Hawaii Kotohira Jinsha
Hawaii Dazaifu Tenmangu
A solemn ceremony was held toexpress gratitude and to reflect on
the many gifts that we receivefrom nature and the friendships,
kindnesses, generosity andguidance received from everyone
who has touched and shaped ourlives.

MAY 2021

Naitoh for the 3,200,000+ global
victims of COVID-19.
On March 11, 2020, the World
Health Organization declared theCoronavirus a pandemic.
It's been a year since, with hopesthat the FDA-authorized vaccines
will begin to mitigate transmission
and immunize the populations.
In compliance with the State's
COVID-19 Tier 3 regulations, thefestival was performed on Sunday
April 25 with the shrine's Directors.
International travel is still difficultand priests from Dazaifu
Tenmangu Fukuoka were not able
to participate again this year.
The ceremony began with amoment of silence by Dr. Shinken

Challenges continue under COVID
19 and reminds us of how
interdependent we are.
As COVID-19 affects our world - we continue to pray.

DONATIONS
Thomas & Linda Agawa
Gail Aoki
Bill & Keiko Doughty
Bryson Goda
Miyoko Hanahara
Hanayagi Dancing Academy
Hawaii Foundation
Hawaii Senbukan Karate
Arthur K. Isa
Rodney & Sharon Isa
James & Melba Kurashige
Steve Miwa
Shinken & Marilyn Naitoh
Nisei Building Maintenance
Craig & Diane Nishida
Akiko Sanai
Danielle Sato
Gary & Linda Shinsato
Robert Stallings
Naomi Teramoto
Glenn & Junko Yonemura

CALENDAR

Koi Nobori carps have been a vital partof Tango no Sekku since the Edo period.

JUNE

The Yaguruma arrow-spoked wheels at
the top turns in all directions - keeping
children of the home out of harm's way.

6The 5-colored Fukinagashi streamers
symbolizes the five elements: Blue forwater, green for wood, white for metal,
yellow for earth and red for fire.
Koinobori carps are meant to "swim" orbillow in the skies to symbolize strength,
determination and success.

9:00 am (CANCELED)
Chinowa for People & Pets

13

3:00 pm (INTERNAL)
Tsukinami-sai Monthly Service

JULY
1-7

8:30 am ~ 4:00 pm
Tanabata tanzaku writing

4

3:00 pm (INTERNAL)
Tsukinami-sai

AUGUST1

10:00 am (CANCELED)
Back-To-School Blessing
3:00 pm (INTERNAL)
Tsukinami-sai Monthly Service

2021 SCHOLARSHIP AWARDEES
Hawaii Kotohira Jinsha Hawaii Dazaifu
Tenmangu believes that
education is crucial tothe development offuture leaders.
The Hawaii Dazaifu
Tenmangu Scholarshipwas created in 2012 toaward scholarships toqualified applicantsattending an accredited
high school, university,or vocational school in
Hawaii, regardless ofrace, religion, sex or
national origin.
This is our 10th year
since inception and weare happy to award 5
outstanding students.

Kody Wat an abe

Lan don Kim u r a

Sk ye M iyau ch i

Kody Ichiro Watanabe is asenior at Iolani School
and will be attending UH
Manoa in the fall as aPre-Engineering majorwith plans to become alawyer.

Landon Kimura ispresently a senior atMoanalua High School
and is gifted in athletics- playing Infield for theBaseball team and a
Wide Receiver for theMoanalua Menehunes.

Skye is a senior at
McKinley High School
and will be graduatingwith honors this May.

Kody will also have theprivilege of continuing his
baseball journey as aRainbow Warrior! A starathlete, Kody also enjoys
surfing and hiking.

Landon will be pursuinga degree at OregonState University in thefall.

Skye has received
numerous awards andaccolades in academics
while challenging himself
in performing arts aspresident of the MHS
Dance Club and the chessclub. He will be attending
UH Manoa in fall.

SCHOLARSHIP 2021

Past Scholarship Recipients

Beck y Su n Isa

Dor t h ea Yoak u m

Becky is attending
Kapiolani Community
College (KCC) to attaincertification in ParaOptometry.

Dorthea Miki Mei Yoakum
has been studying
Japanese classical dancewith HDAHF since she was
two-and-a-half years old.

2012
Bryson Teruo Goda
Kai Aaron Igarashi
Lukas Mattice
Tatiana Omokawa

The ParaOptometry
program at KCC is an
on-campus course with amandatory 1-year
apprenticeship
employment with an
Opthamologist.

Dorthea is a sophomore
at Mid-Pacific Institute andenjoys playing basketballand volleyball and has
played for her school
varsity teams in bothsports.

2013
Jeffrey Ga Min Fujioka
Geraldine Gambalan
Lukela Los Banos
Jill Mari Nishida
Daniel Christopher Song2014
Stacie Akemi Hata
Calvin Mai
Melvin Monces
Scott Tsubasa Okamura
2015
Alexandria Carlyle
Milena Sayaka Naitoh
John Sunahara
Dane Yamada
2016
Kazuumi Fujioka
Kyle Ling
Stuart Pang
Bethany Faye Schwartz
James Yonemura

2017
Cassandra Carlyle
Cherie Ishihara
Skye Sakashita
Staci Tsuruko Shimamoto
Jensen Yasui
2018
Gavin Desamito
Victoria Hallett
Taylor Suzuki
Kylie Tamashiro
Micah Tong
Katherine Yoakum
2019
Joseph Agag
Dakota Rei Chun
Kilala Hall
Brenna Imada
Zeph Kaneshiro
Jordan Kimura
Konner Uratsuka
2020
Keng-Hsien Chao
Rayce Manriki
Kaylee Rafol
Jasmine Umeno

GOKITO Private Blessings
Death is full of painful milestones.
In Japanese religions, memorialservices are held for the departed(after they have been cremated orburied) during specific years toreflect on and acknowledge themoments and memories shared.
A 1st Memorial service wasperformed for shrine friend Terryon April 26. The ceremony wasvideo recorded for the family whowere unable to attend in person.

In Shinto, the terms for thesememorial services are made up of
the relevant number of theanniversary year plus the ending-sai or festival. In the case of the
1st anniversary of death, theservice is called Ichinen-sai or 1styear festival.
In Buddhism, the rites are namedwith the number plus the ending kaiki which roughly translates to"period of mourning." The 1st
death anniversary would be called
Ichi-kaiki.
Funerals in Japan are extremelycomplex and vary greatly between
traditional to the simpler, more
modern approach. Funerals also
differ according to region,
background, family history andreligion.
Wakes are held on the eve of thefuneral - usually within 1 - 2 days
from the day of death.
According to the Zennihon Kankon
Sosai Association, the averageamount of funeral gifts given bymourners in Japan in their 40s 80s are as follows. Younger
people are expected to give less:- Grandparents $300 - 500- Parents $500 - 1,000- Siblings $500 - 1,000- Uncles/Aunts $200 - 300- Relatives not listed above andIn-laws $100 - 300- Friends $100 - 200- Neighbors $50 - 100- Colleagues at work $50- Superiors at work $100

Mochi with two layers arecalled Kasane-mochi or
Kagami- mochi.
Kasane-mochi consists oftwo mochi of slightly
different sizes that areplaced on top of eachother. It is often used asofferings at shrines.
Kagami-mochi isKasane-mochi withdecorations and is oftenoffered to the Toshigami or
kami of the New year.
Kagami-mochi consists of:
Shiho-beni white paperwith a red edge which isplaced on the bottom. Thissymbolizes protection
within the four corners ofthe home.
Urajiro - a fern native toJapan is placed on top of
the Shiho-beni paper.

SKOSH
M ean in g: Little or few

Urajiro fern symbolizes
longevity.

Or igin : During the occupation of Japan at theend of World War II, US forces borrowed some
vocabulary words from Japanese.
One of the more popular words were - sukoshi
meaning little or few of quantities, time anddistances.

An orange with leaves isplaced on the top of thekasane- mochi. The orange
symbolizes fertility andmany descendants.

Americans dropped the vowels u and i fromsukoshi and pronounced it skosh.

Rev. Takizawa takes pridein making the shrine's
kasane-mochi.

Skosh appears in a 1955 article by Arthur Norman
entitled "Bamboo English: The Japanese influence
upon American Speech in Japan."

The bottom layer isshaped with a slightly
flatter top whereas thetop layer is shapedrounder and fuller withan indented bottom.

The term Bamboo English referred to a strange
Japanese-English pidgin spoken by US servicemen
when talking to the Japanese on military bases.
US fighters brought the term skosh to the Korean
War in the early 1950s and then back home tothe US. It's been part of military slang since.

PRESERVING TRADITIONSThe Hanayagi Dancing
Academy Hawaii Foundation
welcomed a new natori Hanayagi Mitsusae (JasmineUmeno) with a formal
sakazuki exchange ceremonyon May 2.
Sakazuki is a special, flat cup
used to drink sake duringrituals - to seal promises,
vows and deals.
The most familiar sakazuki

exchange is probably theSansakudo ritual at a Shinto
wedding where the brideand groom sip sake insakazuki three times topledge marriage.
The traditional type ofsakazuki is one made ofunglazed clay.
From about 1711, lacqueredsakazuki was used by thearistocrats at the imperial
court and theupper echelonof the warrior
class.
It wasn't until
the early 1800s
that porcelainsakazuki wasproduced forthe masses.

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MAINTENANCE

Two tiny, days-old nestlings
were found chirping in theirnest. The nest was removed
from the tree prior toprunning and returned to asafe branch on the tree.
According to the Audubon
Society, it's best to walkaway and not feed thefledglings when there ispresence of a parent bird.

Ficus plants have vigorous, invasive

CLroot
ICK systems and grow into large trees,
HERE them unsuitable to plant inmakingresidential gardens. Even in pots, theroots grow out of the drainage holes.
The roots growing out of the potted
Ficus plants are pruned annually toensure that it has no opportunity togrow to its genetic potential.
Here at the shrine, Ficus plants aremaintained at a certain height for
visitors to tie their omikuji fortunes on.