Hawaii Kotohira Jinsha
Hawaii Dazaifu Tenmangu DECEMBER 2022
E Komo Mai !
The shrine welcomed the annual visit of the 21stCentury Religious Federation - - a Japaneseorganization f interfaith leaders that participates in
the annual Pearl Harbor ceremony.
Visits by the full membership of the Federation werehalted in 2020 due to COVID and will hopefully beresurrected in 2023.

81 years ago, Japan launched an attack on the U.S.
Naval base of Pearl Harbor killing more than 2,400
service members and accelerating U.S. involvement inWorld War II.
The 21st Century Religious Federation was formed in1983 by religious leaders in Japan to make the annual
pilgrimage to Hawaii to participate in the U.S. Navyand National Park Service's Remembrance ceremony
held on December 7th.

DONATIONSDECEM BER

21st Century Religious Fedn

26 - 30 8:30 am - 4 pm (OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)
Saisaki-Mode Early Hatsumode Personal
Worship

Bill & Keiko Doughty
Russell Endo

8:30 - 3:30 pm (OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)
Early Omamori Selection ( Shrine basement)

Jean Imada
Rodney & Sharon Isa
James & Melba Kurashige
Bryant Lau
Steve Miwa
Shinken & Marilyn NaitohCraig & Diane Nishida
Judy Sakamoto
Akiko Sanai
Gary & Linda Shinsato
Robert Stallings
Dawn Taguma

CALENDAR

Jinja Honcho

30

5 pm
Clean up and Preparations31

8:30 am - 4:00 pm (Closed 4 pm ~ 8 pm )8:00 pm - 11:59 pm
Saisaki-Mode Early Hatsumode Worship
Omamori available
11:30 pm (INTERNAL)
Toshikoshi no O-harai

Michael & Lynn WongJANUARY 2022

Dai Yoshida1

M idn igh t - 2 am (Closed 2 am ~ 8 am )8 am - 4 pm
Hatsumode Personal Worship(OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)M AHALO NUIRICETakenoko Hilo2

8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Hatsumode Personal Worship(Om am or i on ly available f r om 8:30 am - 2:30 pm )SAKEArt Isa
Gary & Linda Shinsato
Masa & Irene Takizawa

3 - 31 8:30 am - 4:00 pm (Resume regular schedule)
Hatsumode Personal Worship(Omamori available in the shrine)GOKITO - Private Blessings

A Car Blessing was performed for shrine friends
on 12/1

A private blessing was conducted to help one
realize their goals

The last Tsukinamisai of 2022 was conducted in thepresence of our Officers and Directors. We lookforward to 2023 with fervent wishes for a return tonormalcy.

A remembrance Ceremony was held for afamily that lost its patriarch 10 years ago

MAHALO NUI LOA Dr . M an ak o Ogaw a ofRitsumeikan University, Kyoto for thecompelling thesis on the 1949 Hawaii
Kotohira Jinsha v. McGrath case.
Her thesis explores the contestation andconfrontation over the interpretation ofthe Shinto Sea Deity of Kotohiragu.
Upon confiscation of Hawaii Kotohira
Jinsha's land, Howard Hoddick, US
assistant attorney general ventured toJapan to collect evidence of the shrine'semperor worship and militarism andinterviewed priests and personnel from
Kotohiragu, retired priests of Hawaii
Kotohira Jinsha, Japanese government
officials and scholars, but returned empty
handed.

Japanese nationalist and propaganda cult that existed toassist Japanese military and economic domination.

To justify their claims, they called on Dr.
Shunzo Sakamaki, a professor at UH
Manoa as an expert witness to assertthat Shinto was not a true religion but aDr. Ogawa's research reveals undiscovered details about theKotohira case that led up to the defining moment in local
history that pummeled the way for other Japanese American
faith organizations to regain their properties.

Mahalo for all your cans and plastic bottles !
Cans and plastic bottles collected this quarter wasredeemed for cash at the neighborhood Recycling
Center - CM Recycling.
If you aren't already recycling, please bring empty cansand plastic bottles to the shrine:- remove all caps from the bottle- empty out all liquids- be sure the HI-5 mark in on the cans and plasticbottles
Mahalo for your kokua !

SAISAKI-M ODE

12/26 - 12/31

8:30 am - 4:00 pm

Saisaki-mode, literally means "praying for happiness early" and offers an opportunity
prior to January 1 to express our gratitude and to pray for a new 2023 full of hope,
health and abundance.
Saisaki-mode is offered "Japan-style" where you pray on your own. For those who
prefer not to come together en masse for Hatsumode - visit the shrine for Saisaki-mode
for a safe alternative.

Om am or i Ear ly Select ion

HATSUM ODE 2023

12/26 - 12/30 8:30 am - 3:30 pm

Jan u ar y 1 Sun Midnight - 2 am
8 am - 4 pm

Om am or i M ail Or der s
12/20 - 12/26 kotohira@hawaiiantel.net
No m ail or der s w ill be t ak en 12/ 26 - 1/ 15

Om am or i Pick u ps
12/25 is the last day to Email your Omamori
orders for pickup on 12/26 - 12/29

Parking 12/31 & 1/1 at Farrington HighSchool (Entry nearest to Kalihi Street)Free shuttle
Jan u ar y 2 Mon 8:30 am - 4 pm
Om am or i available 8:30 am - 2:30 pm
Jan u ar y 3 Tues 8:30 am - 4 pm

We hope you will be able to see these safety
protocols as an opportunity to carry onJapanese traditions in a new and safe way.

No Toshikoshi Soba

Embrace the spirit of the Japanese New Year at
Hawaii Kotohira Jinsha - Hawaii Dazaifu
Tenmangu.

No Omiki (sake)

No Ozoni Soup
No Shishimai Lion Dance

BYOBags
Updates at w w w.jin ja.u s

VOLUNTEERS NEEDEDGiven the current COVID-19
environment and its growing
sensitivity, many of our usual
volunteers are finding
themselves wanting to help, butalso wondering how.
With that in mind, pleaseconsider some of the ways
below to help the shrine while

DECEM BER 31 SAT

still maintaining safety and social
distancing.

hours of operation during ourannual Hatsumode event.

Like Hatsumode 2022, we will
have masks, face shields andgloves available. The hall will beventilated with all windows
open.

However, we will still need help
in sharing the traditions ofHatsumode with the community.

The shrine will be running a
reduced scope of services and8 am ~ 4 pm

8 pm ~ 2 am

Fee free to reach us to us atanytime. These are the ways
you can help !!

Closed 4 pm ~ 8 pm

Cash ier s - Same configuration as this year. All cashiers will be situated in the patio
8 am - 12 pm

12 pm - 4 pm

8 pm - 12 am

10 pm - (1/ 1) 2 am

Hall Gu ides - Monitor flow of people entering hall. Distribute masks to unmasked visitors
8 am - 12 pm

12 pm - 4 pm

8 pm - 12 am

10 pm - (1/ 1) 2 am

Tr af f ic Con t r ol - Control traffic at shrine or Farington High School 10 pm - (1/ 1) 2 am

San it izer s - Sanitize hall and high-touch surfaces between groups
8 am - 12 pm

12 pm - 4 pm

8 pm - 12 am

10 pm - (1/ 1) 2 am

Logist ics Cr ew - Assist Rev. Takizawa in a multitude of tasks
10 pm - (1/ 1/ ) 2 am

JANUARY 1 SUN

Closed 4 am ~ 8 pm

Cash ier s - Same configuration as this year. All cashiers will be situated in the patio
8 am - 12 pm

12 pm - 4 pm

Hall Gu ides - Control flow of people entering hall
8 am - 12 pm

12 pm - 4 pm

Tr af f ic Con t r ol - Control traffic at shrine or Farrington High School
8 am - 12 pm

12 pm - 4 pm

San it izer s - Sanitize hall and high-touch surfaces between groups
8 am - 12 pm

12 pm - 4 pm

Logist ics Cr ew - Assist Rev. Takizawa in a multitude of tasks
8 am - 12 pm

12 pm - 4 pm

Lu n ch Cr ew - Pack, distribute bento and drinks to volunteers 10 am - 1 pm

JANUARY 2 M ON
Cash ier s - Same configuration as this year. All cashiers will be situated in the patio
8 am - 12 pm

12 pm - 4 pm

Br eak dow n Cr ew - Restore and clean the hall . Transport all shrine items to theshrineRoadwork on Olomea
Grace Pacific began roadwork
on Olomea Street, between
Houghtailing and Auld Lanefrom November 29.

Otherwise, there will be no roadclosures - only lane shifts
during work hours (8:30 am ~3:00 pm)

The area fronting Honolulu
Ford and the shrine began
11/29 with asphalt milling andpaving.

On November 30, a car
traveling on H-1, tore down thefence between the freeway andOlomea - - a few steps awayfrom the shrine.

White lines were painted onto
the road on 12/1.
The strip between Kohou andAuld Lane began on 12/5.
There was a brief road closureof Olomea on 11/30 due to an
accident involving a vehicle
hitting an Asphalt roller.

The torn fence was re-installed
on 12/3 by workers from theState Department ofTransportation.
The NO PARKING signs in frontof the shrine were removed on
12/3, allowing for street parking
in front of Ford and the shrine.