O-Toba Set Up & Temple General Cleaning

Sunday, July 9, 2017 at 8:00 a.m.

YOUR HELP IS NEEDED!
Below is the beginning of the O-Toba (the base) set up. As you can see, the O-Toba
foundation has been set up little by little with the important marker posts. We must set
up 560+ O-Tobas on July 9th. We welcome both men and women. This is hard work
and it can be fun! We appreciate your help.
It takes a lot of people to set up the O-Tobas. To bring the hundreds of
O-Tobas out to the front lawn, it takes manpower. To set up each O-Toba,
it takes at least 2 persons, one to hold the wooden memorial stick and
one to pound the nails to secure the wooden tablet.
We can also use your help cleaning the temple and Columbarium/
Nokotsudo to get ready for the O-Bon services so please may we ask for
your kokua. Thank you!

O-Bon Service Schedule

Friday, July 21
10:00 am (Hatsubon only)
2:00 pm & 7:00 pm
Saturday, July 22
10:00 am (Hatsubon only)
2:00 pm & 7:00 pm
Sunday, July 23
10:00 am Final O-Bon Service

Address Service Requested

Honolulu HI 96814
1429 Makiki St.
Jodo Mission of Hawaii

(#1248-0717

Bulletin - JULY 2017

Jodo Mission of Hawaii
 O-Bon Service Schedule
O-Bon Services will be held as follows:
Friday, July 21 - 10:00 am (Hatsubon Families Only)
2:00 pm & 7:00 pm
Saturday, July 22 - 10:00 am (Hatsubon Families Only)
2:00 pm & 7:00 pm
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 on Sunday, July 23 at 10:00 am, followed by Taiko performance
to send our ancestors spirits back to the Pure Land. Cleanup will begin shortly thereafter.
O-Toba Service Appointments: If you wish to have prayers offered in front of your
O-Toba, appointments will be accepted (no appointments during above service hours):
Tuesday, July 12 to Thursday July 20: 8:00 am to 9:15 am
Fri/Sat July 21-22: 8:00 am to 9:15 am; 11:00 am to 1:15 pm
3:00 pm to 6:15 pm
Sunday, July 23: 8:00 am to 9:15 am
Offering of Rice: During O-Bon Services it is customary to offer a bag of
rice. However, monetary donations in lieu of rice are acceptable. Rice envelopes are
available in the office. Thank you for your understanding and support.
Sr. YBA O-Bon Flower Sale: Please help the Sr. YBA by purchasing a beautiful potted
chrysanthemum ($2.00 each). NO phone orders will be taken. Thank you for your support.
Friday, July 21: 9:00 am to 7:30 pm Saturday, July 22: 9:00 am until supply runs out

Offerings at your O-Toba: The space allowed for each O-Toba is approximately
6 inches width and 7 inches in depth. Space is so precious! See photo at right. In 2014
someone was quite creative! Many family members visit the O-Tobas and
bring offerings. Some are very organized and stack their offerings neatly in
layers. It takes coordination among the various family members. Most people
will offer foods that the deceased liked, i.e. fruits, mochi, pastries, candies,
somen for long generation life, juice, soda.
Cucumber and eggplant: Some people will have a cucumber and eggplant on
wooden sticks telling our ancestors to quickly come back to this world via the
cucumber (horse) and the eggplant (cow) to slowly return to the Pure Land
and see you again next year.
The most important thing about ordering an O-Toba is to make sure
you visit your O-Toba. If you are ill and cannot visit your O-Toba, please
make sure you let your relatives know so maybe they will make an effort to
visit your O-Toba.
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 Translating Japanese Headstones on Kalaupapa
Unknown to many Japanese families, whose family
members acquired leprosy, now known as Hansens
Disease, were shipped to Kalaupapa and never heard
from again, Rev. Narashiba was contacted by
Kaohulani McGuire of the National Park Service to
assist in translating many gravestones in the Japanese
Cemetery at Kalaupapa. Photo at left is Rev. Narashiba at Kalaupapa. Rev.
Narashiba spent two days in April 2016 deciphering the Japanese characters
on the gravestone. Some were easy to translate but others were very hard to
translate. Sometimes Kaohulani and her crew would use some powder or something to cover
the gravestone and the characters would just jump up or they sometimes would cover the grave-
stone with paper and scratch on the paper so a better impression of the Japanese characters
could be seen. The gravestones were probably made by another Japanese
patient so they were sometimes very hard to read.
This project was part of the Historic Hawaii Foundations preservation goal
to fully document the gravestones and translate them into English. Ms.
McGuire has been working to locate families of the deceased buried in
Kalaupapa.
This project is one of many, many projects the Historic Hawaii Foundation
is involved in and Rev. Narashiba was able to participate and was recently
recognized for his efforts. CONGRATULATIONS REV. NARASHIBA!

Sewing Circle Does Good Deeds

Doris Soma handles the Sewing Circle every second and fourth Saturday of
each month at 8:00 am to 11:00 am in Ikoi Hall. She has a small group of ladies who
come on these Saturdays. The temple receives a lot of fabric materials from donors
who are cleaning their homes and want to discard the fabrics. From
time to time, the ladies decide what they should make with the
fabrics. Some fabrics are just small pieces, some are large and not
always the same type of fabric. With some of the larger fabrics,
they made lap blankets and donated about 20 of them to Maluhia
Nursing Facility near Lanakila Health Center. The people at
Maluhia Nursing Facility were so appreciative of these donated
hand-made lap blankets. Mrs. Soma says these lap blankets were of Doris Soma with her
helpers helpers at Bon
good quality sewing. This made all the ladies feel good that they Dance.
made some people happy. The Sewing Circle ladies only meet twice
a month for three hours. They sometimes only have time to cut the material they need
and then take them home to sew, donating their time and sometimes at their own ex-
pense if they need something else to complete the item. During Bon Dance and the
Bazaar, all their profits are given to the temple. ARIGATO Sewing Circle.
Any volunteers who would like to assist the Sewing Circle may leave a message
for Doris at the temple office. Page 3
 Haleiwa Bon Dance: July 14 and 15, 2017. We are ordering a van to go to
Haleiwa on Saturday, July 15, for Jodo Mission members, leaving
Jodo Mission of Hawaii at 4:00 p.m. and leaving Haleiwa at 10:00
p.m. to return to Jodo Mission of Hawaii. Please contact Jodo
Mission 949-3995 if you wish to ride the .bus. Thank you.

Bon Dance
What do you think of Bon Dance? This is a time when
families and friends get together to remember their ancestors,
dance to the music of the Taiko drums and eat delicious foods!

In preparation for Bon Dance:

The Honolulu Jodo Shu Fujinkai is again
looking for manpower for Bon Dance. Most of the
ladies of the Fujinkai are in their 70s, 80s and 90s and
when the sun goes down, many go home. We could
use your help on the day of the Bon Dance, Friday and
Saturday, August 18 and 19
in the mornings and early
afternoon for cutting vegetables for yaki soba, stuffing
sushi rice into inari cones and packing them for sale,
assist with maki sushi as well as oshizushi, help is also
needed for lifting heavy 36 cup
rice pots or washing dishes.
Assembling variety packs is
not as simple as you may think, some creativity can be use-
ful, especially for oshizushi or pressed sushi. In the eve-
nings, help is needed to sell the products made or to help serve turkey jook, yaki
soba or gyoza. Whatever time you can spare, please call Sally Hayashi at the temple
at 949-3995 or leave a message and she will call you back.

Sr. YBA could use your help with

skewering the delicious BQ meat! It
takes a lot of people to skewer BQ
sticks. So if you have some time,
please contact the Jodo Mission office
and leave your name and contact infor-
mation that you are willing to help!
They can use some dish washers dur-
ing the evenings also!
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 Fathers Day at Jodo Mission
Fathers Day is a day we devote to our Fathers, Dads or Grandpas, whether
they are living or passed. Its a day we say thank you for being my Dad or for being
my Grandpa and for looking out for me, for playing with me or whatever.
Sunday School students (Declan, Jax and Sophie)
had a bag of goodies for all the fathers and grandfathers
who attended Sunday Service on June 18, 2017. Photo at
right shows Jax Guris giving a bag of goodies to Teruto
Soma and also giving him a hug.
Declan Guris read a beautiful Fathers Day
poem he wrote about the things he does with
his Dad and wished his Dad a Happy Fathers Day!
Stuart Nago, ukulele instructor, put together a musical treat for all the
fathers and grandfathers who attended. While the koto players were set-
ting up, he took the time to explain some things about his own father who
passed away three years ago. He ad libbed further about his trip to Sendai
and visited with Rev. Hiroyoshi Oeda and wife Mari (he will later
be our guest speaker to show videos of his trip, possibly Sunday,
July 16).
Sophie Narashiba played the koto with her
Sensei Darin Miyashiro looking on. She
played Mari Tsuki Vol 1 by herself and played
Mari Tsuki Vol. 2 with Miyashiro Sensei.

Stuart
Nago
sang This was really a
wonderful
You Are So Beautiful while Fathers Day!
playing on his ukulele and The music was
then went on to play on his just beautiful! And
other ukulele. It was a fun there was food
day! And THANK YOU also. (Sorry, no
Stuart for this wonderful room for more
musical program! photos.)

ANNOUNCER FOR BON DANCE Are you interested

in bon dance music and would like to learn about being an
MC of all dance songs, announcements, etc. We are
desperately seeking your help! Jodo Mission Bon Dance is
August 18-19. Please call Jodo Mission office 949-3995
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 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

Hints at the Graveyard: Many people visit their

Jodo Mission Office Hours: ancestors at the graveyards at O-Bon time. Sometimes
they have many graves to visit. If you go to the grave
Monday to Saturday: 8am5pm and there are 2 flower containers and you just happen to
Sunday & Holidays 8am3pm have enough flowers for one container, which should
you fill with flowers? It has been suggested that you
Phone: 949-3995 Website: www.jodo.us place the flowers in the left flower holder and leave the
right flower holder face down.

Bishop Gensho Hara Rev. Yubun Narashiba Rev. Kanjun Nakano

Lahaina, Maui Head Minister Resident Minister
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 EITAIKYO (Perpetual Memorial Service) for July
1 Kichi Yanagisawa The Nagata Family Edwin Juichi Yagi Miyoko Ohara
The Yanagisawa Family Yojiro Yamashina Darin Sueo Furutani
Yone Ishida Ukichi Nakano 18 Hisako Fujihana Fumiko Iwamoto
Yoshikazu Kakimoto Fuji Kitagawa The Fujihana Family
Reginald Takahiro Seiji Nakagawa 29 Kansuke Yano
2 Toyo Tojo Tengan Miyoji Aoki The Yano, Konaka &
The Tojo Family Masutaro Kunihisa Hayashi Family
Tsune Uchiumi 11 Toyo Nanbu Tokiyo Masaki Mitsuo Sakakibara
Minoru Shigeta The Nanbu Family Masaaki Maruichi Chiya Wada
Kikuyo Gonhata Fusa Murakami (2) Okiyo Matsumoto Koto Kunimura
Ellen Kimiko Hedani The Murakami Family (2) Matsu Sadoyama
Yuhei Kunimura The Yamamoto Family Kimiko Yamagata 30 Noriaki Masuda
3 Tamayo Yanagihara Shigeyo Ipponsugi The Masuda & Asamura
Robert Yoshimura Iwao Asaumi 19 Misae Higashihara Family
Akiko Tamaki Nancy Yoshiko Ohara Thomas Tamotsu Kinosuke Kitamura
Richard Takaichi Iwai Hamada The Kitamura Family
12 Hideo Higashi Toshisuke Iwamoto
4 Setsuyo Sugihara (2) Kamesaburo Gushiken 20 Gonshichi Shintaku Noriaki Masuda
The Sugihara Family Akiyo Yano Fukuji Ikeda Matsuo Hirayasu
Sumiyo Yamanaka Morio Yanagihara Katsumi Imada Bishop Shutesu
Kajo Teruya (2) Toshiji Oka Ayako Hibi Miyamoto
Isami Yoshikawa Shizue Ogomori
The Yoshikawa Family 13 Kazuichi Akimoto 21 Shigeru Nakata Yetsuo Higa
The Yamanaka Family Bunji Aoki Usuke Oda
Masaru Taira The Aoki Family Kamekichi Toyofuku 31 Haruo Nakano
Toki Yamamoto Kameyo Hayashi
5 Asao Takara The Yamamoto Family 22 Keisuke Kimura
The Kimura Family Usano Yamane
Shige Ikeda Setsuyo Nitta Katsumi Yano
Fred Yutaka Sakuda Yai Ouchi Watanabe Takeo Matsunaga
Motohiro Tanimura Evelyn Chieko Fujita
Donna Haruko Furutani Sadako Asaumi Nobu Namba
Hawayo Yamamoto Matsuyo Miyagi
14 Takao Amano
6 Takaichi Hamada Kanichi Morita 23 June Junko Yamashita
The Hamada Family Fukutaro Nagata Keizo Oda
Miki Ajimura Haya Kamimura Sadako Kishimoto
The Ajimura Family Kazuo Kamimura 24 Masako Narahara
Takezo Ishida Kanichi Morita
Yosuke Mitsutani Kazue Ohara 25 Matsuno Mishina
7 Hisa Akimoto 15 The Nakagawa Family The Mishina Family Obituaries
Masuo Yanagihara (2)
Taki Ishimoto The Koike Family The Yanagihara Family The Jodo Mission of Ha-
Seiji Ogawa The Fujisue Family The Kimura Family waii extends its sincere
Kenneth Tsugio Ito Doris Chiyoko Hayashi The Weiss Family condolences to the family
Richard Shunichi Florence Satoko Law (Stillborn)
Yoshida members and loved ones
16 The Juichi Yamada
8 Yoshio Furumoto Family 26 Naosuke Nakamoto of the following members
The Fujii Family The Nakamoto & who have recently left this
Kamado Takara
The Shikata Family Sakagawa Family world for the Pure Land.
Hiroshi Arakawa
The Nishii Family Toshio Fujimoto
Sueko Kiyama
The Okazaki Family The Fujimoto Family Miyoko Sasuga 96
Shigeko Shimamoto
Haruo Okahara Pauline Aiko Nakamura Kinsaku Gushikuma 90
9 Kameichi Okamura The Okahara Family Michelle Ayano Weiss
Matsuyo Kamioka R. Toyoji Tominaga
Kumataro Gonhata Tetsuichi Umemoto 27 Sakutaro Koyama
Masashi Kimura The Koyama Family
17 Ito Tanimura Sayoko Takaoka
10 Tatsu Yanagihara The Tanimura Family Hatsu Maruichi
The Yanagihara Family Kome Nishiguchi Yoichiro Watanabe
Shina Kaya The Nishiguchi Family Yone Tarumoto
The Kaya & Shimazaki Takiko Amakawa
Family Yumei Uyehara 28 Koichi Ogi
Keizo Nagata Tomoe Yoshioka Sadamu Iwamoto
 9:30am Morning Service Jodo Mission of Hawaii
Everyday
July 2017 Phone: 949-3995
Website: www.jodo.us
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

2 8:30 Fujinkai Meeting 3 4 5 6 7 8

10:00 Sunday Service

9 10 11 12 13 14 15
NO SUNDAY SERVICE
8:00 O-Toba Set Up &
General Cleanup Day
11:45 Board Meeting
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
10:00 Sunday Service O - B O N S ER V I C E S
10:00 am Hatsubon Families
2:00 pm and 7:00 pm
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
10:00 Final O-Bon Service
Clean-up After Service

30 31 Jodo Shu Calendar for July 2017: From the seeds

NO SUNDAY SERVICE
8:00 O-Toba Kuzushi of sorrow bloom the flowers of maturity.
EVENTS: Fujinkai Sewing Circle Sunday School
July 21-23: O-Bon Services at Jodo Mission of Hawaii
Aug 15-16: Bon Dance Practice at Jodo Mission 7-9 pm Meeting No Sewing No Sunday
Aug 18-19: Bon Dance at Jodo Mission of Hawaii July 2 @ 8:30 am Circle in July School in July
Sept 10: Keiro & Grandparents Day
Sept 15-17: Kyoku / Hawaii Council of Jodo Missions Convention Ikoi Hall
YBA: No YBA Meeting in July