Hawaii Kotohira Jinsha - Hawaii Dazaifu Tenmangu
NOVEM BER 2018

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M AHALO
f or you r don at ion s
Hitomi Abe
Keiko Abe
Thomas & Linda Agawa
Dana Akeo
Namhui An
Harunobu Aoki
Miki Aoshima
Nobuhiro Ariyoshi
Akiko Babauta
Lia Baltero
Kaleo Blaisdell
Jerry & Bringas Bringas
David Burnett
Erick Cabal
Prince & Naoko CambraYuka Senda Canilao
Casey & Dana Ching
Michael & Emi Choy
Carolyn Chung
Yu Cone
Aki Cruzata
Yayoi Date
Bill & Keiko Doughty
Yuka Dulfulao
Kris Duquette
Akiko Ellingwood
Chad & Kei Enoki
Yuko Fadigan
Ricky & Crystal Fuentes
Rie Fujihara
Weston Fujii
Kaori Fujishima
Yuki Fukuda

Kenichi Fukushima
Kayoko Funakoshi
Hiroaki Funada
Gen & Aya Furumaki
Bryana Gamido
Yukiko Goodell
Nanami Gushi
Noriko Hagiwara
Clara Harada
Ronwyn & Jennifer Harris
Norihisa Hatakeyama
Noriko Hattemer
Chris Higa
Kerry & Dale Higa
Maki HiguchiAi Ho
Sachiko Hogge
Akiko Hokutan
Mika Hom
Mimi Horiuchi
Cindy Hotema
Reid & Jodi Inoue
Ross Inouye
Miki Ito-Saysamon
Katherine Iwao
Regan & Kimberly Iwao
Marc & Emily Iyomasa
JALPAK Hawaii
David & Masako Jimenez
Julie Jones
Ayaka Kahiapo
Tomoko Kaji
Hiromi Kameiri
Chizuka Kanayama
Justin Kane
Misuzu Kato
Nobuko Kawai

Brandy Kawasaki
Keiko Kela
Wendi Kidani
Sachio Kimura
Kishida Ohana
Kusuo & Maki Kiuchi
Joanna Kobayashi
Motoi Kobayashi
Chris & Stacie Koga
Elaine Komatsu
James & Melba Kurashige
Kiko Kurata
Mami Kuroda
Milton & Kathy Kwock
Mike Lee
Nozomi Lulker
Yuka Mack
Kengo Maeda
Go & Anna Maeno
Jeanette Manago
Kaoru Masuda
McCann Ohana
Makiko Mimura
Steve Miwa
Yuri Miyabara-Treschuk
Stacy Miyake
Mami Miyaki
Yuka Miyanohara
Michael Mossman
Reiko Motosue
Kurt & Melody Murata
Shinken & Marilyn Naitoh
Chie Nagayama
Maiko Nakagawa
Gail Nakaichi
Les & Claudia Nakamura
Rosalie Nakamura

Minako Nelson
Yuka Newell
Jennifer Nikaido
Joanne Ninomiya
Craig & Diane Nishida
Eriko Nishiiye
Stacey Nishina
Leland & Kerri Nogawa
Andrew & Emily Nojiri
Diane Ogasawara
Reina Ogata
Marcus & Lisa Ogawa
Yoshiko Ohashi
Debbie Okada
Layton Okunami
Kara Fukushima-Olson
Paul & Ai Ono
Michael & Jin Onuma
Kyoko Osato
Ronald & Claire Oshiro
Sara Oshita
Lana Ozaki
Kazusa Parcels
William Park
Kanako Phillips
Ashlyn Ponteras
Sanae Potter
Noriko Reid
Kumiko Rivera
Sheryl Rodrigues
Pamela Saito
Dean & Jayme Sakai
Christie Salvador
Akiko Sanai
Nicole Sanpei
Renee Sato
Yuichi Sato

Yuki Sato
Rika Sawada
Alfred & Yuki Scott
Mayu Shibutani
Yuji Shimamura
Gary & Linda Shinsato
Hiroko Sokabe
Noah & Cherise Stalcup
Mikiko Stowers
Edward & Maile Sugimoto
Wayne & Mary Sunouchi
Chie Takabayashi
Tani Takahashi
Maya Tanaka
Yuichiro Tanaka
Cullen & Mariko Taniguchi
Jon & Nao mi Taniguchi

Kazuya Tanimura
Pamela Taura
Duncan & Yumi Thomas
Jensen & Judy Toma
Naoko Toma
Junko Tsuzaki
Lei Umholtz
Takeshi Ushiwata
Jason Wannomae
Hitomi Watanabe
Yuichiroh Yamada
Nao Yamaguchi
Alisa Yap Okunami
Ryan & Kara Yasui
Aya Yoshida
Keita Yoshihara
Masumi Yoshihara
Ayami Yoshinaga
Xiaoxing Zhang
Lulu Zheng

M AHALO
Sh ich igosan Volu n t eer s
Keiko Doughty
Kei Enoki
Gayle Fujihara
Kathy Hamada-Kwock
Milton Kwock
Miyoko Hanahara
Stacie Hata
Arthur Isa
Lorraine Kadota
Kamehameha Schools

Elaine Komatsu
Marilyn Naitoh

Shinken Naitoh
Craig NishidaDiane NishidaDiane Ogasawara
Jan Ota
Bethany Schwartz
Gary Shinsato
Linda Shinsato
Yuko Takahashi
Naomi Teramoto
Sharon Toma
Jasmine UmenoM AHALO NUI volu n t eer s! We cou ldn't h ave don e it w it h ou t you !
We are indebted to all of our devoted volunteers who are the heart and soul of the shrine's events! Thank you
for wholeheartedly embracing our mission to share the endearing traditions of Shichigosan, Jusan Mairi andTotose no Oiwai with the greater community.
It isn't easy to work in the same spirit every Saturday and Sunday for over a month - thank you to M ar ilyn ,Cr aig, Dian e N, an d Dian e O, who have devoted their time and energies at every session.
A special Mahalo goes out to our president, Dr . Sh in k en Nait oh who flew in from Maui every weekend to drive
this event forward.
Welcom e Cr ew
Gu ides

Kim on o Dr essin g

Su st en an ce

Volu n t eer
sch edu lin g

Kim on o
M ain t en an ce

Sh in k en , Dian eN, M ar ilyn , Cr aig,
Gar y, Keik o D,
M ilt on , Kei

St acie, Kat h y,
Gayle, Elain e,
Lor r ain e, Lin da,
Sh ar on , Jan , Kei,
M iyok o, Yu k o,Jasm in e, Naom i,
Rayson , Bet h an y

Gar y, Lin da,
Dian e O

Dian e N,
Yam agu ch i-sen sei

Lin da, Dian e N,
M ar ilyn

Thank you Gary,Linda and Diane
O. for providing
lunch at every
session andNatoris ofHanayagi Dancing
Academy HI Fdnfor providing
snacks throughout
the event season

Mahalo Nui toDiane N andYamaguchi sensei
of Kamehameha
Schools for
coordinating andschedulingvolunteers

Thank you forcreating a radically
positive andnurturing
environment forthe children andfor bridging thelinguistic andcultural divide.

Mahalo for being
the core of thisevent and helping
to preserve andperpetuate thekimono culture

Mahalo Nui to
Linda, Diane N andMarilyn for sharing
their sewing skills
and especially toLinda fordry-cleaning andironing all of thejuban undergarments

Pr ivat e Blessin gs

Blessings for radiant health were performedon 11/2

May your new born bring happiness to theworld and special joy to you
Congratulations

Nar u h odo
Our shrine president, Dr . Sh in k en Nait oh wasinterviewed on Saturday 11/17 by JP Lam of
Naruhodo for an episode introducing Kumade rakes.
Kumade rakes are believed to "rake up" and "sweepin" good luck and prosperity for the coming year.
Kumade that has been blessed in religious ritual are
only available at our shrine.
Please be sure to view the episode of Kumade rakes
on KIKU TV's Naruhodo segment in December.

So many happy and wonder-filled times
ahead for the four of you..Congratulations

A Legacy of Service
A memorial service was held
for our Vice President, Bob
Harada on November 20 at theOahu Cemetery Chapel.
Officiating the service was Rev.
Takizawa.
Bob was a graduate of Kaimuki
High School and UH Manoa
and was an insurance agent atPyramid Insurance until his
untimely death on September
14. He was President of theDiamond Head Lions Club,
Director of the Honpa

Hongwanji Judo Club andvolunteered at the Kapahulu
Center and Palolo ChineseHome.
Bob was surrounded by familyand friends who took the time
to reflect on their own specialbond with Bob - a guy with a
big heart that made a
difference in our community.
Bob is survived by his mother
Clara, brothers Kent and Markand sister Claire Shiroma.

CALENDARDECEM BER
8

8:30 am - 12 noon
M och i m ak in g

93 pm
Tsu k in am isai M on t h ly Ser vice28

6:00 pm
Clean u p & Pr ep f or Hat su m ode

31

11:00 pm
Tosh ik osh i n o O-oh ar ae (Year en dPu r if icat ion Rit u al)

JANUARY 2019
1Midnight - 4:00 pm
Hat su m ode 201913

10:00 am - 5:00 pm
JCCH Oh an a Fest ival

20

1:00 pm
Sagich o - bu r n in g of t h e old om am or iM ar at h on Fin ish er 's
Om am or i

ASST PRIEST/ PRIESTESS (Perform Blessings for shrine visitors.
Shrine to provide kimono)OZONI (grill mochi, serve ozoni mochi soup)
TRAFFIC CONTROL (pass out flyers for offsite parking)
OM AM ORI & SAISEN BOOTH (cashiers, baggers)
Please email us at k ot oh ir a@h aw aiian t el.n et for more info

M ain t en an ce
The annual cleaning of the meetingroom air conditioner was done by Air
Conditioning Essentials on 10/31.
Professional cleaning andmaintenance must be performed toclean traffic pollution from H-1 that
accumulates in the compressor andclogs the air conditioning unit withultrafine particles, nitric oxide andhydrocarbon.

An exclusive Marathon Finisher 'somamori will be given to hundreds ofJALPAK clients who participates andfinishes in the Honolulu Marathon onDecember 9.
This is the 7th year that the shrine
has collaborated with JALPAK tocreate an event-specific omamori.
The omamoris were consecrated in aritual by Rev Takizawa, on November14.