Hawaii Kotohira Jinsha - Hawaii Dazaifu Tenmangu
March 2022

May peace prevailMAHALO for your generous Donations
Kaoru Banuilos
Bill & Keiko Doughty
Bryson & Reiko Goda
In Memory of Emily Ebina
Mitsuru & Pam Igarashi
Rodney & Sharon Isa
Kumi Iseki
Lorraine Kadota
James & Melba Kurashige
Mike Lee
Carol Matsuwaki
Bobbie Mendes
Yae Miko
Steve Miwa
Gail Miyamoto
Shinken & Marilyn Naitoh
Ken & Janel Nakama
Craig & Diane Nishida
Ken & Sumera Romaniszyn
Akiko SanaiRudy & Sherrie Santiago
Aaron Shimoda

Shawna Shimoda
Gary & Linda Shinsato
Robert Stallings
Sharon Tanigawa
Naomi Teramoto
Blake & Jenny Uramoto
Richard Yanagi

MAHALO for yourdonations of Sake
Bryson & Reiko Goda
Hanayagi Dancing Academy
Mitsuru & Pam Igarashi
Art IsaIslander Sake Brewery
Kokusai Sake Kai
Shinken & Marilyn Naitoh
Craig & Diane Nishida
Gary & Linda Shinsato
Takenoko Sushi - Hilo
Naomi Teramoto

The shrine's annual Sake Appreciation Festival
was initiated to acknowledge the gift that
alcoholic beverages made from rice like sake areto the world and our lives. Due to Covid-19, theevent was observed internally with only ourBoard members.

GOKITO Private Blessings

A baby blessing was performed
for a family from Las Vegas

Good health blessings wereperformed for shrine friends

A car blessing was performed
on 3/6
Yakudoshi andKanrekiblessings wereperformed on
3/6 for a family
that has lived
near the shrine
for threegenerations.

A long distance blessing wasperformed for a furry friend

Visit our website: www.jinja.us

GOKITO Private Blessings
The Sanju Pagoda isa columbarium
complex built in1966, within theHonolulu MemorialPark.

major repairs.
The Pagoda waspurchased by a local
business a few years
ago and repairs of
the roof will begin
this month.

and was modeled
after the 3-storey
pagoda of Minami
Hokkeji Temple inNara.

The 116-foot Pagoda
was designed by
local architect
Robert Katsuyoshi

A ceremony wasconducted on March
9 for the safety ofthe volunteers,
smooth completion
and removal of any
negative energies.

An interment
ceremony wasperformed for ashrine friend at
NuuanuMemorial Park on
March 9.
After a short
ceremony, theurn holding theearthly remainsof the deceased
was placed in agrave with her
husband.
Rituals such as
interments unite
people in acommon, sharedexperience andhelp us toremember that
our loved one isalways with us in
our hearts.

The Pagoda fell into
disrepair when acomplicated lawsuit
froze assets whichwere to allow for
regular groundmaintenance andView shrine photos: www.flickr.com/kotohira-dazaifu

Board of Directors - Officers
The shrine is pleased to announce
the election of Br yson Goda as theincoming Chair of the shrine's
board of directors.
Bryson succeeds Dr . Sh in k en
Nait oh , the former president andchair who served the board since2001.
Dr. Naitoh was responsible forestablishing policy and guiding theshrine's efforts into the 21stcentury with events like Sake
Appreciation Festival and theinitiating and naming of our
website, e-shrine.org.
He will continue to serve as amember of the board.
We would like to express our
sincere gratitude to Dr. Naitoh for
his hard work, dedication and forbeing a judicious steward inbuilding and growing the shrine.

cultural activities and events.

He leaves the shrine a betterorganization and on a strongfooting for those who follow him.
We look forward to his ongoing
involvement as a board member.
Bryson is a Master Instructor andprincipal of Hanayagi Dancing
Academy Hawaii Foundation.
Upon receiving his MBA at Hawaii
Pacific University, he joined an
accounting firm and is presently
and a personal banker at First
Hawaii Bank. Bryson joined theshrine board in 2015.
Bryson has demonstrated a deep
commitment to the shrine and has
been an invaluable asset in thepreservation and perpetuation ofBOARD OF DIRECTORS
Bryson Goda
Linda Shinsato
Marilyn Naitoh

Irene TakizawaShinken Naitoh

Masa Takizawa

Diane Nishida
OFFICERS
President - Bryson Goda
Vice President - Diane Nishida
Secretary - Linda Shinsato
Treasurer - Irene Takizawa

Visit our website at www.jinja.us

Shunbun no Hi

CALENDAR

Shunbun no Hi or theSpring (Vernal?
Equinox heralds thefirst day of Spring.

The most popular foodoffering to thedeceased is Botamochior Ohagi.

On the Autumn
Equinox or Shubun noHi - Ohagi is used asofferings.

During the Springequinox, the amountsof daylight anddarkness are about
the same in length.

On Shunbun no Hi orSpring Equinox,
Botamochi is offered.
Botamochi is madefrom koshi-an orsmooth bean paste.

Ohagi uses Tsubu-an orcoarse bean paste andis shaped in an oval like barrels of rice.

The Japanese observe
this day to remember
the deceased byoffering foodstuff orvisiting the graves.

The name comes from
Botan or peony andthe shape of the mochi
is smooth and round.

The name ohagi comesfrom hagi or Japanese
clovers which growabundantly in Autumn.

APRIL
24

2 pm (INTERNAL)
Spring Thanksgiving Festival
Scholarship AwardsMAY12 pm (INTERNAL)
Tsukinamisai Monthly Service29

8 am (INTERNAL)
Memorial Day Service(Punchbowl, Makiki & Moiliili
Cemeteries)

This year, Shunbun no
Hi falls on March 21.

JUNE
5

Botamochi

Ohagi

10 am - 2 pm (CANCELED)
Chinowa for People & PetsMAINTENANCE
Spring is a time for pruning for
health plant and beauty.
Pruning removes dead or dying
branches that can affect the overall
health of plants. More importantly,
it encourages the plant to serve its
intended purpose in the landscape.
Empowering the plants to put its
energy into producing the growth
you want will yield beautiful,healthy leaves and flowers or tasty
vegetables and fruits.

An annual inspection of the roof was
performed after Shichigosan in late November.
Dust and debris was removed from the roofs
and the neighboring tree on the H-1 side of
the shrine was trimmed to reduce seeds andleaves from dropping on the roof.
Due to the heavy rains during December
and January - vegetation was discovered
this February on the shrine roof.
As the root system of plants and trees willquickly destroy a roof membrane - deepcleaning of the roof was done and allvegetationremoved.
The debris wassegregatedfrom thedirt and isbeing used ascompost.

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