Hawaii Kotohira Jinsha - Hawaii Dazaifu Tenmangu
JULY 2019Students from Sacred Hearts Academy's Religion class made theirannual visit to the shine on July 5

M AHALO
f or you r don at ion s
Thomas & Linda Agawa
Bill & Keiko Doughty
Fabian Furukawa
Alan Higashiyama
David & Mayako Hsiang
Rodney & Sharon Isa
David & Masako Jimenez
Gary & Sanae Kanda
Bruce & Lynn Kauer
Elaine Komatsu
Mike Lee
Steve Miwa
Shinken & Marilyn Naitoh
Trisha Nakamura
Craig & Diane Nishida
Justin SakaueAkiko Sanai
Gary & Linda Shinsato
Shari Toyama
Lynn Van Deren
Evan & Leni Yamamoto
Zachary Yamasaki

The shrine wasfeatured in the Autumn
edition of Jinja
Hasshin, a magazine
aiming to connect
Shinto with the globalcommunity.

Mahalo Nui to M ik e Lee forhis donation of several steel
shelves.

The author, Rev.
Tak ak azu M aeda has
dedicated his life
to the research ofShinto shrines
outside of Japan,
especially those thatwere established in
the state of Hawaii.

Tent pipes and accessories forshrine events are now stored
in the basement maintenancestorage area, organized bypipe length and canopy size.

Before the outbreak of WWII, there wereover 50 shrines in Hawaii, with themajority on the island of Oahu.
Presently, there are 4 on Oahu, 2 on
Maui and 1 in Hilo.

Visit ou r w ebsit e: w w w.jin ja.u sGok it o Pr ivat e Blessin gs

A House Blessing was performed forEvan & Leni at their newly built condo

A House blessing was performed on 7/21
for a new home in Makakilo

A Beiju 88th Birthday
Blessing wasperformed for Alan, ashrine friend on 7/13.
In Shinto, there aremany passages of laterlife and rituals that
support and guidepeople through theA Healing Blessing was performed for
Yoshi, a Boston Terrier

spiritual dimensions ofthose passages.
Bei, the Kanji characterfor rice is written using
the kanji characters for
8 - 10 - 8 and is often
referred to as the "ricebirthday". Ju means
longevity.

The color thatrepresents Beiji isgold.
It is said that the vast
rice fields in Japan turna brilliant gold color
when the rice is ripe
and ready to harvest.

View even t s pics at : w w w.f lick r .com / kot oh ir a-dazaif u

Con gr at u lat ion sCassandra
Carlyle ispictured withSenior Judge
Susan Oki
Mollway of theUS District
Court for theDistrict ofHawaii

Congratulations to Rev. M asa
Tak izaw a for completing 25 years ofservice at the shrine.
A native of Nagoya, Rev. Takizawa
began his tenure as the 12th Guji
(Chief Priest) of the shrine on June 1,1994.

Congratulations to the shrine's loyal
volunteer and 2018 scholarship recipient
Cassan dr a Car lyle on winning the Ninth
Circuit Court of Appeals Civics Contest.

Rev. Takizawa is a graduate ofChukyo University, Nagoya andcompleted Shinto Studies at
Kogakkan University of Ise in 1992.

The contest offers high school students
in the US and Pacific islands anopportunity to win cash prizes whilelearning about the role of the judicialbranch.

He served at Shiroyama Hachimangu
shrine in Nagoya prior to serving at
Hawaii Kotohira Jinsha - Hawaii
Dazaifu Tenmangu.

This year 's theme was ?The 4th
Amendment in the 21st Century - Whatis an ?Unreasonable Search and Seizure?
in the Digital Age??

Congratulations to Kilala Hall the shrine's 2019 scholarship
recipient on her graduation fromKaiser High School

Congratulations to Jam es
Yon em u r a, a 2016 shrine
scholarship recipient on hisgraduation from Seattle University- Albers School of BusinessTANABATA - on e of t h e Five Sek k u
From ancient times, the Japanese
have embraced the awes ofnature by celebrating thechanging of the seasons.
Among them are five major
festivals called Go-sekku. They are
Jinjitsu 1/7, Joushi 3/3, Tango 5/5,
Tanabata 7/7, Choyo 9/9.
TANABATA (July 7)
The present day celebration of
Tanabata is actually a
combination of several festivals:
1) Chinese tradition called Qixi
(Kikoden in Japanese) where young
women and men wished for skills
in sewing, craftsmanship andpenmanship
2) Ancient Japanese ritual ofTanabta-tsume where Shrine Mikomaidens wove cloths for the kami,
on a loom called Tanabata
3) Chinese legend of the cowherd

and the Princess (also known as
Chilseok in Korean)4) One of the Five Sekku Tanabata, a festival to pray forprotection from the heat andpestilence of summer
Tanabata gained widespread
popularity among the generalpublic and by the 18th century
was being observed by most of
the population.
Popular customs relating toTanabata varies by region but all
involves the writing of wishes.
The custom was to use dew left
on leaves to create the ink used towrite wishes. Bamboo is thought
to have become part of theTanabata tradition for its
propensity to grow straight andtall, with upward stretching
branches bearing the wishes toheaven.

Tanabata was observed at the shrinefrom July 1 - 7. Tanzaku rectangulartags and tags of various shapes wereavailable to visitors to write theirwishes for the annual celebration.

CALENDAR
A stubby Duraglas beer bottle wasfound under the concrete foundationof the hall by the plumbers.

Au gu stThe bottle stands approximately 7inches and is made of a thick ambercolored glass.
No Deposit No Ret u r n Not t o ber ef illed is embossed on the bottle.
A logo and several numerals areembossed on the bottom.
While researching the bottle, it wasdiscovered that it was manufactured by the Owens-Illinois Glass Co.
headquatered in Toledo, Ohio whichbegan glass operations in 1896.
The logo on the bottom consists of aDiamond and oval mark entwined,with an I in the center.
The style of the logo on the bottomof the bottle was used by the Owens
Illinois Glass Company from April 29,
1929 to 1954.

31 pm
Clean u p & pr epar at ion s

410 am - 2 pm
Back -To-Sch ool Blessin g

Sept em ber
The numeral 6 on the left of the logo
designates plant number, which isCharleston, West Virginia.

1On lin e Reser vat ion s
accept ed f or Sh ich igosan ,Ju san M air i, Tot ose n oOiw ai an d Seijin Sh ik i
(For det ails visit :w w w.jin ja.u s)

The 5 on the right of the logo
denotes the year of manufacture 1945.
The beer in this bottle was most
likely a Schlitz. Schlitz was the best
selling beer in the 1940s until its
demise in the mid-1970s for adding
silica gel and using a process called
accelerating batch fermentation,
which produced an unnatural andtoxic product.

8:30 am - 4 pm

28

1 pm
Clean u p & Pr epar at ion s

29

3 pm
99t h An n u al Au t u m n
Th an k sgivin g Fest ivalM ain t en an ce
As reported on our June newsletter, theBathroom Project went from routine
repair to a complicated mega projectwith multiple moving parts.

they are susceptible to corrosion,
which causes 25% of pipe failures.
Depending on the environment,
corrosion can damage pipes in as little
as 20 to 30 years.

The original cast iron plumbing built in
the 1960s has reached the end of its
lifespan.

Today, plumbers typically use plastic
PVC. This material is said to last up to100 years.

Millions of houses built before 1975
have cast iron pipes. At best, thesepipes will last for 40- 50 years, butcorrosion can cause damage even
earlier.
Cast iron was largely used for pipes

until the 1980?s. It was the preferredpipe material throughout the 19th and20th centuries, and was even used as
far back as the 17th century at the
Palace of Versailles.
Cast iron is an alloy of iron, containing
other elements like carbon and silicon.
While it can be more brittle than pureiron, it is extremely durable and canwithstand high amounts of pressure.
The downside of cast iron pipes is that

A plumbing camera was pushed
through the sewer pipe under thesocial hall from a clean out to thesanitary main, performing an entire
sewer lateral inspection.

M ain t en an ce con t in u ed
The cast iron pipes had holes andcracks in several places anddisintegration in most areas resulting
in leaky toilets and water poolingunderneath the social hall building.
Over the long-term, it will dissipate thesoil and cause parts of the ground tosag. Water will eventually penetrate
through mud and rocks and erode theground underneath causing a sinkhole.

A special service is being used to pickup the contaminated soil for off-site
remediation and proper disposal.
Two Porta-Potties were brought in to
keep the site safe, functional and up tocode.
The project will be taking longer thanusual as work can only be done atnight and on weekends.
Mahalo Nui to all our supporters asthese maintenance projects topreserve and perpetuate the shrine
are only possible through yourgenerous donations.

The Board took immediate action to
repair and replace the pipes before it
led to further foundation damage.
The Bathroom Project continues withjack-hammering through the building's
slab and creating trenches in the boy's
bathroom and patio area.
Using the same path and pitch, new
PVC pipes will be connected andplaced on top of properly
re-compacted fill.
Meanwhile, a rolloff was brought in for
concrete disposal.

Boy's bathroom on 6/13

Boy's bathroom on 6/23