Haw aii Kotohir a Jinsha
Haw aii Dazaifu Tenm angu
Au t u m n Th an k sgivin g Fest ival
Thanksgiving is meant to remember the things
we have to be grateful for. It's our special time togive thanks... not just for the food we partake, but
for the thousands of fortunate moments, themultitude of blessings that we receive every dayof our lives.
The Autumn Thanksgiving Festival is a special
day to express gratitude that will enhance every
aspect of our lives.
The festival commenced at 3:00 pm on Sunday,
September 25, officiated by Rev. Masa Takizawa
and assisted by Bishop Daiya Amano of Izumo
Taishakyo Mission of Hawaii and Rev. Akihiro
Okada of Daijingu Temple of Hawaii. A Miko mai
was performed by Shauna Arakaki and Shaniah
Reveiro.
President Shinken Naitoh welcomed guests tothe special day and thanked all who attended andthose who helped in the preparation andclean-up to make this event a success.

October 2016

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M AHALOf or you r don at ion s
Tom & Linda AgawaCharley & Amy CastroDaijingu Temple of Hawaii
Bill & Keiko Doughty
Toshiko Fujisaki
Miyoko Hanahara
Hanayagi Dancing Academy
Hawaii Foundation
Bob Harada
Richard Ige
Heijiro Ikeda
Arthur K. Isa
Kyoko Isa
Izumo Taishakyo Mission
Lorraine & Elsie Kadota
Bruce & Lynne Kauer
Keigo & Asuka Kitano
Elaine Komatsu
Seiji & Tomoko Kumagawa
James & Melba Kurashige
Richard Lau
Mike Lee

Yoshinobu Matsuyama
Shinken & Marilyn Naitoh
Chad Nakamura
Craig & Diane NishidaDiane Ogasawara
Mitsunobu Ohashi
Akiko Sanai
Senbukan Karate
Tammy Morioka-Shimazu
Nankai Kyudo
Naoya Shimura
Gary & Linda Shinsato
Alice Sugimoto
Sugimoto Ohana
Jeanne Sumida
Yuko Takahashi
Allan Takeshita
Jensen & Judy Toma
Sharon Toma
Yumiko Tomita
Nancy Wong

Mahalo Nui to this Instagramer for his affirmationof gratitude for having his vehicle blessed at theshrine.
Counting your blessings and being aware of all thegifts one receives transforms your focus from whatlacks in your life to the abundance that is alreadypresent.
Scientific studies have proven that grateful people
are happier people.

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Shrine friend Ak ik o San ai
presented the International Piano
Performance Series of her Piano
Studio on August 29 at Hawaii PublicRadio.
Three world renown musicians
Jacopo Giacopuzzi, Tommaso
Maganzani and Sergio Baietta from
Verona, Italy performed their 2ndHawaii guest performance along withaspiring and talented Sudents of theAkiko Sanai Piano Studio.

Choyo no Sekku or Chrysanthemum
Festival was celebrated on Sunday
September 4.

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Sake laced with chrysanthemum
petals were served in hopes of living ahealthy and long life.
Chrysanthemum was used as
medicine in Japan since ancient times
and it is believed that it has the powerof longevity.
The aristocrats of ancient Japan
enjoyed gazing at rare kiku
chrysanthemums from China andwishing upon them for their longevity.

3 pm
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9 am - 1 pm

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M AHALOFest ival Pr ep Volu n t eer s

Fest ival Volu n t eer s

Bob Harada
Arthur Isa
Marilyn Naitoh

Shauna Arakaki
Cal ChunJeff Fujioka
Bob Harada
Arthur Isa

Shinken Naitoh
Gary Shinsato
Linda Shinsato

Arthur Isa Jr
Mike Lee
Calvin Mai
Marilyn Naitoh
Shinken Naitoh

Craig NishidaDiane Nishida
Shaniah Riveiro
Gary Shinsato
Linda Shinsato

Danny Song
Becky Sun
Val Tsutsumi

The shrine was desecrated
by a vandal on September 14
at about 2:00 am.

were torn - a crime that will
cost the shrine about $5000
to replace.

Early Wednesday morning,a vandal tore off the sliding
door moldings on theOlomea Street side of theshrine and snuck in.

It's disheartening and apainful reminder that even achurch is not off limits tocrooks.

The hour-long security
footage shows a lone male
attempting to break thedoorknob to gain entry into
the office. He is also seenrummaging through the desk
outside of the office andother areas of the shrine,
The wooden misu curtains

A police report has been
filed and if caught, the vandal
will be prosecuted forproperty damages.
Mahalo to Bob Harada andSherrie Kalua for helping toclean up and Mike Lee forrestoring the door frames,moldings and replacing thedoorknob.

Door knob
repeatedly
hit with abrick.
Molding torn
off resulting
in damages
to the doorand frame

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