boat used for Toro Nagashi
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6. FATHER’S DAY MESSAGES
Taylor Mizuki Pualani Akana: I love my Dad
because he is very nice, kind and happy. I very,
very, very much love him because he plays with
me, cares about me and also loves me when I am
sad, happy, mad and also when I am bad or good no
matter what we do I always love my Dad.
Taylor drew a picture of her Dad counting 1, 2, 3,
etc. here I come as Taylor is hiding behind a door.
Raistlih Akana: I love Dad!
Sunday School children: Raistlih Akana, Sophie
Narashiba, Taylor Mizuki Pualani Akana with
Sophie’s father Rev. Narashiba, Sunday School
Advisor Rev. Watanabe and Father’s Day sponsor
Sally Hayashi
Jennifer Himawari Kaneda: My Father
is friendly to me. He is a good person to
play with. He is there for me always. He
is helpful to me. Everyday he likes me. He
is responsible to me
Picture on the right is Himaware and her
Dad
Sophie Narashiba: Dear Daddy,
I love my Daddy very much because you play with me
baseball. You play with me Kungfu like Kungfu Panda.
Thank you for taking me to Hokulani School every morning.
I wish my Dad swims in the pool and I could ride on him.
It must be very fun!
Happy Father’s Day!
Love, Sophie
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7. HOLD MEMORIAL SERVICES
for Your Loved Ones’ Date of Passing ANNIVERSARIES –2011
In Buddhism, memorial services are ob- Anniversaries Year of Passing
1st year 2010
served on the date of passing, which comes 3rd 2009
every year, and at the anniversaries, which 7th 2005
comes every 4-6 years (please refer to the chart 13th 1999
of anniversaries as posted on the right). 17th 1995
23rd 1989
At memorial services, the family dedicates 25th 1987
27th 1985
such offerings of flowers, food and incense to 33rd 1979
Amida Buddha and their loved ones. Of course 37th 1975
these offerings are meritorious, but it is most 43rd 1969
required that the family willingly recites “Namu 47th 1965
Amida Butsu (I take refuge in Amida Buddha)” 50th 1962
bearing sincerity toward the deceased. It is an 100th 1912
opportunity for the family not only to reward
the deceased but also to clarify the meaning of Barrier-free Memorial Service
their lives, by learning the impermanent nature
of life and appreciating the link of lives of their Memorial services can be held in Ikoi
ancestors. Service can be observed at Jodo Hall, which is located on the ground
Mission of Hawaii or at your home alter. level of the temple with bathrooms. If
you are having a hard time going upstairs
or even using an elevator, please feel free
to call the office to make an appoint-
ment. (Phone : 949-3995)
YBA Meeting Baby Blessing
Fujinkai Meeting We all hope our children will live
NO MEETING (Women’s association) their lives happily. Let’s have them
in August
August 7 at 8:30 a.m. blessed by a minister of Jodo Mission!
May Amida Buddha’s love surround
Sunday School them forever.
Sewing Circle
NO SUNDAY
SCHOOL in August August 13 Wedding Service is available
at 8:30 a.m.
As a Buddhist, to pledge the eternal love
♪ ♪ Jodo Mission of Hawaii ♪ ♪ between husband and wife to Amida Bud-
dha, is very important. If you are getting
Children’s Choir “Malama” married or know a couple who is planning a
こども合唱団マラマ wedding, please recommend our temple for
the ceremony.
August 28 at 10:45 a.m.
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8. Miso Saba
Ingredients:
2 fillets of saba
2 1/2 T miso
3/4 c sake
1/4 c mirin
green onions, sliced in 2 1/2” diagonals
Directions:
Put 3/4 c sake into a skillet that is not yet heated. Add to this, 1/4 c mirin
and 2 1/2 T of miso. Blend well.
Cut each saba fillet into half. Slash the skin in an “X” pattern to help
the flavor get into the fish.
Place fish, skin side up, into the pan of
sake/mirin/miso and cover it with a lid. Turn
heat on to “high” and allow the liquid to come to
a boil. Continue to cook until liquid is reduced
to a consistency of paste.
Occasionally spoon liquid
onto pieces of fish.
Just before it is done, add
sliced green onions. Lower
heat to medium and
continue to reduce liquid
and spoon it over pieces of
fish.
Serving:
Arrange pieces of fish on a plate, spoon sauce over pieces, add
top with some of the cooked green onions.
Information by Rev. Narashiba; Photos by Rev. Watanabe
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9. AUTUMN O-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, September 4, 2011
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
Order accepted by Date accepted / / (In person/ Mail / By phone)
Received by Date accepted / / (In person/ Mail / By phone) Write
O-HIGAN SERVICE
The word “Higan” literally means “the other shore” in
Japanese. One shore represents the world 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 spring, the
other in autumn, as Higan is held during the week of the spring and autumn equinox.
Shan Tao, one of the highest 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 Bud-
dha’s Pure Land which exists far away in the west, as well as appreciate our ances-
tors who are also there.
Please join us for our Higan-e service and think about Amida Buddha’s Pure
Land and our ancestors. Our Higan-e Service will be held:
Sunday, September 11 at 10:00 am
Chutoba prayers will be conducted during this service. If you would like a
Chutoba prayer for your ancestors, please fill out the form on this page and send it or
drop it off at the Jodo Mission office by Sunday, September 4th. Thank you.
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10. 2011 BON DANCE SCHEDULE
OF JODO SHU TEMPLES
Island Temple Phone No. Dates Times
Oahu Betsuin 949-3995 Aug 19 to 20 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Haleiwa 637-4382 July 22 to 23 7/22: 8 pm – 10 pm
7/23: 8 pm – 11 pm
Big Island Kurtistown August 6 8:00 pm
[Hawaii] Call Rev. Miyazaki
Hilo July 8 to 9 7/8: 7:30 pm
(808) 935-6996 7/9: 8:00 pm
Hakalau August 20 8:00 pm
Hamakua August 13 6:30 pm
Call Rev. Wansa
Kohala July 9 6:30 pm
(808) 775-0965
Hawi August 6 6:30 pm
Maui Kahului Call Rev. John Hara June 24 to 25 7:00 pm
Wailuku (808) 244-0066 June 17 7:00 pm
Lahaina (808) 661-4304 July 2 7:00 pm
Kauai Kapaa (808) 822-4319 July 22 to 23 7:30 pm
Koloa (808) 742-6735 June 17 to 18 7:30 pm
Apology for June Eitaikyo List
We apologize for not listing the following deceased
Obituaries
person in the June Bulletin: The Jodo Mission of Hawaii extends its sin-
cere condolences to the family members and
6/19 Akashi Miyoshi loved ones of the following members who have
recently left this world for the Pure Land.
Jodo Mission Office Hours: Betty Kimiko Hisamura 91
Nobuyo Hirota Arashiro 76
Monday to Saturday Shizuko Igawa 97
8am—5pm Itsuo Ogino 87
Sunday & Holidays Kie Takara 80
8am—3pm Kenneth Ito 96
Chiyoko Watanabe 87
Phone: 949-3995
Rev. Dwight
Rev. Yubun Narashiba Rev. Kanjun Nakano Rev. Yasuhiro
Resident Minister Nakamura
Head Minister Watanabe Retired Minister
Resident Minister
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11. EITAIKYO (Perpetual Memorial Service) for August
2 Sato Hirouji Kuranoshin Matsumoto Misao Kuniyuki
The Miyamasu Family Yoshi Nishimura
The Hirouji Family 12 Hatsuichi Karimoto Toshiyuki Ogawa
The Nakamura Family Toraichi Kurakake
Tadashi Nakamura 14 Ashizuchi Fujikami
Janet Okawa The Fujikami Family 22 Yuri Hironaka
Shizuo Yokomichi The Hironaka & Ishimoto Family
3 Satsu Hashimoto The Yokomichi & Kondo Family Masuichi Tabata
The Hashimoto Family Iichi Yanagihara
Yoshijiro Iwamoto 23 Yoshisuke Masuda
4 Masaichi Harada Raymond Totsuji Nishiyama
Tsuru Nomura 15 Maki Hara
The Nomura Family The Hara Family 24 Kazuo Kano
Sumako Iguchi Bishop Shoshin Inouye The Kano & Wataba Family
Kenkichi Kimoto The Nose Family Teisuke Hamamoto
Keisuke Masuda Sata Nitta The Hamamoto Family
Torano Toyoshiba Eizo Fukuda
5 Tori Matsubara Noboru Hamamura Tatsuki Heirakuji
The Matsubara Family Hatsue Yamada Watanabe Sueko Onaga
Tahei Higashimura
The Higashimura Family 16 Masao Mizuno 25 Tema Iuchi
Mantaro Nitta The Mizuno & Ohta Family The Iuchi Family
Toichiro Tomita Ume Miyamasu Kiku Masuda
Yutaka Kubota The Miyamasu Family The Masuda & Asamura Family
The Masaki Family Etsuko Ohta
6 Toshiko Nishimura Yoneo Masuda The Ohta Family
Yoshio Fujii The Masuda Family Koji Yasumoto
Gladys Otsui Ikeda
7 Kametaro Yano (2) 17 Toshikata Shinagawa
The Yano Family David Kenji Moritsugu 26 Tadasuke Nishida
The Yano, Konaka & Kiyoji Yamamoto Masaji Ishida
Hayashi Family Kazuyo Furukawa Umeno Masuda
Chokichi Tanaka Torao Maehara
The Tanaka Family 18 Mitsuru Morisako
Aiko Fukuhara The Morisako & Ishii Family 27 Harumi tasaka
The Inouye Family Shinsuke Mito Shigeo Kobashigawa
Kikuno Yamane The Mito Family The Kobashigawa Family
Kaneichi Kato Fuji Yasumoto
Hanayo Imai 28 Hitoshi Mizuno
8 Takao Tsuda Miyuki Ono The Mizuno & Ohta Family
Kitae Yamanaka Toraichi Kurakake Seikuro Hisamura
The Yamanaka Family Rev. Ryokai Yamanaka Shichiemon Ebisuzaki (2)
Zentoku Takara Ruysuke Machida Hana Noyama
Kame Taira
19 Eiko Maeda 29 Tadashi Higashi
9 Takeo Sato The Maeda Family The Higashi Family
The Sato & Suzuki Family Kiyoshi Hisamura Kenji Hamada
Hiro Yonemoto Hisano Oyabu The Hamada Family
Tora Higashi The Oyabu & Kondo Family Atsushi Fujita
The Hashimoto Baby Wakichi Suzui Family The Fujita Family
Evelyn Murakami Takeshi Umetsu Masahiko Miyagi
Yonemoto Family Sakae Matsumoto
The Higashi Family 30 Thomas Takeshi Tanaka
20 Shizue Iwamoto Elsie Kikuya Tatei
10 Seitaro Yamamoto Henry Hashimoto Katsumi Nishimoto
The Suzuki & Yamamoto Family Kame Namihira
Takaji Shigeoka Chie Nakagawa 31 Toshiyasu Misawa (2)
Kinichi Imai Misawa & Watanabe Family
Saburo Nishimura 21 Yoshisuke Sato Misawa Family
Ito Fujita The Sato & Suzuki Akira Misawa
The Fujita Family Yutaka Tejima Riyo Yano
Hideo Yamagata The Tejima Family
Saka Kuniyuki
11 Tomegusu Kotake Morishige Inage

12. 8:30am Morning Service Jodo Mission of Hawaii
Everyday August 2011 Phone: 949-3995
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5 6
10:30am Maunalani
Visitation **3:15 pm Jodo Shu Hr
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
8:30 Fujinkai Meeting
10:00 Sunday Service 10am CCH visitation 8:30 Sewing Circle
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
8:00 am Yasura Set Up 6:45pm Jizo Bon Prayer
NO SUNDAY SERVICE Bon Dance Practice **3:15 pm Jodo Shu
11:45 Board Meeting 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
B o n D a n c e : 7:30 pm 11:00 p m
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
8:00 Yagura Kuzushi
NO SUNDAY SEVICE
Bon Dance Clean-up
28 29 30 31
10:00 Sunday Service
10:45 Children’s Choir
Coming Events:
Sept 4 Deadline for Autumn Chutoba Orders for Higan Service
Sept 11 @ 10am Higan Service and
Keiro Kai & Grandparents’ Day **Jodo Shu Hour Radio K-ZOO (AM1210Khz, Japanese station)
Sept 16-18 Kyoku Convention at Betsuin
Sept 22 @ 6 pm Zen Buddhism Panel Discussion #2