Volume 4 Issue 1

Hatsumode 2014

Hawaii Kotohira Jinsha
Hawaii Dazaifu Tenmangu

WHERE ANCIENT TRADITIONS THRIVE

January 2014

Akemashite omedeto gozaimasu- Happy New Year!
We hope you were all able tosavor the sense of spiritual renewal
that Hatsumode and other newyears rituals have brought, andlook ahead to the year with hopeand optimism.
Unlike the Year of the Snake,the Year of the Horse is said tobring much optimism and opportunities. Energy is high, production
is rewarded and decisive action, not procrastination, brings victory. There are opportunitiesgalore this year, but you must act fast.
Some notable people born in the Year ofthe Horse are - Oprah Winfrey, Japan’s Prime
Minister Shinji Abe, Warren Buffett, JackieChan, Vice President Joe Biden, Supreme Court
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, TV’s Judge Judy,L.A. Laker Kobe Bryant, Calvin Klein, Howard
Stern, Clint Eastwood, Steve McQueen, Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Ashton
Kutcher, Denzel Washington, Adam Sandler. Halle Barry, Jerry Seinfeld, Tamlyn
Tomita, Director Ang Lee, Martin Scorcese, Ron Howard, and James Cameron,
Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Barbra Streisand,Paul McCartney, and John Legend
Join with us in this wish and prayer for the new year -- that humans will progress in appreciating and respecting diversity across religions and cultures, be in
better relation with each other and in greater harmony with Nature, of which we
all are part.

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MAHALO Volunteers
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Kentaro Horikawa
Arthur K Isa
Arthur MY Isa
Dawn Isa
Emi Igarashi
Kai Igarashi
Mitsuru Igarashi
Pam Igarashi
Tom Jannuzzio
Lorraine Kadota
Sherrie Kalua
Elaine Komatsu
Kenneth Kunichika

Milton Kwock
Mike Lee
Calvin Mai
Ruth Matsumoto
Arlyne Morikawa
Kira Morikawa
Marilyn Naitoh
Shinken Naitoh
Craig Nakahara
Hatsuko Nakazato
Craig NishidaDiane Nishida
Jill NishidaDiane Ogasawara
Scott Okamura
Carole Omura
Kei Sakamoto
Barbara Sakashita
Jay Sakashita
Pauline Sakashita
Skye Sakashita
Stanley Sakashita
Stirling Sakashita
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Yukiko Shishido
Danny Song

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Naomi Teramoto
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UH Manoa NICE
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H A W A I I KO T O HI R A J I NS H A

JCCH Ohana Festival
The shrine participatedin the annual JCCH
Ohana Festival on
1/19/14
MAHALOVOLUNTEERS
Bryson Goda
Bob Harada
Tom Jannuzzio
Marilyn Naitoh
Diane Nishida
Jill Nishida
Naomi TeramotoShirokiya
The shrine was invited by Shirokiya toshare the culture and traditions of the Japanese new years with their customers.
Mahalo to the volunteers who helped onJanuary 10 - 12.

Shrine Visitors
Faculty and students of the Pacific Lutheran University of Tacoma, Washington led by Professor Erik Hammerstrom visited theshrine on January 21.
The group was welcomed with a Seishiki Sanpai ceremony,followed by a short lecture on Shinto by Rev. Takizawa and servingof omiki by Bob Harada.

Bryson Goda
Shinken Naitoh
Kathy Hamada-Kwock Diane Nishida
Bob Harada
Sherrie Kalua
Marilyn Naitoh

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Visit our website at www.e-shrine.org for updated
information on events

Osechi Ryori - Oshogatsu delicasies
Many of us in Hawaii eat osechi
ryori on New Year’s day.
Osechi dishes are prepared to lasta few days so the women of thehousehold can relax during the first
three days of the new year.
Japanese are particularly fond ofspecific foods on auspicious occasions because of fortuitous plays onwords, or the association of a namewith words related to good fortune:● Kuromame (黒豆, black beans)means mame ni hataraku
or work hard. Working hard is a virtue in Japan. It also connotes being
healthy enough to work hard.
● Kazunoko (数の子, herring roe)to be blessed with many children,ensuring the perpetuation of the lineage/,● Kurikinton (栗きんとん, sweetchestnuts) are bright yellow in color,connoting wealth.
● Buri (ブリ, yellowtail fish) is
considered lucky for promotion atwork because it is a shusseuo (出世魚, fish that are called dif-ferent names as they grow).
● Tai (鯛, red seabream) rhymes
with medetai (めでたい,or auspicious). Tai is considered the kingamong fish in Japan.
● Kobumaki (昆布巻き, rolledkelp) rhymes with yorokobu(喜ぶ, joy).

● Renkon (レンコン, lotus root)
will enable you to look at the future because it has holes in it.
● Ebi (海老, shrimp) signifies
aging because they have hige
(ひげ, mustache) and a curved
body. Eating them is believed tobless one with longevity.