2017 O-BON AND BON DANCE SCHEDULE

OF JODO SHU TEMPLES

Island Temple Phone No. Dates Times
Oahu Betsuin 949-3995 O-Bon Service July 21 & 22 2:00 pm/7:00 pm
July 23 10:00 am
Bon Dance Aug 18 to 19 6:30 pm 9:30 pm
Haleiwa 637-4382 O-Bon Service July 14 & 15 6:00 pm
Bon Dance July 14 & 15 7:00 pm
Toro Nagashi July 15 9:00 pm
Big Island Kurtistown Call Rev. Miyazaki O-Bon / Bon Dance August 5 6:00 pm / 7:00 pm
[Hawaii] (808) 936-7828
Hilo O-Bon / Bon Dance July 8 6:00 pm / 7:00 pm
(808) 935-6996 O-Bon Service July 9 10:00 am

Hakalau (808) 936-7828 O-Bon / Bon Dance August 19 6:00 pm / 7:00 pm

Hamakua O-Bon / Bon Dance August 12 5:00 pm / 6:00 pm

Call Rev. Wansa
Kohala O-Bon / Bon Dance July 8 5:00 pm / 7:00 pm
(808) 775-0965
Hawi O-Bon / Bon Dance August 5 5:00 pm / 6:00 pm
Maui Kahului Call Rev. John Hara O-Bon / Bon Dance July 28 & 29 6:30 pm / 7:30 pm
(808) 244-0066 June 16
Wailuku O-Bon / Bon Dance 6:30 pm / 7:30 pm
Lahaina (808) 661-4304 O-Bon Service June 30 6:00 pm
July 1 6:30 pm
Bon Dance July 1 8:00 pm
Toro Nagashi July 1 7:30 pm
Kauai Kapaa O-Bon Service June 18 10:00 am
Call Rev. Ishikawa Bon Dance June 23 & 24 7:30 pm
(808) 742-6735 Toro Nagashi July 2 7:30 pm
Koloa O-Bon Service July 30 10:30 am
Bon Dance August 4 & 5 7:30 pm

Address Service Requested

Honolulu HI 96814
1429 Makiki Street
Jodo Mission of Hawaii

(#1247-0617)
Bulletin - JUNE 2017
Jodo Mission of Hawaii
 Important Dates
June 28: DEADLINE: Chutoba & Chochin Orders
July 9: O-Toba Set Up & General Cleaning -YOUR HELP IS NEEDED
Aug.18-19: Bon Dance

O-Bon Service Schedule

Fri/Sat, July 21-22 10:00 am (Hatsubon Families Only)
2:00 pm & 7:00pm
Sunday, July 23 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 held on Sunday, July 23 at 10am. Af-
ter Closing Service, cleanup will begin. Help is needed.
Parking Attendants Needed: We are in need of at least 6
parking attendants for each 2 pm and 7 pm services on July 21
and July 22. Please call Jodo Mission at 949-3995 if you are
able to help direct cars to parking spaces. We appreciate your help.
Private O-Toba Service Appointments: If you wish to have prayers offered in front of
your O-Toba, appointments are being accepted from 8:00 am to 6:45 pm from Wednesday,
July 12, 2017 to 9:15 a.m. on Sunday, July 23, 2017 (however please note we will not
schedule any private service appointments during the above-referenced O-Bon Service
hours on July 21, 22 and 23).

Arigato for your many orders of O-Tobas or large memorial sticks. We are
happy you remembered your deceased family members and we will do our best to
see that your O-Tobas are prepared at your request. Rev. Narashiba has been
working hard to fulfill your requests as shown on this page.
Photo at right shows Rev. Narashiba with brush in one hand, ink in the
other, and a hard copy of the
information on paper as he
concentrates to write each
character on the O-Toba.
Sometimes he has to redo
them if the paint smears
because of weather or the
surface of the board is not smooth or possibly the blade of the sander was
dull. Like the O-Toba above left, the entire O-Toba will need to be re-sanded and rewritten.
Please remember to also visit your O-Tobas after July 12 when the O-Tobas
will be ready for your visit to welcome your deceased family members during
O-Bon. Thank you.
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 Introduction of Sho-ryo Dana in O-Bon
1) Incense: Purify the area of Sho-ryo Dana with
the smoke of incense
2) Flower: Flower is a symbol of purity. There
are numerous flowers in the Pure Land.
3) Water: Water is a symbol of offering. The
offered water is called AKA that is translated
from a Sanskrit word Argha, the most valua-
ble thing.
4) Candle: A candle light is showing us the light
of wisdom and compassion of Amida Buddha. Butsudan
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
Eggplant (using sticks) for them to return
to the Pure Land slowly.
7) Mizu-noko: The fresh cut eggplant and cu-
cumber 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 limit-
lessly. (Optional)
9) Nishime without meat: A traditional Japa-
nese food used as monasterial 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.

Oahu Jodo Shu Rengo Fujinkai Convention

On April 23, 2017, the Haleiwa Jodo Shu Fujinkai and Honolulu Jodo Shu Fujinkai met and held
their Convention at Haleiwa Jodo Mission. The Haleiwa ladies were delighted that Bishop Gensho
Hara was able to make
time from his busy
schedule to join this
Convention. It is always
nice for Haleiwa and
Honolulu Fujinkai ladies
to meet each year. Both
our groups are getting
smaller and always
thinking how we can
make our groups expand.
Convention group photo; Officers and ministers were Keiro ladies were from Haleiwa and Any suggestions?
given leis made by Haleiwa Sunday School. Honolulu Fujinkai and also Bishop Hara Page 3
 M o t h e r s Da y P h o t o s
On May 14, the Sunday School surprised
everyone with a wonderful concert. Takeru
Nii was the MC. Declan Guris read a
beautiful Mothers Day poem he wrote him-
self. Sophie Narashiba played the koto (Sousei
Daiichiban), Himawari Kaneda played the piano
(Valses by Chopin), Sara Toma played the violin
and on one song was accompanied by Rev. Nakano
on the piano.

Declan left
reading his
Mothers Day-
poem; Sophie
right on koto;
Himawari far
right on piano;
Sara below
with her violin.

All the youngsters are so talented!

If you did not attend, you missed a
Smiles from Mrs. Kitagawa &
wonderful program! They all prac-
Mrs. Miyamoto ticed so hard and it showed with
each of their performances! Thank
you Declan, Sophie, Himawari,
Sara and Rev. Nakano.

Fathers Day Celebration

June 18th
All the female attendees We always remember our Mothers,
were treated to a carna- but do we always remember our
tion for Mothers Day! Fathers?
Then to Ikoi Hall for a A concert is being
wonderful Chinese planned for Fathers
luncheon by the Sunday Day.
School and Intermediate
YBA. THANK YOU Please come to our
Sunday School and In- Fathers Day Ser-
termediate YBA for a vice and honor your
wonderful Mothers father by your pres-
Smiles from Mrs. Hisamoto &
Mrs. Nishiyama Day! ence on June 18th at 10 a.m.
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 OBON CHUTOBA ORDER FORM
Obon Services will be held Friday, July 21st to Sunday, July 23rd, at Jodo Mission of Hawaii
DEADLINE: June 28, 2017

YOUR NAME___________________________________________PHONE________________
On which day are you coming?
NAME OF DECEASED

1._________________________________________________________ Please circle date and time.

2._________________________________________________________ Fri, July 21 2 pm or 7 pm

Sat, July 22 2 pm or 7 pm
3._________________________________________________________
Sun, July 23 10 am
4._________________________________________________________
Or
Cannot attend the service

One Chutoba is $ 7.00 Total of Chutoba Total

1 7

FOR OFFICE USE ONLY

Order accepted by : _______________ Date accepted : _______/______/ 2017 ( In person / Mail / By phone )

Received by : _______________ Date paid : _______/______/ 2017 (Cash / Check # __________ ) Write_______

( Cut )

ORDER FORM FOR CHOCHIN LANTERN

DEADLINE: June 28, 2017

YOUR NAME _____________________________________PHONE : () _________________

NAME OF DECEASED
So sorry no large
1.____________________________________________________________ chochin. We are un-
able to obtain the large
2.____________________________________________________________ chochins. We have
only a limited supply.
3.____________________________________________________________ Please call 949-3995
4.____________________________________________________________
to inquire about the
large chochin. Thank
you.
SMALL()_7.00 = TOTAL______________

FOR OFFICE USE ONLY

Order accepted by : _______________ Date accepted : _______/______/ 2017 ( In person / Mail / By phone )

Received by : _______________ Date paid : _______/______/ 2017 (Cash / Check # __________ ) Write_______
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 Jodo Mission of Hawaii Has Many Repair Work
Our temple was built in 1932 and as many of you have noticed repairs need
to be done to maintain the temple, like leaky roofs, cement cracking, peeling paint,
rusty roof, tiles that need to be maintained, etc. In addition, somethings may be
harder to replace. There may not be people in Hawaii who can do the maintenance
required. To the right is a manlift used recently to try to detect
where the rain water was coming into the womens restroom?
You may have seen buckets in the womens restroom. Soon
we will need to repaint our temple. All these repairs costs a lot
of money. Our Board of Directors, including Rev. Narashiba,
have to deal with many of these maintenance problems as well
as keep our temple operating safely.
If anyone can help by
serving on our Board or
have any suggestions to
the many maintenance
problems, we can certain-
ly use your assistance.

Jodo Mission Office Hours:

Monday to Saturday: 8am5pm
Sunday & Holidays: 8am3pm
Phone: 949-3995
Website: www.jodo.us

Rev. Kanjun Nakano

Bishop Gensho Hara Rev. Yubun Narashiba Resident Minister
Lahaina, Maui Head Minister
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 EITAIKYO (Perpetual Memorial Service) for June
1 Tatsuo Nonaka Hisako Mitani
Mieko Ono
Bertha Takako Homareda
2 Takayo Fukuda
The Fukuda Family 12 Bunjiro Umemoto
Yasuichi Nakai The Umemoto Family
The Nakai Family Miyoshi Okamura
Kikue Tejima The Okamura Family
The Tejima Family
Yasu Kawamura 13 Charlse Harumi
Fujio Fujita Takabayashi (2)
Jeane Sachiko Ebisuzaki
4 Rui Yasumoto Sakaye Ogata
Shizutaro Kimura
Fujiko Teruya 14 Masuzo Konaka
Katsu Yokoyama The Konaka, Yano,
Susan Teruko Lubick & Hayashi Families
Rose Kikue Hata Kiichi Morisako
5 Kamematsu Kano Katsuko Sakakibara
Shigeki Narahara
The Kano & Watanabe
Families 15 Yoshio Morita
Shuichi Arakawa The Morita Family
Yoshikazu Ebisuzaki Kikutaro Higashide
Tamon Yamaguchi The Higashide
Japanese Marines & Fuyukawa Families
Masanori Matsumoto Albert Akira Sakuda
Rehei Matsumoto
Tsuyo Matsumoto 16 Onichi Chinen
The Chinen Family
6 Chujiro Nishimura Chiyo Heirakuji
The Nishimura Family Harry Noboru Matsumoto
Matsu Wakagi Iwao Oki
The Wakagi Family
Tomo Daitoku (2) 17 Natsu Kawamura
Daitoku & Fujimoto The Kawamura Family
Families Senjiro Ogawa
Daitoku & Kawauchi Ichiro Nakatsuka
Families The Hirotsu Family
Shinichi Fukuda Helen Miyoko Oda
The Fukuda Family Hachijiro Homareda
Miyoshi Takara
18 Bunkichi Kamimura
7 Ayako Morikawa Tama Morita
The Morikawa Family The Morita Family
Taki Asai Chiyo Mori
Kichi Kunihisa Hatsuyo Yoshikawa
Shina Kotake
Kame Uyehara
Yukiyo Matsumoto The Uyehara Family
Robert Hidenori Iwai Kay Kimiko Yamamoto
Janice Yoshiko Kitashiro
8 Soichi Hirano
Mitsue Ikuta
The Hirano & Kaneko George Tsuneharu
Families
Masaki
The Hirota Family
Saku Yokoyama 19 Kiyomatsu Ueno
The Ueno Family
9 Sueko Tanimura
Shinei Kanehira
The Tanimura Family The Kanehira Family
Kenzaburo Ishii
Mitsuru Ogi
The Ishii Family
Kenichi Naito
Emi Kawamoto Sam Saburo Taniguchi
10 Hosuke Miyagawa Kikuyo Morioka
The Miyagawa Family Miyoshi Akashi
Ariki Fujimoto Hatsukichi Yamamoto
Ryoshichi Himuro
20 Hisataro Yanagihara The Himuro Family
The Yanagihara Family Kiyoichi Oshiro
Naoji Yokoyama
Moushi Kobashigawa 29 Kumanosuke Morikawa
Kame Uyehara The Morikawa Family
Ichitaro Matsuda Sadamu Yanagihara
Hisakichi Yamamoto The Yanagihara Family
Wade Kenji Sakai Kinuyo Karimoto
The Ashimine Family Ziu Takaoka
Kiichi Takaoka
21 Sumi Takeda Shizuko Heirakuji
The Takeda Family
Grace Kawafuchi
Komanoshin Masatsugu
Teruo Masatsugu 30 Hana Ishizaki
Ayako Tasaka Tsurue Nagaishi
Suzuko Shigehara The Nakauye Family
Yoshito Charles Oshita John Yoshito Nakauye
Koei Takara
22 Isuke Iwasaki Gerald Kenji Sato
Murakami's Baby
Kazumi Mizuta
Yoshimi Maruuchi
Edward Isamu Kimoto
Moshi Takara
Takaras Baby
Edwin Kyoichiro Arakaki
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 Kurakake
Dorothy S. Kobayashi
Harry Wakaso Iwai
25 Hana Mitsutani
The Mitsutani Family Obituaries
Nobuyuki Nishida
Yukio Hirata
The Jodo Mission of Hawaii
Akio Nathon Tagami extends its sincere condo-
lences to the family mem-
26 Fuji Yano bers and loved ones of the
The Yano, Konaka,
following members who
& Hayashi Families
have recently left this world
Taizo Kawamura
The Kawamura Family for the Pure Land.
Mokunosuke Taniguchi Elaine Michie Miyakawa 97
Isamu Nakano
Noble Noboru Karimoto 90
Keigo Soma
Claris Sadako Yamamoto
27 Ron Kiyoshi Amasaki
Akira Shimoda
28 Shintaro Masuda
The Masuda & Asamura
Families
 Jodo Mission of Hawaii
9:30am Morning Service June 2017 Phone: 949-3995
Everyday
Website: www.jodo.us

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

Jodo Shu Calendar for June: As it reflects in 1 2 3

Y B A C on ve n ti on i n H i l o
every rain puddle, the sun illuminates us all.
4 8:30am Fujinkai Meeting
5 6 7 8 9 10
10:00am Obetsuji Service 8:00 Sewing Circle

YBA Convention in Hilo

11 12 13 14 15 16 17
10am Sunday Service

11:45am Board Meeting

18 19 20 21 22 23 24
10:00am Sunday Fathers 8:00 Sewing Circle
Day Service

25 26 27 28 29 30
10:00am Sunday Service Chutoba & Chochin
Order Deadline

June 28: DEADLINE: Chutoba & Chochin Orders

YBA: Convention in Hilo
July 9: O-Toba Set Up & General Cleaning before Fujinkai Meeting Sewing Circle
O-Bon Services - YOUR HELP IS NEED- (Womens association) 6/2 to 6/4
ED. June 10 and 24
July 21-23: O-Bon Services at Jodo Mission of Hawaii 6/4 @ 8:30 a.m.
Aug 18-19: Bon Dance at Jodo Mission of Hawaii Ikoi Hall 8 am to 11 am Sunday School
Sept. 10 Keiro Family Service No Sunday School in
Sept 15-17: Kyoku Convention / Hawaii Council of
June & July