Haw aii Kot oh ir a Jin sh a - Haw aii Dazaif u Ten m an gu
OCTOBER 2019

Sh ich igosan 2020 h as begu n w it h n ew pr ocedu r es an d sign if ican t ly r edu cedn u m ber of ch ildr en t o en h an ce pr ot ect ion of par t icipan t s an d volu n t eer sM AHALO f or you r don at ion s
Michael BruggemannBill & Keiko Doughty
Bryson & Reiko Goda
Nanami Gushi
Miyoko Hanahara
Hanayagi Dancing
Academy Hawaii FdnHawaii Senbukan
Catherine HeeCindy Hotema
Mari Ihara
Seizo Imamura
Glenn Inouye

Rodney & Sharon Isa
James & Melba Kurashige
Steve Miwa
Craig & Diane Nishida
Esther Nishio
Akiko Sanai

Mahalo Nui Loa to Seizo Im am u r a for a new suzu bell rope and2 interior chochin lamps.
The old deteriorated, interior chochin lamps were made by
Miyoshi Shoten, a famous chochin maker in Kagawa-ken in 1987
to commemorate the building of the Kotohira shrine building
extension 33 years ago.

Gary & Linda Shinsato
Eleanor Tokunaga
Johanna Tokunaga
Coco Williams
Marisa Yamamoto

Mahalo Nui to Ak ik o
San ai for two exteriorchochin lanterns tocommemorate the100th Anniversary ofthe shrine.

Gok it o Pr ivat e Blessin gs

A House Blessing was performed for a Kaneohe home on
October 4

Family blessings affirm the ties that remind us ofyesterday, provide strength and support today and give
us hope for tomorrow

Jonathan was
our first maleparticipant for2020.

A Memorial Service wasperformed on September 22for Bob Harada, Karen
Fujishima-Lee and Yoshinobu
and Kyoko Isa.

Please visit ourwebsite atwww.jinja.us foronline
reservationsforms.

September 22 is the day of theAutumnal Equinox - a day tocelebrate the changing of theseasons and to visit the gravesof loved ones.

M AHALO
Sh ich igosan Volu n t eer sBryson Goda
Reiko Goda
Arthur Isa Jr
Art Isa Sr
Becky Isa

Kathy Kwock
Craig NishidaDiane Nishida
Gary Shinsato
Linda Shinsato

Clean-up and preparations for
Shichigosan was done on October
16. Shichigosan blessings began
October 18 and continue until
November 22.

Procedures have changed for Shichigosan, Totose no Oiwaiand Jusan Mairi.
All children 5 and over and accompanying adults are asked
to wear a mask and have their temperatures taken. Onlychild(ren) to be blessed and one parent are allowed in thedressing room. All other family members are asked to waitin their vehicles. A maximum of 8, including child(ren) tobe blessed are allowed in the shrine for the ceremony.
The shrine and dressing room is sanitized after each child.
Kimono and accessories are washed or disinfected after
use and kept unused for 24 hours. No hair or makeup isoffered. A maximum of 10 children are accepted per day.

Fr an k D. Padget t
After the war, the shrine faced
another crisis on June 1, 1948
when federal officers raided theshrine under the Trading with theEnemy Act, making arrests andseizing shrine property.

Padgett, a 26-year-old attorney
who recently moved to Honolulu.
Kotohira's lawsuit was his first caseand the preliminary litigation
began on the day that Padgett wassworn into the Bar.

An announcement for the sale ofthe Kotohira Jinsha property
appeared on local newspapers on
March 4, 1949.

President Harry Truman appointed
Senator J. Howard McGrath,
Attorney General of the U.S. on
August 24, 1949. The shrine's
lawsuit came to be known as
Kotohira Jinsha vs McGrath.

The shrine immediately solicitedthe services of Robertson, Castle &Anthony and filed a suit on March31, 1949 against the U.S. Attorney
General Tom C. Clark, the State ofHawaii and the Federal Alien Land
Office for misusing Section 9 of theTrading with the Enemy Act against
a civilian organization not under
the influence of the Japanese
government and also damages forwrongful seizure and detention.
The law firm assigned FrankThe trial began and ended on May17, 1950. On May 18, 1950, Judge
Frank McLaughlin ruled in favor of
the plaintiffs, Kotohira Jinsha.
Kotohira Jinsha was once again
able to continue all activities on
their property in Kapalama.
The lawsuit led by the shrine was
the first ever initiated by aJapanese American (JA) entity inthe history of the U.S., paving theway for similar lawsuits and setting
precedence in protecting theproperty and rights of JA
organizations throughout thecountry.
A native of Indiana, Padgett earned
a scholarship to Harvard, butduring his second year was calledto active duty in the U.S. Army.
One night, when Padgett was out
on a mission off Hainan Island,
two warships opened fire on him
forcing him to bail out somewhere
in French Indochinese territory.

Padgett was captured and taken toa Japanese POW camp in Hanoi
where he was brutally tortured by
the Kempeitai. He was then taken
to the Saigon Kempeitai prison
where he spent the next 8 months
starving and battling illnesses.
After the war, Padgett spentmonths in a military hospital inNorth Carolina recovering from
Malaria, Beriberi and Dysentery.
While hospitalized, Padgett metSybil Newton, a lieutenant nurse in
the Army Air Corps and after abrief courtship, the two young
officers married in North Carolina.
Padgett returned to school andearned his law degree fromHarvard University in 1948.
Upon graduation, he moved his
family to Honolulu where hepassed the bar and was offered ajob with the law firm Robertson,
Castle & Anthony.
Padgett went on to practice law in
Honolulu for the next 30 years
before being appointed to theHawaii Intermediate Court ofAppeals in 1980.
In 1982, he was appointed, byGovernor George Ariyoshi, to theHawaii Supreme Court as an
associate justice and served for ten
years until his retirement.
Frank and Sybil were blessed with 6children, 17 grandchildren and 25
great-grandchildren.
Sybill passed away in 2019. Judge
Padgett is now 97 years old and isin a care facility in Honolulu.
The shrine was truly blessed tohave met Frank Padgett, who's life
exemplifies the courage andhumanity to which all humans

aspire. Through the darkest hours
and pushed to the limits ofendurance in the POW camps,
Padgett persevered - never giving
up and never losing hope.
Padgett said he accepted what has
happened as a part of life. He
wasn't able to change his bitter
experiences as a POW in aJapanese camp but he was able toaccept it and let the past go.
Life seems to unfold at times with
an ironic logic. Padgett was facedwith his first trial as an attorney
defending a group who wereethnically Japanese and seemingly
destined to encounter defeat.
Despite facing insurmountableodds, Kotohira Jinsha the underdog
was able to triumph at the handsof Frank Padgett - his courage, faithand humility transforming the fateof the shrine.

Ju dge J. Fr an k M cLau gh lin
Judge J. Frank McLaughlin, whoruled in favor of Kotohira Jinsha
was born in Leominster,
Masachusetts in 1908, the son ofa lawyer and probation worker.
He received a BA from DartmouthCollege and a Law degree fromHarvard University in 1933.
McLaughlin was appointed aJudge of the 4th Circuit Court in
Hilo and a Judge of the US District
Court in Honolulu from 1943 1959.
In his ruling for Kotohira Jinsha vsMcGrath, McLaughlin found theAttorney General's office inviolation of the shrine's First
Amendment rights with noevidence for use of the Tradingwith the Enemy Act.
He stated in his opinion: The
undisguised fact is that thisplaintiff 's property was vested -taken away - because whatplaintiff believes in was disliked orsuspected and by taking away its
base of operations, its fervor for
its beliefs would tend to diminish
and eventually vanish.
Judge McLaughlin passed away in
1962 at the age of 54 following
brain surgery. He is interred at
Diamond Head Cemetery.

"CALENDAR
Novem ber1 - 22 9 am - 3 pm
Sh ich igosan
15 2 pm
Tsu k in am isai M on t h ly Ser vice
23 8 amNiin am esai (Internal)

Decem ber
63 pm
Tsu k in am isai M on t h ly Ser vice30

5:30 pm
Clean u p an d set u p

31

11:30 pm
Tosh ikosh i n o O-h ar ae Year en d
Pu r if icat ion Rit u al (Internal)

2020 M och i m ak in g h as been
can celed, as w e w ill n ot be
ser vin g Ozon i on 1/ 1/ 2021

Sh r in e M ain t en an ce

Cleanup and preparations for the 100th Anniversary festival
was done on September 25 and 26.

Old car rims were cleaned of rust, primed
and painted - - to be made into stanchions
for New Years day

The shrine's aluminum frames
were warped and caused thescreen joints to loosen. Birds
also tore through the screen andbuilt a nest on one of the sills.
The nest was removed, areacleaned and repainted, frames
were repaired and re-screened
on October 2.

Shrine's air conditioning units
were serviced on 10/14

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