Hawaii Kotohira Jinsha - Hawaii Dazaifu Tenmangu
OCTOBER 2019

Th e an n u al Sh ich igosan Ch ildr en's Fest ival began on Su n day Oct ober 20

M AHALO f or you r don at ion s
Akiko AbikoThomas & Linda Agawa
Sarah Antone
Jennifer Asato
Natsuko Atsumi
Yohei Azegami
Landri Balisacan
Amy Castro
Toshiko Chng
Corniche Japan
Donovan & Nicole Cullen
Evrett & Rayleen Cullen
Corrine Davis
Jaime Di Dio
Bill & Keiko Doughty
Midori Dougherty
Sean & Mikako Fittro
Anthony Fujii
Nicholas Fujii
Sakae Fujii
Teresa FujiiStacie Hata
Frances Hayashi
Ricky & Shoko Hill
Seizo Imamura
Arthur K. Isa

Kelli Ann Isobe
Dayna Itano
Blythe Jeanne Itoman
Laureen Itoman
Deanna Iwamoto
Julie Jones
Inne Kaanoi
Chisato Kanazawa
Misuzu Kato
Koji KatsuhiraJean Kikumoto
Yumie Kim
Dyan Kleckner
Shinichiro Kodama
Erin Kogen
Elaine Komatsu
CHie Kudo
James & Melba Kurashige
Kumiko Kuroda
Malek & Naoko Lehocky
Look Ohana
Debbie Lum
Misato Maitland
Anri Makiya
Hiroko Matsuo
Tomoko Miller

Steve Miwa
Michele Miyagi
Shota Miyazaki
Darren & Jennifer Mok
Janna Morimoto
Lauren Morita
Shinken & Marilyn Naitoh
Kazuko Nakamitsu
Kunie Nakano
Masako Nakashima
Beverly Nagasako
Hiroko Natsuo
Sean Nakayama
Momoko NoelCraig & Diane Nishida
Melody Nomura
Naoko Nonaka
Akane Ohta
Leila Okahara
Jana Onosaki-Yabes
Russell & Jan Ota
Clarice Otsuka
Nami Paishon
Keiko Pressly
Mary Ramiscal
Noriko Reid

Mana Richey
Nobuyo Sakata
Akiko SanaiCharlene Sano
Masanori SatohErika Shigemasa
Kristin Shigemura
Michie Shimogawa
Gary & Linda Shinsato
Naomi Shishido
Dane & Yumi Sjoblom
Kevin & Chigusa Suehiro
Kazuhiro Tachi
Kelly TairaJune Takaki
Leslie Takayama-Ho
Naoki Tanaka
Kiyono Tamura
Pamela Taura
Shinko Williams
Ashley Yokoyama
Nao Yamada
Doreen Yamauchi
Nozomu & Erica Yamauchi
Natsumi Young
Richard & Chie YoungM AHALOCALENDAR

Sh ich igosan Volu n t eer s
Keng-Hsien Chao
Gayle Fujihara
Bryson Goda
Reiko Goda
Staice Hata
Kathy Hamada-Kwock
Lorraine Kadota
Elaine Komatsu
Jennifer Kuniyoshi
Marilyn Naitoh
Shinken Naitoh
Rayson Namba
Craig NishidaDiane NishidaDiane Ogasawara
Bethany Schwartz
Malia Seguerre
Gary Shinsato
Linda Shinsato
Naomi TeramotoSharon Toma
Jasmine Umeno

Novem ber
3Decem ber

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Volu n t eer s Needed

9 am - 1 pm
Sh ich igosan
3 pm
Tsu k in am isai M on t h ly
Ser vice

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Hatsumode New Years blessing is right around thecorner. Please consider spending a few hours thisNew Years helping out at the shrine.

8:30 am - 12:30 pm
M och i M ak in g
3 pm
Tsu k in am isai M on t h ly
Ser vice
5:30 pm
Clean u p an d set u p
11:30 pm
Tosh ikosh i n o O-h ar ae
Year en d Pu r if icat ion
Rit u alAsst Pr iest (Performblessings for shrine visitors.
Must wear kimono)
12/ 31 10 pm - 1/ 1 4 pm

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

Om ik u ji Boot h (Givechange, fill Omikuji box)
12/ 31 10:00 pm - 3 am
1/ 1

8:30 am - 4 pm

12/ 31 10 pm - 2:30 am

Volu n t eer Ser vices (prepcatered food for volunteer
lunches, clean up adterlunch)

1/ 1

1/ 1 10 am - 3 pm

9 am - 2 pm

1/ 2 9 am - 2 pm
Om am or i Boot h (cashiers,baggers)
12/ 31 8:30 am - 11:30 pm

Tr af f ic Con t r ol (Pass outflyers for offsite parking)

1/ 1

M idn igh t - 4 pm

12/ 31 11 pm - 3 am

1/ 2

8:30 am - 4 pm

1/ 1 9 am - 4 pm

1/ 3

8:30 am - 4 pm

We n eed h elp!!!

1/ 4

8:30 am - 4 pm

Please Contact Irene at:
kotohira@hawaiiantel.net

Gok it o Pr ivat e Blessin gs

Shrine friends from Osaka visited the shrine on
10/10

A Yakudoshi blessing was performed for shrine
friend Jennifer on 10/17

A House Blessing wasperformed for Sean &Mikako on 10/19.
House blessing are
performed so that thehome and land may be
purified and cleansed of old
negative or residualenergies, making way for apositive and balanced
atmosphere.

Congratulations to James Okada &Dalena Pham for tying the knot on
May 4, 2019 in Seattle.
James is the son of Rev. Akihiro andSharon Okada of Hawaii Daijingu.
Best wishes to the newlyweds on thiswonderful journey, as they build theirlives together !!!
Mahalo for visiting the shrine toshare the wonderful news with Rev.
Takizawa.

Lik e u s on In st agr am : kot oh ir adazaif uSh ich igosan
Shichigosan is said to haveoriginated in the Heian Period(794-1185) among court nobles
who celebrated the passage of theirchildren into middle childhood.

vest while 5 year old boys wore
haori and hakama, traditional
garments of the warrior class. 7
year old girls wore kimono outfits
with elaborate obi sashes.

Over time, their tradition passed
onto the samurai class who added
a number of rituals.

Hawaii Kotohira Jinsha - HawaiiDazaifu Tenmangu was the first to
initiate a Shichigosan blessing withcomplimentary kimono dressing inhopes of perpetuating a tradition
that is spiritually enriching andculturally exciting.

Children who were required bycustom to have shaven heads until
3 were allowed to grow out their
hair in a ritual called kamitoki.
The hakamagi ritual allowed boys of
5 to wear hakama for the first time,
while girls of 7 replaced the simple
cords used to tie their kimono witha traditional obi in the obitoki ritual.
By the Meiji Period (1868-1912), thepractice was adopted bycommoners and included visiting ashrine to wish for a healthy life.
3 year old girls began to wear a hifu

Since 1994, the shrine has blessedover 7,500 children, a feat only
possible through the tirelessdevotion of our volunteers.
A heartfelt Mahalo goes out toshrine officers and volunteers,
especially Hanayagi Dancing
Academy Hawaii Foundation
instructors for their kokua weekend
after weekend.

Chitose Ame or Thousand-year
candy is a special candy given tochildren at Shichigosan.
Chitose Ame was first concoctedby Shichibei, a candy merchantin Asakusa during the early
1800s and reflects the wishes ofparents that the child live a long,
healthy and prosperous life.
Unfortunately, the long,stick-like millet candy wasn't too
popular with local children, so
the shrine opted for the popular
Milky Chitose Ame using a richcream from Hokkaido, made by
Fujiya,Fujiya is a chain of confectionery
stores and restaurants
which first openedin Yokohama
in 1910.

Con gr at u lat ion s
increasing levels of responsibility.
David has lead teams of engineers
on projects along the eastern USand internationally including Puerto
Rico, Guam, Philippines and SouthKorea.

Shrine friends David and M asak o
Jim en ez have been volunteering at
the shrine since moving to Hawaii in2014. The happy couple is blessedwith a darling little girl - Serena.
David is a building systems andequipment professional with 15
years of industry experience.
While earning a bachelor 's degree
in Mechanical Engineering from theUniversity of South Florida, David
interned for Johnson Control's
Energy Solutions division and upon
earning his undergraduate,
continued with the firm, taking on

David's role at Johnson Controls has
evolved from engineering toplanning and advising.
David is a founding member of theHawaii Society for Healthcare
Engineering whose founding
mission is to educate and foster
interest in young engineers for thehealthcare engineering field.
This summer, David received his
Master of Business Administrationfrom the Shidler College of Businessat UH Manoa.
Congratulations David ! ! forsuccessfully juggling theresponsibilities of college, familyand work.

The shrine's Stars & Stripes
omamori was featured in theOctober edition of a popular
Japanese magazine - MONO.
The article covered traditional
Japanese items with "goriyaku" ordivine powers that are seeing arevival in Japan.