MahaloGozaimasu

We gratefully acknowledge the following for their generouscontributions. If we’ve missed any donor’s name, please accept ourapologies and let us know by calling the Betsuin at 531-9088 so wecan make corrections to our records.

MEMORIAL, FUNERAL, INURNMENT & BURIAL SERVICE

Chieko Nishimura

Jamie Watanabe & Family

SHOTSUKI MEMORIAL SERVICEKimie SugimotoMr. & Mrs. Wilfred GonoTsutomu Oi

Debra & Dennis SaikiTadao IwasaikiYamashita Family

GOJIKAI MEMBERSHIP

Shigeko TsuchidaSumiye ShojinagaHarold KudoMichiko OtsukaKiyoko Dorothy Moriyama Elizabeth Nishimura

Shinbo Family

Sumie Shojinaga Family

Eiichi Sudo

Jane SmithEd & Betty HonboLinford Chang

Carol YamanuhaAtsuko Nonaka

Gladys MurakamiAlbert Yamane

Grace KogamiSasayo OkazakiYasuko Kawada

Charlotte TsukamotoDebra SaikiKenneth Kawada

Mr. & Mrs Richard Hanai Esther ShioiHelen SuzukiTanoueTakeshi KikusawaFusao Hanai Robinson

Edward KaneshigeHikoharu Uyesato

KYODAN DONATION (including columbarium, Otani Center)Harriet YatagaiViolet Watanabe

Jane WatanabeAmy Hirokawa

Kenneth SakamotoDaryl Kitamori

Sandra Chun & Madeleine AritaKen & Gale ShodaMr. & Mrs. Stanley Gono

Haruo Tanida

HIGASHI HONGWANJI DISTRICT CALENDARDoris HanaiJackie & May UyedaFlorence HirakawaAnn MiyasatoFlorence MatsuuraFaye ShigemuraMiyuki KogaAnnie UyemaRalph NishidaKazuo KonoLowell ArakakiJanice FukudaMichie HamaoHenry YoshinoJames MimuroMinami FamilyGladys MurakamiMichael SawaiGeorge YamauchiLawrence ImaiHelen Suzuki

Frances MakiyamaTakao HarunoMildred AbeJune OmuraJane OkazakiCharlene WatanabeArlene YoneyamaBert KaizukaKazuto ShimizuGrace KogamiGainer TomokiyoKikue KaneshiroEthel UmemotoDonald MurakamiSasayo OzakiFrances MaekawaPatricia NittaToshio KaichiYonekura FamilyBert MaekawaBarbara Okumura

Natalie MatsuzakiLynnette KimotoMisao UjimoriJane LowHilda TakehiroJane KaneshiroEdith EndoFlorence KannoStanley & Marjorie Hosaka Satsuye TanakaLynn Murakami Akatsuka Eileen & Wesley UchidaViolet HaradaSusan & Kenneth Archer Yuko OshiroBetty KoizumiHosen FukuharaHolly & Dean T Nakasone Kubota FamilyTadao IwasakiJane WataruKawamoto Orchid Nursery Hiroharu & Miyoko Oharu Katherine NakamuraJean HayashiPaul MotoyamaMitsuharu MurakamiHaruo TanidaViola UyenoSatoru UyenoHirata FamilyFrederick ZukeranHarvey & Norma ShimaHoward NikaidoKatherine KurakakeAkizuki FamilyWake FujiokaMr. & Mrs. Takuo SakaiJean ShindoRichard ShozuyaKikue MinatoyaBetty NiideSandie KaneshiroTokunagaLinda TokaseHarvey MaruyaMitsuko YukutakeNancy NakatsuHarumi FuchikamiEiko YoshidaChester BowLois SuzukiPaul & Judith TanakaBeatrice NakanoWallace HarakiKatherine ShirabeFranklin & Marian Hayashida Gary & Joyce KuriharaHideo FukunagaJan Lee BaccigaluppiRoy NakamotoGladys AbeYukie NagataTsutomu OiJoan YoshioMoriso TeraokaMr. & Mrs. Richard Hanai June TaniguchiMr. & Mrs. TakayamaAlbert YamaneLoreen SegawaStanley KonoBert YamatoEsther ShioiPaul NishidaRobert OkazakiTanoue FamilyAmy AbeD OishiMitsuye IkutaKiyoko Dorothy Moriyama

FLOWER ARRANGEMENT AND DONATIONMinako Ito

Kumiko Saiki

NEWSLETTER MAILINGBetty NishidaI

IN MEMORIAMWe wish to extend our deepest sympathy to the family of the lateDorothy Asayo Shinbo (86) November 24, 2012

Little Differences: Hawaii and Japanwas walking down the street and I came upon a treestump. I was shocked! All my life I have believed thatall trees in the world have annual rings. However, I waswrong. The stump before my eyes didn’t have any rings!
As you know, annual rings are used to estimate atree’s age, since a new set of rings is formed each year.
How are these annual rings created? Tree growth changeswith the seasons. During the warm seasons, trees growfaster, forming light-colored wood, and during the coldseasons, growth slows, resulting in dark, denser wood.
In Hawaii, however, temperatures remain fairlyconstant and don’t vary as much as they do in Japan. Asa result, Hawaiian trees do not seem to have the welldefined annual rings that I am used to seeing.
How amazing nature is!
– Rev. Makoto Honda