VOLUME 5 • ISSUE 3 • September 2025 BISHOP’S CORNER Gratitude on the White Path As we welcome the autumn Ohigan season, a time when the lengths of day and night are nearly equal, we are reminded of the balance and harmony found in nature. It is also a time...
VOLUME 5 • ISSUE 3 • September 2025 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Hoping Obon Has Meaning for You Aloha kākou! I hope that you are well, physically and spiritually. At Aiea Hongwanji, we enjoyed our annual Obon dance and celebration last Saturday, July 26. It was one of the largest Bon celebrations...
Courtesy of Alan Kubota Ewa Fukushima Bon Dance Club members Ann Inouye, left, Gail Yabuki and Chihiro Okawa, right on taiko, perform at Waiʻanae Hongwanji’s final Obon. VOLUME 5 • ISSUE 3 • September 2025 ‘It’s So Sad to See This All End’ 121-year-old Waiʻanae Hongwanji holds its last Obon...
VOLUME 5 • ISSUE 3 • September 2025 Choralfest Returns to Hawaiʻi Betsuin Singers from Colorado to Kanazawa will perform at the biennial event for the first time since 2020 BY FRANCIS OKANO HONPA HONGWANJI MISSION MUSIC COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN With the pandemic shutdown of 2020 behind us, Choralfest will resume...
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 June 2025 edition of Ka Leo Kāhea (1.7 MB) as a PDF file. Contents: Social Concerns Honoka’a Hongwanji’s Food Outreach Program Gets a Helping Hand President’s...
Photo courtesy of the Honoka‘a Hongwanji Peace Committee Every Thursday, grocery bags packed with non-perishables line Honoka‘a’s Social Hall, ready to be either delivered to homes or handed out to clients on Fridays. VOLUME 5 • ISSUE 2 • June 2025 Honoka‘a Hongwanji’s Food Outreach Program Gets a Helping Hand
Two projects funded by the Propagation Program Grant in 2024 were “Praises of the Buddha” to commemorate Triple Celebration and “Sharing Your Nembutsu Moments.” VOLUME 5 • ISSUE 2 • June 2025 PPG: Looking for a Few Great Projects From peace parades to passports, books to internet access, the Propagation...
Photo courtesy of Alan Kubota Reverend Dr. Takashi Miyaji: “When we open our hearts up to the Nembutsu teaching, we will gain the ears to hear the Amida Buddha’s calling voice.” VOLUME 5 • ISSUE 2 • June 2025 HONPA HONGWANJI MISSION OF HAWAII’S TRIPLE CELEBRATION ‘Intuitively Connecting to the...
VOLUME 5 • ISSUE 2 • JUNE 2025 MAUI WILDFIRE RELIEF AND RECOVERY Sending Aloha to Maui During Goshoki Ho’onko BY REV. TABITHA KOBATA, JODO SHINSHU HONGWANJI-HA INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENT A Disaster Recovery Fundraiser booth was set up by the Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji-ha Relief Efforts Department with the cooperation of the...
Photo courtesy of David Atcheson The 113th Legislative Assembly of the Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii convened on Feb. 7-8, 2025 at the Hawaii Betsuin Temple and via Zoom. VOLUME 5 • ISSUE 2 • June 2025 Giseikai, 2025: Optimism, Building on a Solid Foundation BY GAIL S. TAGASHIRA KA...