Lectures on the Otsutome Book

at Jodo Mission of Hawaii

November 1 and 22, 2015
10:00 a.m. Sunday Service
Please come to our Sunday Services on November 1 and 22, 2015
at 10 a.m. to hear lectures on the New Otsutome Book. As stated in the
Foreword to the New Otsutome Book, the Hawaii Council of Jodo Missions
(HCJM) in commemoration of the 800th Grand Memorial of
our founder Honen Shonin, decided to publish a revised version of the Otsutome book which contained English translations of the
sutras by the late Bishop Dwight Ryokan Nakamura. The HCJM ministers organized a committee to revise the Otsutome book with Rev.
Shinri Hara as the editor-in-chief.
Unlike the previous Otsutome book, which separated the English
and Japanese sections, the two languages have been brought together
to make it easier for both those who are familiar with Japanese and
those who are not to read aloud and understand the passages of the
sutra. The new format consists of Japanese reading, Chinese characters, English pronunciation and English translation line by line in the hopes that everyone who
reads it will come to have a greater appreciation and deeper understanding for Honen Shonins teachings as well as Buddhism in general.
Please come and learn more about our Otsutome Book!

Address Service Requested

Jodo Mission of Hawaii

1429 Makiki St.
Honolulu HI 96814
(#1228-1115

Bulletin - NOVEMBER 2015

Jodo Mission of Hawaii

Hawaii Council of Jodo Missions Convention

[also known as Kyoku Convention]
On September 18, 19 and 20, 2015, the Hawaii Council of Jodo Missions held its
40th Biennial Convention at the Betsuin. Ministers and delegates were from all 13 temples here in Hawaii. Leonard Chow of Hilo Meishoin was re-elected as President of the
Hawaii Council of Jodo Missions. Below is a photo of the installation of officers who
were installed by Bishop Gensho Hara. First Vice President is Robert Miyake (Hilo
Meishoin), Second Vice President Ian Kitajima (Jodo Mission of Hawaii, Secretary
Eleanor Miyake (Hilo
Meishoin), Assistant Secretary Pat Matsuo (Hilo
Meishoin), Treasurer Herbert Fujikawa (Jodo Mission of Hawaii), Assistant
Treasurer Clifford Miyamoto (Jodo Mission of Hawaii). The new officers
begin their new terms in January 2016

Rev. Ezaki of Haleiwa

Jodo Mission and
Rev. Narashiba seem
happy to get their dinner.

Meetings were held on Saturday, September 19,

2015 at Betsuin Social Hall.

Delegates socializing and having dinner.

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Most of photos on this page were

taken Mr. Maeda of Japan Memorial

BAZAAR
THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO CAME TO THE BAZAAR on Sunday, October
18, 2015. The Bazaar doors opened at 8:00 a.m. but for some reason, some people like coming
early and the earliest person stood in line at 5:15 a.m. The weather was great on the day of the
bazaar as it rained the night before.
THANK YOU for coming and hope you found some wonderful things! For all those who
came to help, we cannot thank you enough. Also THANK YOU to all who came to help on
Sunday, October 11, 2015 for Bazaar preparation and taking all the stored things out. THANK
YOU TO the members, family and friends who came all week from October 11 to October 17
to sort and price items. THANK YOU so much for your time! There were people who left
things to be sold just outside the closed social hall doors for the Bazaar.!

Above: the crowd waiting for Bazaar to begin

Above before the crowd!

The Bazaar day was a beautiful

sunny day!
Left: Baked goods, sushi,
spam musubi, etc. pricing
checked.
Right: the crowd enters!
Below: Smiling workers

Arigato for all your donations throughout the year! Things that one person does not
need is another persons treasure! See you again next year!
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Hiroshi ma K enjinkai
On October 3, 2015, the Hiroshima Kenjinkai came to Jodo Mission of Hawaii to
practice their Hiroshima yaki which is like an okonomiyaki (a savory delicious pancake
dish containing a variety of ingredients). The Hiroshima Kenjinkai will be making their
delicious Hiroshima yaki at the Ohana Festival at the Japanese Cultural Center in January
2016. Their group come to the Betsuin each year to practice. Years ago, this group
donated the sink in our garage area as well as the metal table in the garage area which we
use for our large gas pots for sushi making and during our Bon Dance. Below see photos
of the okonomiyaki:

Chef Tomo (center) has a restaurant(s) in Japan making

okonomiyaki and will come for the Ohana Festival.

Above, pork is put on the grill,

then vegetables on top,then
pancake, then soba noodles,
then a layer of egg and okoniyaki sauce.

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Doesnt it look delicious!

Please look for the advertisement of the Ohana Festival shortly after the New
Year 2016 begins and go to
the Ohana Festival and try
one of these okonomiyaki
with soba noodles and an
egg on top. The lines are
long so be prepared to wait
for your order!

MOCHI (Dec. 27) ORDER FORM

Deadline for order is Sunday, December 6, 2015

HOME PHONE NO.

PLEASE PRINT NAME

OKASANE
$4.25/SET

TOTAL

KOMOCHI
$3.75/POUND

SETS

LBS

DOLLARS

DOLLARS

DOLLARS

FOR OFFICE USE ONLY

Order accepted by: _______________

Received by: _______________

Date accepted: _____/_____/_2015 (In person/ Mail / Phone)

Date paid: _____/_____/_2015 (Cash / Check#

Cut

MOCHI
With the New Year just around the corner it is once again time to order our delectable 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
Sunday, December 6th.
Mochi is to be picked up on:
Sunday, December 27, 2015
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 Sunday, December 27th from 7:00 am. This is a fun and memorable
experience for all, especially families (a family who makes mochi together sticks
together). Please come and join us. We look forward to seeing you.
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What is Perpetual Memorial

Service? (Eitaikyo)

O-Juya Service

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 morning 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 welcome
you to attend the morning service at 8:30 am.
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.

Will be held on Sunday,

November 8 at 10:00 a.m.
Doing good deeds (reciting Namu Amida
Butsu) here and now exceeds a thousand years
of good deeds in the land of all the Buddhas.
At Jodo Mission, it is customary for us to
offer sweet treats to Amida Buddha. Please do
not forget your sweet treats to share with everyone. (But not leftovers from Halloween.)
Please join us for our O-Juya Service on
Sunday, November 8, at 10 a.m.

Obituaries
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.
Tadashi Takano
Hiroshi Yoza
Soyei Uehara
Masanobu Gushiken

95
93
89
84

Jodo Mission Office Hours:

Monday to Saturday: 8am5pm
Sunday & Holidays: 8am3pm

Phone: 949-3995
Website: www.jodo.us

Bishop Gensho Hara

Lahaina, Maui
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2016 Jodo Shu Calendar

Live the Jodo Shu style
each and every day,
sharing in the love and
compassion of Amida
Buddha year round with
the messages of distinguished priests. Calendar is for January through December
2016. Free calendar is available.
Please order your calendar now before we run out. Please call Jodo

Mission of Hawaii at 949-3995 by

November 11.

Rev. Yubun Narashiba

Head Minister

Rev. Kanjun Nakano

Resident Minister

Perpetual Memorial Service (Eitaikyo) for November

1 Gensaku Nakagawa
The Nakagawa Family
Hidetsugu Kanai
Sadao Hedani
Masao Taketa
Tadao Murashige
2 Koichi Yoshiumi
The Yoshiumi Family
Koichi Nakamura
Jiro Masuda
Kenjiro Ishii
Tari Sato
Miyakawa Family
3 Fuji Yoshisaki
The Yoshisaki Family
Tsurue Hayase
Fumiaki Tamura
4 Kiichi Saiki
Kanji Kimoto
Emi Taira
Shigenobu Tamashiro
5 Kanichi Iwamoto
The Iwamoto Family
Matsutaro Tanimura
The Tanimura Family
Yuriko Sano
Yasuichi Hamasaki
Katajiro Yamamoto
Yuki Miyagawa
6 Kinroku Morita
The Morita Family
Jihei Shimokawa
The Shimokawa Family
Tokizo Fujita
Tomi Tominaga
Jihei Shimokawa
Bert Takeshi Higa
7 Taeko Mizuno
Mizuno & Ota Family
Tadahito Sakuda
The Sakuda Family
Shoichi Hisamura
Kimiko Nobuji
Hatsue Gonhata
Aki Ikeda
Kenji Sano
8 Machida's Baby
Masao Uno
The Uno Family
Bansuke Tomai
The Tomai Family
Tsutomu Hanano

Kazuo Gonhata
Kazo Kubota
9 Iwao Iwamoto
The Iwamoto Family
Natsu Kanemoto
The Kanemoto &
Miyamoto Family
Otome Sugiyama (2)
Yoshio Kanehira
Mildred Asako Tsuda
10 Yoshisuke Miyakawa
The Miyakawa Family
Shinayo Kano
The Kano & Watabe
Family
Rev. Myoshun Hayashi
The Hayashi Family
Shuichi Ota
Clarence Katsuji
Morimoto
11 Tsuru Teramoto
The Teramoto Family
Tamotsu Sugiyama (2)
Soyo Nishida
Yonoichi Kitagawa
Herbert H. Kano
Hisayo Okawa
12 Tomohei Tejima
The Tejima Family
Sueji Yano
13 Matsujiro Tsurusaki
The Tsurusaki & Inada
Family
14 Shiro Fukunaga (2)
Alice Chieko Masatsugu
Kingsley K. Luke
15 Gentaro Arita
The Arita Family
Toyomi Moritsugu
Kana Teruya
Enosuke Kawasugi
Rosalie Katsuko
Nishimura
Toyoichi Yamada

Koichi Ono
The Ono & Yamada
Family
Mitsuko Yanagihara
Fumi Miyamoto
18 Jinkichi Tanaka
The Tanaka & Noda
Family
Kimie Hashimoto
19 Onsho Chinen
The Chinen Family
Saku Fukuda
The Fukuda Family
Mamu Iwasaki
Yaeko Uesugi
Kaname Tanimura
20 Naka Iwamoto
The Iwamoto Family
Totaro Nomiyama
Toyo Terada
Yoshi Yamanaka
Taru Namihira
21 Bishop Kyokujo
Kubokawa
22 Wasa Hamada
The Hamada Family
Shina Karamatsu
The Karamatsu Family
Minnosuke Ebisugawa
Mamoru Tatei
Fusae Oshita
Paul Shigeyuki Sakuda
23 Matsue Inoue
The Inoue Family
Sano Matsumoto
Yutaka Matsumoto
Yoshiichi Takemoto
Kinji Yamamoto
Takami Aoki
Kameyo Ohnaga (2)
24 Tatsuo Tsuda
Yonezo Kitagawa
25 Tadao Nakamura
Matsuyo Yamamoto
Tsutomu Kuniyuki

16 Tora Otani
The Otani & Yanagihara
26 Asako Yamamoto
Family
Kieko "Kay" Fuse
Shosaku Yagi
Miyoko Matsumura
The Yagi & Okada Family
Noboru Tarumoto
Kazuo Hayashi
The Hayashi Family
27 Chisaburo Azuma

The Azuma Family

Jane Hatsuko Higa
Hisako Kurakake (2)
28 Tameno Fujimoto
The Fujimoto Family
Hatsuo Murao
Tomoichi Kunimura
29 Junichi Oki
Heizo Furukawa
Walter Kazuo Nagasako
30 Tsuma Ishida
The Ishida & Aimoto
Family
Shizu Shigeoka
Usanosuke Otani

10:00 Sunday Service

10:00 Sunday Service

10:45 Sunday School

10:00 Sunday Service

10:00 O-Juya Service

11:45 Board Meeting

10:00 Sunday Service

8:30 Fujinkai Meeting

Dec. 6
Dec. 6
Dec 13
Dec. 26
Dec. 27

30

23

16

Mon

24

17

10

Tue

25

18

11

Wed

NO Meeting in November

YBA Meeting

November 22 at 10:45 a.m.

Sunday School

NO classes for Nov-DecJan-Feb

November 1 at 8:30 a.m.

(Womens association)

28

21

14

Sat

Sewing Circle

27

20

13

Fri

Website: www.jodo.us

Phone: 949-3995

Jodo Mission of Hawaii

Fujinkai Meeting

26

19

12

Thu

November 2015

DEADLINE for Mochi orders

at 10:00 am HBC Jodo-e (Bodhi Day)
at 8:00 am General Clean-upWe need your help!
Mochitsuki Preparation DayHelp needed
Mochitsuki DayHelp needed

COMING EVENTS:

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22

15

Sun

9:30am Morning Service

Everyday