Haw ai i Ko t o h i r a Ji n sh a
Haw ai i Dazai f u Ten m an g uFebruary 2016

where ancient t radit ions t hrive

Toshi Iwai - Special birt hdays
In Shinto, there are many passages of later life and rituals that support andguide people through the spiritual dimensions of those passages.
The shrine has a special blessing for each Toshi Iwai to express gratitude and acknowledging
both the blessings and losses of later life. Life, at any age, is about ripening - about doing every age well,learning what we are meant to learn from it and giving to it what we are meant to give back to it.
The ceremony imparts renewed strength of spirit, good health and the courage to face aging with grace.

KANREKI 60 years Kanreki is a joyous occasion which celebrates the beginning of a new cycle andColorRed

evaluation of the meaning and purpose of one's life.

KOKI

70 years Koki originated from a Chinese poem about turning 70. It is a time for a new focus -Color

Navyto see the value and meaning of our lives in the face of illness or declining physicalor cognitive capacity.

KIJU

77 years The kanji characters for KI means happiness and JU means longevity. Double seven

Color

PurpleSANJU

80 years A play on words - the kanji characters for SAN is written using the characters for eight

Color

PurpleBEIJU

88 years BEI, is the kanji character for rice so it is often referred to as the "rice" birthday. JUColor

Yellow

symbolizes divine abundance.

and ten. JU means longevity. Eight symbolizes multiplicity and infinity.

means longevity. Double eight symbolizes the totality of the universe.

SOTSUJU 90 years The kanji characters for SOTSU is written using the kanji for nine and ten, or ninety.
Color

Yellow

HAKUJU99 years Taking a horizontal stroke off the top of the kanji character for 100 is the Kanji

Color

Yellow

HYAKUJU 100
Color

JU means longevity. Nine is thought to be even luckier than the number 8.

character for "white" or HAKU. JU means longevity.
Hyaku means one hundred years. JU means longevity. It is a special celebration ofPink/ Gold those who have lived long and well. Also referred to as Momoju.

MAHALO f or your generous donat ions
Tom & Linda Agawa
David & Kristine Beck
Bill & Keiko Doughty
Omar & Joyce Faufata
Scott Griffin
Bob Harada
Chiaki Hayashi
Fusako Ida
Kyoko Isa

Yuka Kato
Kiyomi Kise
Yoshihiro Kudo
Atsushi Kumagai
James & Melba Kurashige
Charles & Sophia Lai
Marcus Landsberg
Mike Lee
Matt & Jan McNeff

Shinken & Marilyn Naitoh
Keiko Nakamitsu
Toshiko Ogura
Doris Okawa
Earl & Toyoko Okawa
Iris Okawa
Lois Okawa
Robert Piemme

Fumiko Sakakibara
Jay & Pauline Sakashita
Akiko Sanai
Gary & Linda ShinsatoFumie Tamura
John Toma
Takanori Wada

Pr ivat e Blessings

Rev Takizawa performed a private blessing onFebruary 7 for David & Kristine Beck, owners of theTwisted Horn Ranch in Sonoma County California halfway between Petaluma and Bodega Bay.
The ranch is home to Texas Longhorns and issituated on 9 acres of David Beck?s family land withaccess to an additional 100 acres of leased grassland.

Kanai Anzen Blessings were performed for Doris
Okawa and her Ohana on 1/ 17. Mahalo to the four
generations of the Okawa clan that continue tosupport the shrine.

The couple educates consumers on the history of
the Longhorn and the role the all-American breed playsin the growing grass-fed beef industry.
The Becks claim that Longhorn beef has exceptionalflavor and tenderness with considerably less fat,calories, and cholesterol than other lean meats likepork and white meat chicken. High in protein andomega-3 fatty acids, a 3.5 oz. serving has 140 calories,
25.5 grams of protein,and 3.7 grams of fat.
The Becks are focused on expanding withoutcompromising their beliefs on humanely raised
grass-fed and grass-finished cattle and never use
artificial growth hormones or stimulants, steroids orantibiotics.
The ranch is a serene destination that also offers
lodgings. www.twistedhornranch.net

Fumiko Sakakibara of Aichi-ken and friends visit theshrine every February for a Good Health blessing

Shr ine Visit or s

Dr Jay Sakashita and students of his Religion class at Leeward Community College visited the shrine on 2/ 4

Congrat ul at ions
Hanayagi Mit sujyuro-san!

Om am or i f r om
acr oss t he seas

Hanayagi Mitsujyuro (Bryson Goda) Dance Master andDirector of the shrine, was awarded the coveted Ikusei-shoby Hanayagi Jusuke IV the Grand Master of the Hanayagi Ryu
School of Classical Dance in Tokyo on January 28.
Bryson was recognized as an up-and-coming performing
artist and commended for his role in preserving andperpetuating the traditions of Hanayagi-ryu in the state ofHawaii
On 1/29, two old omamoris werereceived by the shrine for burning during
the Sagicho ceremony.
The omamoris were mailed from
Weilerswist, a municipality in Germany
with a brief note expressing gratitude fora year of good health, safety and newopportunities.

When you prepare your federal tax return, the IRS allows you to deduct the donations you make tochurches. As long as you itemize your deductions, on Schedule A. you can generally claim 100 percent of yourchurch donations as a deduction. If you receive goods or services in exchange of your donations, you must
reduce your deduction by their value.
The total of your church donations plus all other charitable contributions you make during the year cannot
exceed 50 percent of your adjusted gross income (AGI). You can also donate financial assets such as stocks
and bonds. If you?ve owned those assets for more than a year you get a double benefit: You can deduct theasset ?s value on the day of the donation. And neither you nor the charity will have to pay capital gains taxes on
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Reconnect ing wit h our ancest ors
Family members of Kamejiro Hasuike,a former officer of the shrine made theirannual visit to the shrine on January 17.
Bessie Yoshimura, daughter ofKamejiro and her children proudly
pointed out Kamejiro's name on thelantern, komainu lions and the torii.
Kamejiro was born in 1874 in Yamaguchi-ken and owned Hasuike
Contractors in Moilili.

Some of the best ulua fishing issaid to be along the Koko Headsea cliffs.
In 1929, the Honolulu JapaneseCasting Club was formed and avid
members often fished in theBamboo Ridge area, west ofBlowhole.
In 1931, a local construction
company - E.E. Black was awarded
a contract to extend Kalanianaole
Highway from Hanauma Bay toSandy Beach. The extension
opened up one of the mostproductive but dangerous fishinggrounds with numerous accidents.
Almost all fatalities in the area
were Isseis.

In December 1931, theHonolulu Japanese Casting Club
decided to initiate an ocean safety
campaign that included placing
signs at every spot that a
fisherman drowned. Member andowner of a fishing supply store
Kaichi Kaya donated the signs.
On December 17, twenty
members met at a taxi stand on
Sheridan Street and headed out toKoko Head in six cars.
While on the rocks looking for asuitable place to post the signs, amember noticed a straw hat
floating offshore. Members
looked further and found member- Zensaku Uchibori floating on hisback. Uchibori kept swimming fora few minutes and sank into thewaters off Koko Head.
Uchibori's body was never foundbut his funeral and procession
was held on December 27.

Mokichi Sasaki and Kaichi Kayastading next to a Danger sign

Members of the Automobile
Association and the Makiki Showa
Club gathered at a home on Aloha
Lane and decided that theprocession with the casket would
start on Sheridan Street, proceedto Kapiolani Boulevard, Kalakaua
Avenue along Makiki ditch, past
King Street and west on Young
Street to Shinshu Kyokai on Aloha

Members of the Honolulu JapaneseCasting ClubStreet. The procession included
about 90 cars and hundreds ofmourners.
Donations were collected fromthe community and a stone statueof Jizo was carved in Hiroshima byYonekichi Kumano to protect
Oahu fishermen.
On August 31, 1932, Hasuike
Contracting hauled the Jizo statue
to Koko Head where Kamejiro
Hasuike and club members set thememorial on a lava rockfoundation. Before cementing thestatue into the foundation,
Uchibori's straw hat was inserted
into the base of the statue.
Hasuike had more than apassing interest in the project.
Uchibori was a friend andneighbor of their home on Kahuna
Lane in Moiliili.

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Maint enance
Two new doors were installed in
the main hall on 1/25 and 30. The
termite eaten casing and jambs
were replaced and full wood doors
were installed by Mike Lee and Bob
Harada.
Excessive heat, ultraviolet rays, oil,grease and other substances takes
it toll on an asphalt parking lot.
Potholes in the parking lot werepatched on 1/29 by Mike Lee, Bob
Harada and Rev Takizawa.
Lighting in the shrine's Shinsenjo
room was upgraded by Mike Leeand Bob Harada on 2/4.

Cal endar
Febr uar y
141 pmKanr eki/ Yakudoshi
Blessing
3 pm
Tsukinam isai

Mar ch6

3:00 pm
Sake Appr eciat ion
Fest ival

12 - 13 9 am - 5 pm
Honolulu Fest ival

APRIL
33 pm
Tsukinam isai

103 pmSpr ing Thanksgiving
Fest ival

MAY
13 pm
Tsukinam isai

7 & 8 10 am - 4 pm
Pet Expo
298 amHonolulu Shint oRenm ei Mem or ial Day
Ser vice