Haw aii Kot oh ir a Jin sh a - Haw aii Dazaif u Ten m an gu
JUNE 2020

A Hou se Blessin g w as per f or m ed f or a con do in M ak ik i on Ju n e 20

M AHALO
f or you r don at ion sHitomi Foronda
Bill & Keiko Doughty

The shrine has been open for public worship since
May 30. The shrine is cleaned and sanitized withboth Clorox and a UV Light daily.

Blake Harano

We are open 7 days a week from 8:30 am - 4 pm.

James & Christine Ho

Please wear a mask. Temizusha wash basin hasbeen covered and the Suzu bell and ropes havebeen removed until further notice.

Rodney & Sharon Isa
Miho Ishimoto
Ken Koseki
James & Melba Kurashige
Mike Lee
Steve Miwa
Shinken & Marilyn Naitoh
Craig & Diane Nishida
Candice Puga

Om am or i and Of u da have been available in theshrine since June 15.
All omamori is
now packaged
individually inclear bags toprevent crosscontamination.

Akiko Sanai
Rudy & Sherrie Santiago
Gary & Linda Shinsato

The shrine's Dragon fruitor Pittaya plant that wasplanted in 2018 as abarrier plant to deter
burglars has finallybloomed!

Mahalo Nui to Dian e Nish ida and Lin da
Sh in sat o for packaging all omamori for yoursafety.

Dragon fruit flowers will
bloom for only one nighteach year.

All omamori were sanitized first with UV-C lightand packaged. The packages are sanitized witha UV-C light every morning.

After the flowering
occurs, fruit will begin toform.

Kellen & Mai SumidaPr ivat e Blessin gs
Congratulations
to the proud
parents andgrandparents!
Baby Blessingsare meant toexpress
appreciation forthe miracle of anew life and forprotection of thechild
Yakudoshi
Blessings aremeant toreconnect yourspirit within to
help youthrough thephysical andemotional
challenges.
Happy Birthday!

Anzan Kigan or Safe BirthBlessing is meant to bringstrength and blessings on
the expectant mother 'sjourney to birth andmotherhood.
One of our 7 shrines Suitengu is renown for
centuries as the Kami offertility, safe birth andchildren.

CALENDAR
Con gr at u lat ion s to
Cassie Car lyle onher graduation from
Iolani School.
Cassie, a student ofHanayagi Dancing
Academy and shrine's
scholarship recipientwill be heading to
New York University
this summer.
Con gr at u lat ion s toRayce M an r ik i on his
graduation fromKalani High School.
Rayce was named
Male Athlete of theyear 2019 - 2020, Most
Valuable Player andMost Athletic 2020!!!
Rayce will be going toPacific University.

Ju ly
7

1 pm (In t er n al)
Tsu k in am isai M on t h ly Ser vice
Writing and hanging of the Tanabatatanzaku tags on bamboo will not be
offered this year.

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10 am - 2 pm (Can celed)
Back -To-Sch ool Blessin g
3 pm (In t er n al)
Tsu k in am isai M on t h ly Ser vice

Sept em ber
18:30 am - 4 pm
Accept in g r eser vat ion s f orSh ich igosan
www.jinja.us/shichigosan.html

293 pm (In t er n al)
Haw aii Kot oh ir a Jin sh aM ain t en an ce

Tan abat a - St ar Fest ival

Though concrete is meant to be a
durable, long lasting material, it caneventually succumb to wear and tearover time.

From ancient times, the Japanese haveembraced the awes of nature bycelebrating the changing of theseasons.

Small cracks have started popping up
in the shrine entrance area. Loose
concrete was chiseled away and an
epoxy compound was used to patch
the cracks.

Among them is Tanabata - celebrated
on July 7. Popular customs relating to
Tanabata varies by region but all
involves the writing of wishes.
Du e t o COVID-19, t h e sh r in e'sTan abat a w ill n ot be celebr at ed t h isyear . Th er e w ill also be n o Tan abt aw ish t ags t h is year .

Mahalo to Ru dy & Ch r ist ian San t iago
for starting repairs to the project thatwill continue through the summer.
The shrine's June event Chinowa for People &Pets was canceled and aTsukinamisai wasperformed instead.
The Tsukinamisai wasperformed internallywithout any participantson Sunday, June 7.

Mahalo nui to Dian e Nish ida creating
the Tanzaku tags which we'll be saving
for Tanabata 2021.
The future is unknown
and fluid. May weall emerge fromCOVID-19 stronger
and wiser.

Visit ou r w ebsit e: w w w.jin ja.u sAm a-bie t h e su per n at u r al m on st er
Folk beliefs which is thought tobring good luck can be found incultures around the world.

the ocean.
The popularity of Yokai or monsters
originated in the 1700s and wasquite common for kawaraban
newspapers to report yokaisightings. The incident waspublished in the newspapers thenext day along with an image ofAma-bie, the prediction andinstructions to spread theillustration throughout Japan.

Since March, the Japanese havebeen sharing images online ofAma-bie a mythical, fish-likecreature believed to ward off
plagues.
In the early-1800s, government
officials were investigating amysterious green light in thewaters off Higo (present dayKumamoto prefecture).
The officials saw a glowing green
creature with fish scales, long hair,
three fin-like legs and a beakemerge from the ocean.
The creature introduced itself as
Ama-bie and predicted two things:
a rich harvest that would bless
Japan for the next six years and ahorrific pandemic that would
ravage the country.
It also instructed the officers todraw a picture of Ama-bie andshare it with as many people aspossible. Ama- bie then returned to

Ama-bie illustrations recently
re-emerged on social media hoping
to spread good health to those
who share it.
Japan's Ministry of Health, Laborand Welfare has also adopted theAma-bie craze in theirannouncements encouraging
people to help prevent the spreadof COVID-19.

View even t pics at : w w w.f lick r .com / kot oh ir a-dazaif u