Hawaii Kotohira Jinsha - Hawaii Dazaifu Tenmangu
DECEM BER 201912 M em ber s of t h e 21st Cen t u r y Japan Religiou s Com m it t ee f or Wor ld Feder at ion visit ed t h e sh r in e on
Decem ber 6. Th is is t h e 38t h year t h at a gat h er in g of diver se r eligiou s leader s con ver ged on Oah u t oof f er pr ayer s of peace at t h e an n u al Pear l Har bor M em or ial ser vice.

M AHALOf or you r don at ion s
21st Century Japan Religious
Committee for World Federation
Thomas & Linda Agawa
Bill & Keiko Doughty
Lynette Hanashiro
Carol Hirashima
Arthur K. Isa
Akiko Kamaya
Yoshiko Kawakami
Kawasaki Taishi
James & Melba Kurashige
Mike Lee
Kengo Maeda
Clara Matsuzaki
Steve Miwa
Caroline Miyata
Shinken & Marilyn Naitoh
Craig & Diane Nishida
Akiko Sanai

Gary & Linda Shinsato
Andrew & Yuko Stone
Alice & Florence Sugimoto
Chester Sugimoto
Miyuki Takahashi
Sharon Tanigawa
Victor & Mutsumi Valdez
Mahalo to the Natori instructorsof Han ayagi Dan cin g Academ y
Haw aii Fou n dat ion for
performing the annual Susubarai
clean-up of the meeting room

Mahalo to M ik e Lee for fabricating astand for the shrine out of Hinoki , aspecies of Cypress native to central
Japan. Hinoki contains an
antibacterial component so its
resistant to decay.
A pole will be inserted and used in
the shrine during Shichigosan toprevent children from falling back into
the Kicho curtains when taking
photos.

Bryson Goda
Gayle Fujihara
Kathy Hamada-Kwock
Stacie Hata
Diane Nishida
Sharon Toma

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

CALENDAR
Decem berKoki Blessing was performed for shrine
friend Gary on 12/15.

Welcome to Hawaii - Rev. &Mrs. Hisamichi Shinnishi ofDazaifu Tenmangu, Japan.
The couple was married on
12/2 in Fukuoka.

5 pm
Pit ch t en t

30

6 pm
Clean u p & Pr ep

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11:30 pm
Year en d Pu r if icat ion Rit u al

Jan u ar y 20201?????? ??
Jinsei Nanaju Koki marenari

Midnight - 4 pm
Hat su m ode

12 10 am - 5 pm
JCCH New Year s Oh an a Fest

Koki or the 70th birthday is a milestone inJapanese culture. The word koki wasderived from a poem called "By theWinding River " by the Chinese poet, Tu Fu(712 - 770) which mentions living until theage of 70 as an amazing feat.
With the rapid pace of technology today 70s are now considered the new 50s.

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19 1:00 pm
Sagich o - bu r n in g of t h e oldom am or i
A baby blessing was held on
12/16 for Chester. May you
always feel the love thatsurrounds you

3:00 pm
Tsu k in am isai M on t h ly Ser vice

Reiw aOn December 2, the publisher Jiyu
Kokumin Shinsha announced theannual awardees for the words andphrases that best encapsulate theyear.

at this residence, during agathering, where the poem which
Reiwa was taken from was firstcomposed. Reiwa?s official English
translation is ?beautiful harmony.?

9 words and phrases are choseneach year that are consideredbuzzwords that reflected the year ?s

Rev. Yoshitomo Mita serves at
Dazaifu Tenmangu and is also theChief Priest at Sakamoto
Hachimangu.

Emperor Naruhito.
One of the nine awardees for 2019is Reiwa. ? ? ? Reiwa, the name ofthe new era was announced amonth before Emperor Naruhito
ascended the throne on May 1.

trends in politics, business, culture,sports and other fields.
Japan entered the Reiwa era in2019 with the new reign ofRev. Mita accepted the Jiyu Kokumin
Shinsha award for "Reiwa" onbehalf of Sakamoto Hachimangu.

The characters come from thepreface to a series of poems in the
8th-century Manyoshu anthology.
A court noble and scholar, Otomo
no Tabito (665-731) lived near
Sakamoto Hachimangu and it wasVisit ou r w ebsit e: w w w.jin ja.u sM och i M ak in g
M ahalo to shrine friends for helping us at ourM AHALO
Fr ien ds
Dianeannual mochi making on December 7. Be sture to Arakawa
stop by on 1/1 for some Ozoni made with mochi
Keng-Hsien
Chaorice harvested and airflown from Fukuoka.
BillDoughty
KeikoDoughty
ChadEnoki
Kei
Enoki
JeffFujioka
MiyokoHanahara
ArthurIsa

Glenn
Kawahara
Marilyn
NaitohShinkenNaitohRen
Nakamura
Craig
NishidaKayleeRafolGary
Shinsato
Linda
Shinsato

Mahalo Nui to Ken go
M aeda, President and CEOof Tsukushi Gasof Fukuoka for his annual
donation of Hiyoku Mochi
rice, a signature quality
glutinous rice fromKyushu.
This is the third year that
Mr. Maeda has donatedover 60 lbs. of Mochi riceto the shrine.
The rice was harvested
from his rice paddy inNovember and airflown tothe shrine. Be sure to havea bowl of Ozoni soup at
the shrine on New Yearsday.

Toji - Win t er Solst ice
Juni-gatsu is the Japanese word forDecember. Each month also has
ancient names and December iscalled Ume-hazuki, Sagetsu,Otozuki, Goku- getsu, Kyugetsu,
Oyakozuki, Harumazuki, Kurekozuki,
Yukizuki, Kagiri no Tsuki. However,
the most commonly known term
is shiwasu.
Shiwasu is composed of two kanji
characters "teacher " and "to run."
There are many theories for theorigin of the name but, according
to the Iroha Jiruisho, a Japanesekanji dictionary published at theend of the Heian period (794 1185), the meaning of shiwasu isthat December is so busy that aBuddhist monk must run fromhome to home to perform
ancestral rituals for theirparishioners.
One of the traditional observancesor directly into the bathwater. It issaid that taking a yuzu bath on Toji
will deflect colds during winter. Itwas also thought that the scent of
the yuzu removed negative
energies from the body.

in Shiwasu is Toji or the wintersolstice.
The winter solstice is the shortest
day and the longest night in the
Northern hemisphere. This year,
Toji falls on December 21.
Toji is often referred to as Ichiyo
Raifuku or the turning point from
Yin to Yang. It is also the "returnof spring", when we welcome theend of winter.
One of the practices on Toji is totake a yuzu bath. Several slices ora whole yuzu is placed into a bag

Another popular practice is to eat
kabocha or Japanese pumpkin.
Kabocha is full of vitamin A andgood for preventing colds andstrokes. Kabocha is often
simmered with azuki beans - full ofnutrients to boost the immunesystem.

M ain t en an ce
The garage roof project is finallycompleted!!!
PHASE I
3/24 Ru dy San t iago removed theold totan roof installed in 1983.
3/29 Rev Tak izaw a sliced thetotan panels into 4 ft long pieces tocomply with City & County Bulky
items collection rules.

PHASE II

PHASE III

4/19 Equipment and materials
were transported to the shrine by
M ik e Lee and Kell Kom at su bar a

5/1 The roof frame was painted by
Scott Nakaoka Painting.

4/20 Kell Kom at su bar a, M ik e
Lee, Gar y Sh in sat o, M ilt on
St r eet er and Rev. Tak izaw awelded the new pipes to theexisting poles and placed the newbeams over the frame.

12/18 Rob Kim ot o fabricated aplywood underlayment to act as anadditional layer of protection
under the metal roof.
12/19 Rob Kim ot o continues toaffix a wooden frame to hold theroof in place.

M ah alo Nu i t o all ou r f r ien ds f or don at in g t h eir t im e an d en er gies in ou r var iou s m ain t en an ce pr oject s!

Volu n t eer s Needed
Any number of hours on any day(s)Please contact Irene at kotohira@hawaiiantel.net
Asst Pr iest (performs Blessings forshrine visitors. Must wear kimono

Tr af f ic Con t r ol (pass out flyers foroffsite parking)12/ 31 10:00 pm - 1/ 1 4 pm

12/ 31 11:00 pm - 3:00 am
1/ 1 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Ozon i Team (grill mochi, serve ozoni
mochi soup, clean tables)

Om am or i Boot h (cashiers, baggers)

12/ 31 10:00 pm - 2:30 am

12/ 31 8:30 am - 11:30 pm

1/ 1 9:00 am - 2:30 pm

1/ 1 M idn igh t - 4:00 pm
1/ 2 8:30 am - 4:00 pm

Volu n t eer Ser vices (prep catered
food for volunteer lunches, clean up
after lunch)

1/ 3 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
1/ 4 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
1/ 5 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM

1/ 1 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
1/ 2 9:00am - 2:00 pm

Saisen Boot h (Give change, fill Saisenbox)

We Need Help!!

12/ 31 10:00 pm - 3:00 am

Please help us sort andprocess old omamori andofuda for our annualSagicho.
The burning of plastics
releases toxic gases into theatmosphere. All plastics
covers and decorations areremoved prior to burning.
Please contact Irene atk ot oh ir a@h aw aiian t el.n etfor dates and times.