Hawaii Kotohira Jinsha - Hawaii Dazaifu Tenmangu
JUNE 2018

Th e an n u al Ch in ow a f or People & Pet s w as per f or m ed on Su n day, Ju n e 3

M AHALOM AHALO VOLUNTEERS

f or you r don at ion sMidori Abe
Cassie Carlyle
Gayle Fujihara
Jeff Fujioka
Victoria Hallett
Bob Harada
Stacie Hata
HDAHF
Art Isa
Becky Sun Isa
Brandon Keenan

Thomas & Linda Agawa
Bill & Keiko Doughty
Eientei Animations
Teodora Ersek
Kelsey & Miyuki Fukumae
Hawaii Doggie Bakery
Cari Hildebrandt
Maiko Jomi
Elaine KomatsuByungik Lee
Steve Miwa
Shinken & Marilyn Naitoh
Nakamura Ohana
Craig & Diane Nishida
Amy Okazaki
Akiko Sanai
Gary & Linda Shinsato
Chad Takenaka

6/3 Sunday

Toni Keenan
Kobe Womens College
Elaine Komatsu
Gaylen Komatsu
Kell Komatsubara
Calvin Mai
Marilyn Naitoh
Shinken Naitoh
Rayson Namba
Craig NishidaDiane Nishida

Karen NishidaDiane Ogasawara
Carole Omura
Kenyu Oshiro
Stuart Pang
Shania Riveiro
Danielle Sato
Naomi Teramoto
Sharon Toma
Katherine Yoakum

MAHALO NUI LOA

Hawaii Doggie Bakery

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

Ch in ow a f or People & Pet s
A procession of people, dogs,cats and a rabbit went
through the Chinowa ring onJune 3 for the annual
Chinowa for People & Pets
Blessing at the shrine.
Some pets hung around for?yappy hour ? while others
slurped Pet Shave Ice in the"barking lot".
Mahalo Nui to Dam ien

M em or ial Sch ool for use of
their parking lot, Car ole
Om u r a and her students
from Kobe Wom en s
College, Nik i Libar ios ofHaw aii Doggie Bak er y andTr in it y Do of Keik i ID forenhancing the visitors
experience at the event.

Ch in ow a Clean u p & Pr ep

Cleanup and prep for
Chinowa was done onJune 2. MAHALO NUI tothe many volunteers
who helped to clean
and prep for the annualevent.

M AHALO Volu n t eer sMidori Abe
Victoria Hallett
Bob Harada
Arthur K. Isa
Kell Komatsubara
Marilyn Naitoh

Shinken Naitoh
Craig NishidaDiane Nishida
Gary Shinsato
Linda Shinsato

Hon olu lu Sh in t o Ren m ei
M em or ial Day Ser vice
The annual Memorial Day Service of the Honolulu Shinto
Renmei was performed on Sunday, May 27 at Punchbowl,
Makiki Cemetery and Moiliili Cemetery. Performing theceremony were Rev. Takizawa and Rev. Abe from the shrine,
and priests from Hawaii Daijingu and Hawaii Izumo Taisha.

Lon g Dist an ce Blessin gs
Two long distanceblessings were
performed on May 28.
Rev. Takizawa
performed a blessing
for a high school
student in Tokyo,
taking his college
entrance exam to theSchool of Medicine of aprestigious NationalUniversity.

Rev. Abe performed a
blessing for a medical
student in Tokyo,
about to take anexam for thePharmacist National
Licensure, one of thecomponents of thelicensure process topractice as apharmacist in Japan.

Baby Blessin gs

Congratulations to the families that have been blessedwith a new life.
The Baby Blessing is an opportunity for family andfriends to gather together to give thanks and welcome
the child into their hearts and lives. The gift of a baby's
presence brings joy and happiness to the hearts of all
who love them.
The blessing is also meant for the child to be always
surrounded by the warmth of family and protected
through all the wonderful and difficult things the years
will bring.

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An Act of Kin dn ess
One small, thoughtful gesture canmake someone else's day...
In early April, Rev. Abe went out of her
way to accompany two elderly
Japanese tourists to the bus stop andmade sure they made their way totheir final destination - Don Quixote.
A Seishiki Sanpai ceremony wasperformed on May 16 for Rev.
Abe's mother and sister who
flew in from Fukuoka for abrief visit to the islands.

The shrine received a letter from theSaitama couple expressing gratitude
for the unexpected act of kindness
and for changing a challenging
situation into a memorable one.
A wedding was
performed on June 2 fora couple from Los
Angeles.
A Shinto wedding
ceremony is beautiful in
it solemnity and rituals
and is characterized by
Sansan kudo orritualized drinking ofsake.

M ain t en an ce

CALENDAR

The paint project of the banisters
continued on May 12.

JULY

M AHALO Volu n t eer sMidori Abe
Tiare Faatafuga
Bob Harada
Arthur Isa

Kenyu Oshiro
Gary Shinsato
Linda Shinsato

13 pmTsu k in am isaiTanaabta

1- 7 9 am ~ 4 pm
Wr it in g of Tan abat a w ish es

AUGUST
41 pm
Clean u p & Pr ep

510 am ~ 2 pm
Back -To-Sch ool Blessin g

SEPTEM BER
29 1 pm
Clean u p an d pr ep
30 3 pm
Au t u m n Th an k sgivin g Fest ival