Hawaii Kotohira Jinsha
Hawaii Dazaifu Tenmangu

Sept em ber 2017

Hatsumiya mairi is an ancient tradition for those who have been blessed with the miracle of a child. It is a special
ritual that allows the new parents to express appreciation for the birth of their child and to express their wishes forthe child to become good natured, kind hearted, true of spirit, respectful of all around and lead to their innerstrengths to find their own path in life. Congratulation on the birth of your little treasure!!!

CALENDAR

M AHALOf or you r don at ion sThomas & Linda Agawa
Eientei Animations
Kumiko Futatsuiwa
Bob Harada
Masuo & Mieko Horiuchi
Jennifer Ishii
Henry Koizumi
James & Melba Kurashige
Milton & Kathy Kwock
Steve Miwa
Roy Morioka
Shinken & Marilyn Naitoh
RWS Hawaii
Akiko Sanai
Wade SanoGary & Linda Shinsato
Anne Shirai
Michael & Joy Tamashiro
Chihiro Tamayose
Lucy Tsu
Peggy Tsukida
Rodney Williams

Congratulations to shrine friend Ak iko San aiof Akiko Sanai Piano Studio Honolulu forreceiving Steinway & Son's Top Music TeacherAward for 2016 - a nationwide award
presented to piano instructors in recognitionof their outstanding instruction and leadershipin piano training.
Born and raised in Japan, Akiko began learningand playing the piano from the age of 6. Shebegan teaching piano in 2004 and has shared
her knowledge of music for the past 11 years.
Akiko teaches from two studios in Kaimuki andin Hawaii Kai. Con gr at u lat ion s Ak iko!!!

SEPTEM BER
23 1 pm
Clean u p & Pr ep
24 3 pm
Spr in g Th an k sgivin g Fest ival

OCTOBER
223 pm
Tsu k in am isai

22/28/29 9 am ~ 4 pm
Sh ich igosan & Ju san M air i

NOVEM BER
53 pm
Tsu k in am isai

4/5/11/12/18/19 9 am ~ 4 pm
Sh ich igosan & Ju san M air iCar Blessing on 8/20

Photo on the left shows baby Wade at his Baby blessing on April 17,1983. Photoon the right is Daddy Wade with his son Jax at the shrine on August 27, 2017 !!
The Masuo Horiuchi
Ohana from Kyoto visited
the shrine on 9/10.

Car Blessing on 9/10

Mr. Horiuchi is the 5th
generation heir of theonly existing
manufacturers of shrine
decorations. All items are
hand dyed, hand wovenand hand finished inaccordance with ancienttechniques.

M ain t en an ce

Of f ice Blessin g

Mahalo to M ik e
Lee for
repairing andrestoring theshrine's
plexiglass
wooden door
panel on 9/6
and 9/8.

A blessing for an office relocation was performed on 9/1 in
Mapunapuna.
Moving to a new location is a milestone, and is particularly
important to clear and bless the business and its location in thebeginning to set your original intention and to open itself toinfinite new opportunities, new connections and success. Theland and building is purified and cleansed of old negative orresidual energies, making way for a positive and balanced
atmosphere which encourages prosperity, growth, success andthe safety and harmony of management and the employees.

Tidbit s 9-9
Choyo no Sekku, or Chrysanthemum(Kiku) Festival is an ancient festival
celebrated on the ninth day of theninth lunar month.

In the royal palace or a monastery,the doors, windows, stairs or fixtures
existed in multiples of nine or anumber that contains nine.

In Japan, double odd numbers - 1, 3,5, 7, 9 are considered extremelyauspicious. As such, most major
Japanese festivals occur in odd
months:The numbers of the knobs on thedouble doors of the Forbidden City inBeijing is a good example. There arenine rows of nine knobs on thesedoors which represents the supreme
power of the emperor.

January 1 - New Years Day
March 3 ? Girl?s Day (Momo no Sekku)
May 5 - Boy?s Day (Tango no Sekku)
July 7 - Tanabata Star Festival
September 9 - Choyo no Sekku
The ancient Chinese considered
numbers a mystical part of theuniverse.
The Chinese believed that thenumber 1 represented the starting
point while the number 9
represented infinity and extremity. As
such, the number 9 can be seen in
many aspects of life in China.

The ninth day of the ninth lunar
month was considered to beparticularly potent because of thebelief that the number 9, being thehighest odd number, was auspicious
and therefore ?two nines? was theultimate in propitiousness.
On this day, beautifully cultivatedchrysanthemums were displayed andadmired while drinking sake lacedwith chrysanthemum petals. This
tradition was imported to Japan from
China during the Nara period (710 793 AC),

Chrysanthemums have long been
associated with longevity because
they bloom magnificently during theFall months when the rest of nature
seems to be dying.
Chrysanthemum is also known for its
medicinal value, including an aid inrecovery from influenza, acne, theprevention of sore throat and thereduction of fever.
In Korea, it is known for its medicinaluse for making people more alert.
In western herbal medicine,chrysanthemum tea is drunk to treat
circulatory disorders such as varicose
veins and atherosclerosis.
Eventually, the 16-petal
chrysanthemum became associatedwith the Emperor of Japan.
Choyo no Sekku was celebrated at
the shrine on Sunday, September 3
by partaking of the traditional
chrysanthemum-laced sake.

Japanese Movie Theat er s
Before cineplexes and before you
could easily access old movies online? a trip to the movies was a special
adventure. Here are some of thoselost treasures of Honolulu cinema:

Asahiza was built with wood with alarge stage, a balcony, several
dressing rooms and stores in front.

The first Japanese Theater built inHawaii was the Asahiza at thecorner of Beretania and Maunakea.
It was built in 1899 and destroyedin the Chinatown fire of 1900. The
second Asahiza opened at 1162
Maunakea Street near Pauahi
Street in 1908 but was demolishedin 1928.

Pawaa Theatre in the 1920s, with taxis
waiting in front
The Honoluluza in Chinatown

The Pawaa Theatre was built in
1916 on King Street, near Punahou
Street. It was an open-air theaterwith benches surrounded by high,corrugated metal walls. Patrons
brought umbrellas in case of rain.

The original Asahiza

It was demolished to make way for
the New Pawa'a Theatre in 1929.

The New Pawa'a Theatre wasremodeled and renamed theCinerama and opened in 1962.
The Honoluluza was built on thesite of an earlier Chinese theater
which closed in 1920.
Also known as Honolulu Theatre,the Honoluluza was always linedwith colorful banners and posters
promoting Japanese movies. Thetheater and surrounding Japanesebusiness district was demolishedin the late 1960s for urban renewal
and is now part of an expanded
A'ala Park. The Nippon Theatre,
formerly known as the Koen Gekijo(Park Theatre) was also part of thebusiness district.

opened in 1941, designed by the
famed architect Heigo Fuchino.
It operated until 1963 andreopened in a new location at
Beretania and Nuuanu Avenue asthe Daiei New Kokusai Theatre. In
1974, it was sold and renamed theEmpress Theatre.

The lavishly decorated theater wasdemolished along with all its
furnishings in 1988 to make way
for the Hawaii USA Federal Credit
Union.

Behind the Toyo Theatre on A'ala
Street was the Kokusai orInternational Theatre. The Kokusai

Toyo Theatre in Downtown
Kapahulu Theatre

Kokusai Theatre in A'ala Park

Consolidated opened the 1,000
seat Toyo Theatre in 1938 toshowcase Japanese films. It wasdesigned by the architect C.W.
Dickey, whose Waikiki Theatre
opened two years earlier.

The Kapahulu Theatre opened in1936 and showed second-run films
and Japanese classics. It wasdemolished in 1980 and a small
strip mall was built on the site.