The monthly newsletter of Jodo Mission of Hawaii for January 2013.

1. Jodo Mission of Hawaii
Bulletin - JANUARY 2013
(#1194-0113)
Jodo Mission of Hawaii
1429 Makiki St.
Honolulu HI 96814
Address Service Requested
A Happy New Year!
*** New Year’s Greetings ***
Gensho Hara, Bishop
A Happy New Year to you all! Wishing good health and peace to you and
your family throughout the New Year.
Last year, many observances and events were held at the Betsuin. This
year again we will have many functions and activities. I want to thank
each one of you for your membership and support for our Betsuin. May I
humbly ask for your continued kokua for this year.
The Betsuin was built with great pride, dedication, and sacrifices. The inscription above the entrance
of the temple reads, “The Holy Temple of Pure Land Buddhism” in Sanskrit by the then-Jodo Shu
Secretary General, the Venerable Kaigyoku Watanabe, who was a renowned scholar and leader in
the Buddhist community. So next time you visit the temple, look up at the engraved Sanskrit letters
and think about the pride and dedication of our pioneers in building the temple.

2. New Year’s Greetings
Cont’dGreetings from Bishop Hara:
Our temple is not only a place for religious practice, it is also a place for cultural awareness and a
place to feel close to our ancestors. Without these connections, we are empty vessels. Bring your
family, children, grandchildren, and friends to join in temple activities and services so that our
younger generations can have a connectedness and relationship with our temple. As our world be-
comes busier, more crowded, and hectic, it is important to have a quiet place to go. It is also im-
portant to let the younger generation know that they have a connection to the temple so that they
too know that there is somewhere for them to go when they feel overwhelmed and when they call
Amida Buddha’s Name, they will never be alone.
Our great master Honen Shonin taught us that “those who call Amida Buddha’s sacred Name—
Namu Amida Butsu—diligently will receive countless blessings.” Guided by our great Master’s teach-
ings with gratitude, let us live our lives embraced by the Great Compassion and wisdom of Amida
Buddha. Namu Amida Butsu.
With Gassho,
Gensho Hara, Bishop
Message from Kyodan Board President
Aloha!
I hope everyone is ready for an exciting and fulfilling 2013! I have my res-
olutions typed out and ready to go! I hope you have fun goals for this year as
well, and make sure you reward yourself for your accomplishments.
As fellow Buddhists there are some things we can strive for together. First, let's do our
best to spread positivity every day through our smiles and acts of kindness. Second, when we
have a moment alone, let's send our love to our ancestors and thank them for all they have
done for us. Third, feel free to enjoy Jodo Mission of Hawaii's services, events, and activities.
Lastly, make the most of every moment of life, cherish your loved ones, and take the time to
see the beauty of nature.
I wish all of you happiness, good health, and prosperity for 2013!
With Warmest Aloha,
Jon Riki Karamatsu
President, Jodo Mission of Hawaii
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3. New Year’s Greetings
Akemashite Omedeto Gozaimasu! This means “Happy New Year!” in Japa-
nese. It literally means “Congratulations that a new year has opened up!” Since
we are humans, we made so many mistakes last year. However, finally the new
year has come for us to start a new life! The door of the year 2012 is closed and
now the door of 2013 is open! If you are regretting with this and that, let’s leave
them behind. If you are angry with someone, let’s forgive them. Do you remem-
ber one of the most important teachings in Buddhism? No Attachment! Now,
let’s start a new year!
If many good things happened to you during the past year, let’s pray for more good things to
happen in this year again. If you lost your beloved ones, let’s pray for them to be able to live hap-
py and peaceful second lives in the Pure Land.
New Year is a good time to make resolutions. Let’s make resolutions to live a good Buddhist
life during this year by saying the following prayer:
May Buddha help me to move forward,
May you help me to understand Your teachings and respect them,
May you help me to apply Your teachings to my daily life,
May you help me to practice Buddhist customs,
May you help me to share my happiness with others,
and
Please always be with me.
Now I would like to thank volunteers who worked so hard last year. Because of your help, the
activities of the last year such as O-Bon, Bon Dance, Bazaar, Mochi Making and so on were very
successful. Let me ask you for your continuous support to our temple.
At the end of my message, I also would like to thank those who made donations for repairing
our Ojizo-sama. As you may already know, our Ojizo-sama was dedicated for the healthy and
peaceful life of children and the safety of H-1 freeway, and also to offer our prayer for the spirits
of the deceased children and unborn babies. His damaged left hand is now being repaired in Japan.
We are expecting the Ojizo-sama to come back to Hawaii by the end of this month. The dedication
ceremony for the repaired Ojizo-sama will be announced in our news bulletin and you are cordially
invited to the ceremony.
I am sure hard times and glad times will be ahead, but if we trust in the power of Buddha and
work together, our future will be very successful. Now is the time to understand the role that each
one of us plays for the betterment of our community.
May Buddha keep on shining upon us and may you have a very Happy New Year!
In Gassho,
Rev. Yubun Narashiba
Jodo Mission of Hawaii
Head Minister
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4. January 1, 2013
Dear Members of Jodo Mission of Hawaii,
Shinnen Omedeto Gozaimasu!
Hon Nen Mo Yoroshiku Onegai Moshi Agemasu!
Please accept our best wishes for the New Year and we gratefully appreciate your
support and cooperation during the past years. As we begin the New Year of 2013, we
humbly ask for your kokua and continuous support and cooperation to sustain the temple
in the face of inflating operational costs.
Your membership dues allow Jodo Mission to exist and remain a positive influence in
the community. Our Board of Directors works totally on a volunteer basis. Our ministers
are working hard to provide spiritual leadership through services, personal counseling, and
other activities including delivering sermons, conducting weddings and memorial services,
various blessings (baby, home, car, boat, office, get well, birthday), visiting care homes
and hospitals, and giving religious instructions.
They are on call 24 hours a day. Your dues pay for our mailings, the costs of our
functions, building maintenance and operations. By maintaining a strong membership, Jo-
do Mission is able to continue to provide peace of mind to our members and respond to
the needs of the community.
We are continually active in propagating the Pure Land Buddhism and public services
in the community. The Board of Directors and ministers wish to hear your questions and
concerns and urges you to join or renew your membership so that we may remain a viable
and positive force in the community.
Our annual membership dues (Gojikai-hi) is $60 per year, or $5 per month. Upon re-
ceipt of this letter, would you kindly send your membership dues made payable to Jodo
Mission of Hawaii, and mail it to 1429 Makiki Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96814. If your
2013 dues have already been paid, please accept our apology and appreciation for your
support and please ignore this letter.
We thank you for your timely payments and donations. We also invite you to partici-
pate in our various activities, Sunday Services, O-Bon, Bon Dance, O-Higan, Hanamatsuri
or Buddha Day, Jodo-e or Bodhi Day, Fujinkai, Senior, Intermediate, or Junior Y.B.A.,
Sunday School, Children’s Malama Choir, and many other wonderful activities..
Should you have any questions, please feel free to call Jodo
Mission of Hawaii at 949-3995.
In Gassho,
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5. GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
As members of Jodo Mission of Hawaii, you are cordially welcome to attend
the 2013 General Membership Meeting on Sunday, January 20, 2013 at 10:30
a.m., following the Gyoki-e Service (Honen Shonin Memorial Service) in the
temple. At the Annual General Membership meeting, new officers will be in-
stalled. Please join us. Then following the religious and business portion, please
join us for a New Year’s party (see below).
HYAKU-SAI
Shinnenkai
百 歳
新年会 To reach 100 years old or Hyaku
New Year’s Party -sai is a precious age. Many of our
members are in their nineties. Are
Please join us for our New Year’s there any members who are 100 years
Party following the Annual General of age or older? Please contact Jodo
Membership meeting. All members Mission to let us know.
and friends are invited. Come and We would like to recognize these
meet your Board of Directors. Hyaku-sai members on Sunday, Janu-
ary 20, 2013 at our New Year’s Party
Date: Sunday, January 20 which follows our 10 a.m. Sunday
Time: 11:30 am Service and General Membership
(after Gyoki-e service and Meeting.
General Membership Meeting) If you know of any member 100
years old or old or who would be 100
Place: Jodo Mission Social Hall by January 20, 2013, please contact
Jodo Mission. Thank you.
FAQ: How should we discard Kagami Mochi?
ANS: Because of the unique climate of Hawaii, Kagami Mochi gets moldy much faster than Japan.
Therefore, it is recommended to take them down after the three holy days of the New Year (i.e.
on January 4th), though it is the common practice in Japan to keep them until January 11th.
After you take them down, it is the best if you eat them. However, in Hawaii, it is quite possible
that the Kagami Mochi is already moldy. In that case, sprinkle a dash of salt on the Kagami Mochi
to purify them just like Sumo wrestlers purify the Sumo ring with salt and put them in a paper bag
or wrap them with paper such as news paper, and then throw them away.
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6. Bits of Knowledge of Buddhism
Vol. 23 St. Honen’s Exile from Kyoto (Part 2) (Jan. 2013)
By Rev. Yasushiro Watanabe
The last article gave the background of St. Honen’s Exile. Now, I
will continue the story with his reaction and words.
The students rushed into St. Honen’s residence and said to him, “You are to be
exiled to Shikoku. Master Honen, you are almost 75. Once you leave the capital, we
don’t know when we will be able to meet again. It may be the last time we ever lay
eyes on you in this world.”
St. Honen replied calmly. He said,
Even if we lived in the same city, it may not be long before we are sepa-
rated by death. And even though I must journey over mountains and seas
to my new home in a distant land, we will meet again in the Pure Land
blessed by Amida Buddha…. I have grown old since I began teaching the
single-minded practice of Nembutsu here in the capital. I have often
thought that I wanted to travel to a country far from here to teach Nem-
butsu. So even though I will be sent into exile, in fact I will get my wish.
This situation brings me great happiness…. Even if some people try to pro-
hibit the teaching of Nembutsu, the Original Vow of Amida Buddha is great
and genuine. They cannot stop the true teaching by any means. I cannot
help saying Namu Amida Butsu even if I am put to death.
The students wept at St. Honen’s beautiful words and strong will. Then, St. Ho-
nen sent a poem in reply to the former Prime Minister Kanezane who was a devout
supporter of Jodo Shu.
Though we may vanish like dew from the earth
At any moment and at any place:
Our cherished wish to meet each other
On the lotus flowers in the Pure Land
Will be realized.
This beautiful poem has been familiar to Jodo Shu members as a Goeika song, named
“Hana no Utena no Goeika”. (See below) St. Honen tells us that we will surely meet
again in the Pure Land even though we become separated in this world. Even in a most
difficult situation, he continued to teach us great lessons and bring us joy and hope.
(To be continued)
花のうてなのご詠歌「露の身は ここかしこにて 消えぬとも 心は同じ 花のうてなぞ」
大意：名残りは尽きませんが，おくれ先立つは世の習いです。草葉の露のようにはかない私たちの
命です。お互いの身が都で果てようともどこで果てようとも，共に極楽浄土の蓮の台でお会いしよ
うという思いに変わりはありません。
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7. GYOKI-E CHUTOBA FORM 2013（御忌会中塔婆申し込み用紙）
Deadline: January 10, 2013
YOUR NAME（お名前）：＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿PHONE（お電話番号）：＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿
NAME OF DECEASED（亡くなった方のお名前）：
1._________________________________________________________
2.____________________________________________________________
3.____________________________________________________________
4.____________________________________________________________
One Chutoba is $ 7.00 × Total of Chutoba ＿＿＿＿＿＿ ＝ Total ＄＿＿＿＿＿＿
（中塔婆 1本 7ドル） （本数） （合計）
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
Order accepted by: _______________ Date accepted: _______/______/ 2013 (In person / Mail / By phone)
Received by: _______________ Date paid: _______/______/ 2013 (Cash / Check # __________ ) Write_______
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Gyoki-e
(Honen Shonin’s Memorial Service)
Gyoki-e means the me- Three hundred years later,
morial service for Honen Shonin. after Honen Shonin passed away,
Honen Shonin, who is a founder the Emperor Gokashiwabara
of Jodo Shu, passed away on Jan- mandated Jodo Shu to call the
uary 25th, 1212. He was 80 years anniversary of Honen Shonin’s
old. death “Gyoki”. Since then, peo-
After Honen Shonin ple called his annual memorial
passed away, his disciples and service “Gyoki”. This occasion
believers started to have a memo- implied that Honen Shonin was
rial service for him on the 25th of clearly accepted and revered by
every month. The biggest cere- the Emperor and the people.
mony was held on 25th of Janu- Our Gyoki-e service will be
ary every year. This service was held on January 20th at 10 a.m.
held not only locally in Kyoto but Please join us.
it spread all over Japan. In those Chutoba is available for this
days, the word “Gyoki” meant Gyoki-e service. At this service Founder of Jodo Shu :
the anniversary of the deaths of you may also honor your Honen Shonin
the Emperors or their wives. The deceased ancestors with a Chuto- (1133-1212)
word “Gyoki” was such a respect- ba prayer. See above Chutoba
able word for the Emperor's fam- order form.
ily.
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8. Hawaii Buddhist Council Bodhi Day Celebration
(Celebration of the Day Buddha was EnlightenedUnder the Bodhi Tree)
Held at Higashi Hongwanji on December 9, 2012
Jodo Mission of Ha-
waii’s representatives
for the offering of in-
cense and flowers were
Takeru Nii and
Makoh Nii. They are
pictured at left with Honpa Hongwanji Choir performed under
Sophie Narashiba. the direction of Mrs. Mitsuyo Saito. Just
so nice to hear the Choir sing You Can
Build A Bridge; Song of Bodhi Day; and
The Wondrous Gift of Peace.
Honolulu Jodo Shu Fujinkai—Annual Appreciation Luncheon
Honolulu Jodo Shu Fujinkai ladies held their annual appreciation luncheon on
November 25 at Tree Tops Restaurant and invited the many volunteers who supported
them, including husbands, especially during the bon dance in August with sushi mak-
ing, selling, yaki soba making and sales and Hanafuda card sales. Looks like every-
one had a nice time!
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9. First Sunday Service in January 2013: January 6, 2013 at 10 a.m. is the
first Sunday Service for 2013. Please join us. Our guest speaker will be Dr. George
Tanabe who is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Religion at the University of
Hawaii and/or Dr. Willa Tanabe, his wife who is Professor of History. They will dis-
cuss their new book entitled: A Guidebook to Japanese Buddhist Temples in Hawaii.
Please join us as we begin a new year!
MAHALO
Thank you everyone who came for gen-
eral clean-up of the Temple, including
the Columbarium or Nokotsudo on
December 2, 2012. Your hard work and
dedication to the Temple are deeply
appreciated.
Thank you to Children’s Malama Choir
Children’s Malama Choir: Strider, Himawari, A’Marie, for their performance before Santa’s
Sophie & Takeru sang 3 songs: Rudolph the Red Nose
Reindeer, Jingle Bells and Japanese New Year song
appearance at the Sunday School Year
“Oshogatsu”. What a treat! End Party.
Thank you to Sunday School for inviting
After cleaning, everyone to their Year
members enjoyed a End Party and sharing
visit from Santa who their visit with Santa.
had been on a diet!
Then enjoyed a pizza What an enjoyable
luncheon sponsored treat after general
by the Sunday cleaning!
School.
Sunday School
Fujinkai Jodo Mission of Hawaii
(women’s association) We welcome children to join our Sun-
January 6 Children’s Choir “Malama” day School. Let’s enjoy studying Onem-
at 8:30 a.m. 1/6/13: After Family Service butsu by doing various activities.
Ikoi Hall Refreshments
1/6/13 Family Service Refreshments
Sunday School mothers will assist
YBA with ozoni refreshments
No Meeting Sewing Circle 1/20/13 at 11 a.m.: Sunday School will join
in January No Sewing Circle in January New Year’s Party
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10. What is “Perpetual Memorial Obituaries
Service?” (Eitaikyo)
The Jodo Mission of Hawaii extends
This record of a perpetual memorial service and
its sincere condolences to the family
is called Eitaikyo in Japanese. When the date of
death occurs for a person listed on this record, the members and loved ones of the following
ministers pray for that individual during the morn- members who have recently left this
ing service. The prayers will continue each year for world for the Pure Land.
as long as Jodo Mission exists.
Anyone can be included in it. You may put your Bert Takeshi Higa 64
own name on the list, too. This also helps when it Kenneth Keigo Morimoto 81
is difficult to have memorial services. We also wel- Esther Tsureyo Kuniyuki 89
come you to attend the morning service at 8:30am.
Kazue Ukeda 98
How to apply Joy Katsuno Yoshino 73
Stop by the office, and fill out the application
form. Each name costs $200. After the application
is accepted, the name will be listed on the record. Wedding Services, Baby Blessings,
House Blessings are available
upon request.
Please call 949-3995 to schedule a
Jodo Mission Office Hours: wedding, blessings for home, car,
boat, office, birthday, illness, etc.
Monday to Saturday
8am—5pm
Sunday & Holidays Jodo Mission of Hawaii
8am—3pm Website
For those with computers, please visit
Phone: 949-3995 our website:
www.jodo.us
to learn more about us. Thank you.
Rev. Yubun Narashiba Rev. Kanjun Nakano Rev. Dwight
Head Minister Rev. Yasuhiro Nakamura
Resident Minister
Watanabe Retired Minister
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11. Perpetual Memorial Service (Eitaikyo)
For January 2013
1 Sekitaro Hirohama Yuriko Nishimoto Hana Kinoshita
The Hirohama & Kawasugi 11 Tokoe Imaguchi The Kinoshita Family
Family The Imaguchi Family 21 Sueko Higashimura Jisaburo Kanemoto
Kenji Fujikami Hatsuko Hayashi Kiku Kimura The Kanemoto & Miyamoto
The Hashimoto Family The Hayashi Family The Kimura & Muroshige Family
The Ohara Family Masakichi Teruya Family Kansuke Shintani
Haruko Ikuta Reginald Hisao Hisamura Masao Teruya Fusao Taniguchi
Tsugio Takamatsu Family Uichiro Ishii Takeo Yamane Ralph Hitoshi Tanaka
Tomomitsu Kawamura Kohei Umeda Shimo Hatanaka Toshito Fukuda
The Kawamura Family Matsuyo Yamamoto Hiroshi Furuya
Fukuda Tokusaburo’s Father Tsuneko Shintaku 30 Kumaichi Tomonari
Hon-yo Jo-dai Shin-ji 12 Heiji Fukuda (1) Koichi Ronald Namihira The Tomonari Family
The Fukuda Family Heiji Fukuda (2) Tsunejiro Kawasaki
The Nakamura Family The Fukuda Family 22 Masae Tanimura The Kawasaki & Nakagawa
Chukichi Asamura Nagao Yamada Konoshin Kimura Family
Toyo Asamura Shokichi Harada Fukukichi Tatei Ine Yoshizaki
The Masuda & Asamura Family Tadashi Yanagihara The Yoshizaki Family
The Yamasaki & Hara Family 23 Shokichi Fukumoto Tomota Kakehashi
The Yoshizaki Family 13 Bishop Jiko Kuya The Fukumoto Family Masao Kume
The Matsushita Family Shima Morita Takeo Yoshihara Akio Matsuda
The Aoki Family Shizue Fujita The Yoshihara Family Kiyoshi Kamimura
The Sakuda Family Shima Morita The Tanaka Family Barbara Okimoto
The Okamura Family Jiro Kiyama
Stanley Satoru Morimoto 14 Akitaka Chikamoto Ralph Toshiaki Hashimoto 31 You Kawamura
The Ohta Family Terry Kazuo Yorimoto The Kawamura Family
2 Richard Hichiro Kawamoto Genzo Yanagihara Shizuko Aoyama
The Yanagihara Family 24 Heikichi Isobe Kaname Yamanaka
3 Hideo Toyoshiba Tsuchiyo Kimoto The Isobe Family Takeo Tanaka
Yoshitaka Wada Miyoko Kaya Machi Yokoyama Shigeno Ohara
The Yokoyama & Morita Family
5 Kiyo Fujikami 15 Tane Nagata (1) Toranosuke Kinoshita
The Fujikami Family The Nagata Family Tane Kinoshita
Shizuyo Morisako Sukeichi Kameoka The Kinoshita Family
Kasuke Yamane The Kameoka Family Tsune Aoki
Jiro Nakamura Tane Nagata (2) George Masao Tanaka
Randall Loreg Mildred Misako Tanimura Helen Katsuko Ito
The Loreg Family Shizue Kimura Tetsuo Shinohara
6 Kikuyo Yamasaki 16 Take Shinagawa 25 Taka Fukuda
Eiichi Fujita Tomojiro Fujita The Fukuda Family
Shigeharu Ohata The Fujita Family Saiichi Hyodo
Kenji Iwamoto Joseph Yoshihiko Fujihana
7 Jiro Oyabu Chiyoka Mizuno Sadako Oki
The Oyabu & Kondo Family Seiichi Shimamoto Teruko Mamiya
Kazuko Nomiyama The Sato Omura Family
Tetsuko Miyamoto 17 Hanayo Taniguchi
Kama Takata Kame Okamoto 26 Take Arita
Ruth Shigeko Tarumoto Moto Kawasugi The Arita Family
Nobuo Hayashi Haruo Nakamura
8 Matsujiro Otani (1) The Nakamura Family
The Otani Family 18 Kiyomatsu Daitoku (1) Kimio Yagi
The Yanagihara Family The Daitoku Family The Yagi Family
Toshio Isoibe The Kawauchi Family Sueyoshi Yanagihara
The Isobe Family Katsutoshi Takada Yoshi Yamamoto
Matsujiro Otani (2) The Takada Family Chester Takeo Kaita
Taketo Sumimoto (1) Kiyomatsu Daitoku (2)
Juichi Uesugi Itaro Kurihara 27 Seiichi Fujimoto
Fusataro Higuchi The Kurihara Family The Fujimoto Family
Taketo Sumimoto (2) Masao Ishii Takeshi Sato
Kenji Miyakawa Shoichi Ishida Charles Shoichi Kimura
Nobu Kishimoto Hiroko Nakano
19 Tai Kawano
9 Taka Tomonari The Kawano Family 28 Yoshie Sato
The Tomonari Family Chiyo Tomai The Sato & Suzuki Family
Asa Hayashi The Tomai Family Sae Higashimura
Hisako Takamura Miyo Ueno The Higashimura Family
The Ueno Family Tome Yamanaka
10 Hiroko Yoza The Yamanaka Family
The Yoza Family 20 Shinazo Nishiguchi Chizuko Saeki
Kami Higa The Nishiguchi Family Sadamu Iwamoto
The Higa Family Noboru Ajimura Yooko Fujimoto
Bishop Ninryo Nago The Ajimura Family
The Nago & Kunimoto Family Kiku Kimura 29 Tomo Isobe

12. Jodo Mission of Hawaii
8:30am Morning Service January 2013 Phone: 949-3995
Everyday
Website: www.jodo.us
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5
10:00 NEW YEAR
SERVICE
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
8:30am Fujinkai Mtg.
Deadline to Order
10:00 Sunday Service Chutoba
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
10:00am Family Service
11:45 am Board Meeting
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
10am Gyoki-e Service
(Honen Shonin’s Memorial
Service) ;General Membership-
Meeting & Installation of
officers
11:30 am New Year’s Party
in Social Hall
27 28 29 30
10:00 Sunday Service
COMING EVENTS: February 10, 2013 Nehan-e Family Service Feb. 24, 2013 Fujinkai General Membership Meeting & New Year’s Party
Feb. 16, 2013 Kapaa Jodo Mission Centennial Celebration March 24, 2013 O-Higan Service
April 1, 2013 Otoba Order Forms