Hawaii Kotohira Jinsha
Hawaii Dazaifu Tenmangu
The annual Back-to-School
Blessing was performed onSunday, August 6.
The Back-to-School season is atime filled with capturing thelast days of summer,
assembling school supplies,
coordinating new wardrobes
and adjusting to newschedules.
This is a time that brings abouta variety of emotions forparents, teachers and students
as a new school year begins.
The shrine offered a special
blessing steeped in ancient
tradition honoring students ofAUGUST 2023

all ages and those in the field ofeducation.
Mahalo Nui to HamadaFinancial Group for offering
free Keiki IDs and to the officers
and volunteers for sharing theirtime and energies in making
the event a success !!

M AHALO NUI Volu n t eer s
Keng-Hsien Chao

Minjun Kim

Danielle Sato

Jeff Fujioka

Marilyn Naitoh

Gary Shinsato

Bryson Goda

Craig Nishida

Linda Shinsato

Brenna Imada

Diane Nishida

Donnie Sun

Arthur Isa

Rory Onishi

Kaitlyn Toma

Becky Isa

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DONATIONSBill & Keiko Doughty

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8:30 am (ONLINE ONLY)
Accepting Reservations for Shichigosan
Totose-no-Oiwai, Jusan Mairi

33:00 pm (INTERNAL)
Autumn Thanksgiving Festival

Bryson Goda
Rodney & Sharon Isa
James & Melba Kurashige
Yae Miko
Steve Miwa

Shinken & Marilyn Naitoh
Corey Nakashima
Craig & Diane Nishida
Akiko Sanai
Gary & Linda Shinsato
Anne Shirai
Shitennoji Gakuen
Robert Stallings
Sharon Toma
Lena Yafuso

CALENDAR

Carol Murakami

OCTOBER15

1:00 pm ~ 3 pm
Shichigosan Preparations

22 - 31 9:30 am - 3:00 pm
Shichigosan

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9:30 am ~ 12 pm
Shichigosan
2 pm
Tsukinamisai Monthly Service

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Kotohira Jinsha - Hawaii Daaifu
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5 - 199:30 am - 3 pm
Shichigosan

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9:30 amMochi Pounding (Tentative)

GOKITO - Private Blessings
A Cleansing and Remembrance ceremony wasperformed on 7/29 at a home in Aiea. May theold memories give birth to new dreams.

An annual blessing wasperformed for Cosmo and hisfeline siblings

A Yakudoshi blessing was performed on August
19, for one undergoing Hon-Yaku. How blessed
to be surrounded by love and support.

EK o moMa i
44 students and 5 teachers from Shitennoji Gakuen visited the shrineon August 24. Shitennoji Gakuen was founded in 1922 tocommemorate the 1,300th anniversary of Prince Shotoku's passing.
Over the years, a junior college, Buddhist university and K-12 private
school was established in Habikino, Osaka.

Flags were flown at half-staff on this Admission
Day, as we continue to grieve and mourn thevictims of the devastating Maui fires.
We extend our deepest condolences and mostsincere sympathy to the families of the victims.
All of us at the shrine
are standing with you
and keeping you in ourprayers.

OTSUKIMI - Moon viewing
Otsukimi or moon viewing is anancient tradition of viewing theHarvest moon on the evening ofthe full moon in September.
Otsukimi comes from theMid-Autumn Festival and wasimported from China during theNara period (710-794 CE).
In China, the festival originatedduring the Tang Dynasty (618907) and celebrates gathering,
thanks- giving and prayers forlongevity and the perpetuationof the lineage.
In Japan, the moon wasconsidered sacred and Otsukimi
was primarily expressing
thanksgiving for the gift of life,
nature and its abundantbounties and the bonds ofcommunity while partaking ofsake and dango dumplings..
In Korea, Chu-seok celebrated on
the same days as the Chinese
Mid-Autumn Festival andOtsukimi is the largest national
holiday.
Koreans visit their hometowns,
observe memorial services, visit
graves and share a feast of
traditional dishes with family.
Otsukimi has given birth to many
Japanese dishes. There's Tsukimi
dango or the mochi dumplings
that you eat while viewing themoon. Udon or soba topped
with a raw egg is referred to as
Tsukimi udon or Tsukimi soba.

McDonald's Japan
has a Tsukimi burger and Sukiyaki
burger - both topped with a friedegg.
Their Fall pie is a Tsukimi pie withazuki and mochi filling.
Domino's Japan has their Tsukimi
pizza with toppings of sliced
boiled eggs.
The observance of Otsukimi thisyear falls on Sept em ber 29.

Shichigosan - Totose-no-Oiwai - Jusan Mairi
October 22 - November 19

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11/4 Sat 9:30 am - 2 pm

11/12 Sun 9:30 am - 3 pm

10/28 Sat 9:30 am - 2 pm

11/5 Sun 9:30 am - 3 pm

11/18 Sat 9:30 am - 2 pm

10/29 Sun 9:30 am - 3 pm

11/11 Sat 9:30 am - 2 pm

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The annual cleaningof the roof wasdone on August 12.

Most residential toilets
use a water tank andgravity to flush.
Unlike the toilet in yourhome, the shrine's
basement meetingroom has a toilet andlatrine with aflushometer using
water pressure fromthe water source itself.
The toilet's flushometerstarted running when
flushed and the latrine's
flushometer leaked
when flushed.

Roof Replacement
gallons per flush.
Although theflushometer valves
have a high rate ofperformance and arewater efficient - - not all
plumbing systems arecompatible withflushometer valves.
Both flushometers were
never repaired or
replaced since the1980s when thebuilding was built.

Most toilets have highflush volumes, using as
much as 7 gallons perflush.
The flushometer toilets
use no more than 1.6

On 7/28, 535 Plumbing
replaced theflushometer valve,vacuum breaker anddiaphragm on the toiletand latrine.

The shrine's roof hasn't been replaced since it
was installed in 1982.
There are many things that can go wrong with ashingle roof over time. Thanks to Hurricane
Dora, the shrine roof has been uplifting andcurling - moving like waves with each strong gust.
According our roofer, Rob - nails have popped off
in many areas. Dora also blew off several
shingles, especially over the Kotohira-side of theroof.
The nails are set in wood, which expands andcontracts with humidity and temperaturechanges. Even well placed, secure nails will
eventually pop out of their positions over time.
Roofs play a considerable role in protecting therest of the home or building underneath it. The
effects of having the roof getting blown off would
be devastating.
The breach in the roof has prompted the shrine
to seek emergency roof replacement sometime
this month, as it is not likely to withstand the nexthurricane.