See the April 2026 (3.6 MB) Musical Notes newsletter for the following articles: Big Island Celebrates 52 Years of Gathafests Music Editorial by Francis Okano: Gatha Recordings Oahu District Music Notes Honolulu District Music Notes Committee Member List See also Music Committee (includes links to Musical Notes back issues)
See the March 2026 Headquarters Update for the following articles: Message from the Bishop: “Nurturing What Is Unseen” (video available) Condolence Social Concerns: Storm Impacts and Relief Resources for Saving Archival Collections Buddhist Study Center Spring Festival on April 18 (flyer available) YBICSE Set for June 30-July 9 (flyer and...
Update 03/20/26: Another Kona low storm event with heavy rains over saturated ground is producing emergency conditions, including evacuation orders for some areas (e.g. an Oahu North Shore zone in the Haleiwa/Wailua area). The Wahiawa Dam is at risk of failure. Some local roads are impassable due to flooded conditions....
Enjoy these sets of photos from the 2026 Living Treasures of Hawai‘i event in Waikiki! Most photos are courtesy of Alan Kubota, Lenscapes Photography, with some additional pics by David Atcheson. Click arrows that appear at the right and left edges of the images to go forward and back. Honoree...
Links in the article list below go right to posts formatted for online viewing. You can also view the full, print-style layout of the March 2026 edition of Ka Leo Kāhea (2 MB) as a PDF file. Contents: Features White Way Radio’s Success, plus: Message from Rev. David Fujimoto Preservationists...
VOLUME 6 • ISSUE 1 • March 2026 White Way Radio’s Success What began as an experiment on a Japanese-language station grew into a radio program bringing Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism to English-speaking listeners across Hawai‘i and beyond BY GAIL S. TAGASHIRA MANAGING EDITOR KA LEO KĀHEA Fifty years ago, radio...
Courtesy of Hongwanji Press Thirteen candidates from throughout the world including three from Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawai‘i, received their Tokudo training and ordination on Oct. 9, 2025. They were, from front left: Dr. Aaron Proffitt, State University of New York at Albany; Raymond Takiue Jr., Mō’ili’ili Hongwanji Mission; Phuc...
VOLUME 6 • ISSUE 1 • March 2026 BISHOP’S CORNER Awakening to Compassion in Our Lives At a time when our world feels increasingly divided, many of us find ourselves asking: Where is compassion today? News headlines often tell stories of violence, exclusion, and suffering. Walls — both visible and...
VOLUME 6 • ISSUE 1 • March 2026 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE A Hui Hou, Until We Meet Again Aloha kākou! I hope that you are well. This is my last message to you as President of the Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawai‘i. As I explained in a previous letter, our Hawaii...
VOLUME 6 • ISSUE 1 • March 2026 Y.E.S.S. Camp’s Episode 42 — the Dharma Awakens After more than 30 years, the three-day camp returns to Hawai‘i Island, bringing young people together for Dharma awareness, service, leadership — and fun. In 2026, in a galaxy not too far away —...