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TEMPLE
SCHEDULE
MAY
19 10:00am Tanjo-e/Hatsumairi
Service
25 5:00pm Higashi Hoedown
26 10:00am Sunday Service
Discussion Group
JUNE
2 10:00am Shotsuki Service
9 10:00am Sunday Service
16 10:00am Father’s Day &
Graduation Family
Service & Luncheon
23 10:00am Sunday Service
30 10:00am Sunday Service
Discussion Group
30 1:00pm Lumbini
Graduation
Vol. 65, No. 5
May 2013
The Wish in Establishing the Mausoleum
Rev. Tomoyuki Hasegawa
The Shinran Shōnin Tanjō-e Service
is held at many Jōdo Shinshū temples
this month. The Tanjō-e Service is the
celebration of Shinran Shōnin’s birth
and also is the opportunity for us to
reflect on our lives through listening
to the Nenbutsu teachings that the
Shōnin devoted his entire life to clarify,
and through following his footsteps.
The reflection on our lives through his
teachings is the most essential part of
not only the Tanjō-e Service but also all
other services held in our temples, and
the fundamental spirit of the Sangha
throughout its history.
The origin of all the Honganji temples can be traced back to a small mausoleum that was built about 750 years ago.
Shinran Shōnin spent his final years at a
residence named Zenpō-in in Kyoto and
his youngest daughter Kakushin (a.k.a.
Kakushin-ni) was taking care of him. In
1263 (Kōchō 2), he passed away at the
age of ninety and his ashes were buried
in Higashiyama, an area located on the
eastern outskirts of the city. About ten
years after his passing, Kakushin and
her husband Ononomiya Zennen moved
the Shōnin’s grave to their privatelyowned land in Higashiyama and built
a small mausoleum in the property with
the help of the Shōnin’s followers in
(Please see MAUSOLEUM, page 3)
Father’s Day &
Graduation
Family Service
Sunday, June 16th
10:00am
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Betsuin News
Father’s Day
& Graduation
Family Service
Please join us for our Father’s Day
and Graduation Family Service on Sunday, June 16th at 10:00am. This service
will celebrate and honor both our Dads
and 2013 Graduates. We welcome all
graduates to attend and families to
bring their fathers for this special service! Following service, there will be a
light lunch served to honor our grads
and dads. We hope that you and your
family will be able to join us!
Spring Ohigan
Service & Seminar
On Sunday, March 17th, Reverend
Frederick Brenion spoke to an audience
of over 60 people introducing the life
of the historical Buddha and the basics
of Buddhism. Interjecting anecdotes
from his own life experience, he took
his listeners through the Dharmacakra
Pravartana Sutra which describes the
Middle Way or the Eightfold Path and
the Four Noble Truths. It was exciting
to see both new and familiar faces at this
seminar. Although this was not my first
introduction to Buddhism, I found Rev.
Frederick’s explanation of the derivation
of terms, like sutra, and the discussion
of the use of terms, like right as in ‘right
view,’ very clarifying and helpful. For
those who wanted to continue to read
and learn more about Buddhism, Rev.
Frederick shared his reading list with
the participants.
E-Mail
[email protected]
Hanamatsuri
Musical Service
Hanamatsuri
Craft Fair
On Sunday, April 14th, the temple
held its Hanamatsuri Family Service.
This year, we updated the format to be
a Musical Service. Following chanting and sweet tea and flower offering
by representatives from our various
temple organizations, we had a short
music program. The program began
and ended with short performances
of “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” and
“Happy Birthday” on the chimes by
members of Dharma School. The second
performance was by Jr. YBA members
Lauren Kashiwabara on flute and Sean
Kitayama on clarinet, accompanied by
our choir director Mrs. Kazue Funai on
the piano. They played “Doraemon no
Uta” and “Humoresque.” This was followed by Otani Gakuen’s performances
of “Hanamatsuri no Uta” and “Hana wa
Saku,” a song written in 2012 to observe
the first year memorial of the Tohoku
Earthquake and Tsunami disaster. Overall, it was a very nice change to see the
talents of so many of our members and
everyone thoroughly enjoyed all of the
musical presentations.
The temple hosted a Hanamatsuri
Craft Fair on Sunday, April 14th and
raised money to put toward our youth
programs. We are grateful to our many
temple friends and volunteers who
helped out at the event by setting up
on Friday night, working our various
tables on Sunday, and cleaning up after
the event.
Several of our members hosted
vendor tables at the Craft Fair. Among
them were Miyoko Okamoto with soap
and sock buddies, Jeff Lane with knit
and crocheted items, Janet & Kisa Ito
with kisanoreen jewelry, Mika Ito with
hand-stamped greeting cards, and Susan
Kashiwabara & Elaine Tamura with SusiElaine Sweets. West Covina members
Arnold Hansen, Hisako Koga, Karolyn
Fujimoto, and Brian Takahashi also
participated as vendors. We were happy
to support our many creative members
and appreciate them all coming out with
their crafts and other items.
Special thanks to Steve Murata for
his donation of avocados and lemons.
Special thanks also to Hisako Koga,
OFFICE UPGRADE!
HIGASHI HOEDOWN
(Please see HANAMATSURI, page 5)
In April, the temple office received
a major and timely upgrade. Using
funds from this year’s Betsuin Golf
Tournament, we were able to purchase
a new multi-function Xerox printer.
You will soon see the benefits of this
upgrade as you receive flyers, letters,
and even address labels printed with
our new machine. Thank you for your
continued support as we strive to serve
our members better each year.
visit our website at
www.hhbt-la.org
and “like” us on facebook at
http://www.facebook.com/hhbt.la
(Please see CRAFT, page 5)
This Memorial Day weekend, the
temple will be hosting its first-ever
Western Line Dance workshop led by
instructor, Toru Nagao. Join us at 5 pm
for a Western-style barbecue with fixings. Then, put on those dancing boots
and have a fun dance-filled evening with
friends and family.
When: Saturday, May 25th
5pm to 8pm
Where: Higashi Honganji
Buddhist Temple (Social Hall)
R.S.V.P. by May 17th to:
Trish Nicholson
By phone: 714-996-3863
By email: [email protected]
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(MAUSOLEUM, con’t. from page 1)
remote areas including the Kantō region
(where Shinran Shōnin had lived before
coming back to Kyoto.) They enshrined
the Shōnin’s wooden image, which was
called “Goei,” in the mausoleum. It became a gathering place for the Shōnin’s
followers who came from across the
country, where they expressed their
gratitude toward Shinran Shōnin and
reflected on his memory and teachings.
A few years later, after Zennen passed
away, Kakushin donated the mausoleum and the land to the followers. The
mausoleum was the origin of today’s
Honganji temples.
The important thing here is that
Kakushin entrusted the ownership and
administration of the mausoleum to the
followers in the Kantō region instead of
retaining the property rights. She clearly
stated in her letter addressed to the followers in Kantō that the mausoleum belonged to all the followers. She lived on
the land to take care of the mausoleum on
behalf of the followers in remote areas.
Her position was called “Rusushiki”
(caretaker). By doing this, Kakushin
embodied the spirit of Shinran Shōnin,
who shared the teaching of the Buddha
with anyone regardless of any conditions
such as social status or education. She
sincerely wished that the mausoleum
would become the place where anyone
could meet Shinran Shōnin.
When Kakunyo, the grandson of
Kakushin, was the Caretaker, he started
to call the Sangha “the Honganji temple,”
and later it was officially approved as a
Buddhist temple by the Imperial Court.
By becoming a Buddhist temple, there
were some changes in some aspects of
the Sangha, such as that the descendents
of Shinran Shōnin became the “Head
Priest” of the temple instead of the Caretaker of the Sangha’s property. While
some followers did not welcome those
changes, Kakunyo and his descendents
traveled to remote regions to propagate
the teachings and because of those activities the number of followers gradually
increased. When Rennyo became the
head of the Honganji, because of his
vigorous propagation efforts, the scale of
the Sangha was dramatically expanded
even though the original place of the
mausoleum was completely destroyed
by monks of Mount Hiei. Not only
that, he reformed the organization by
reviving the spiritual core of Kakushin,
which was at the foundation of the mausoleum (he restored his title name, Caretaker, and the name of the mausoleum,
“Goeidō”). More than a century later,
Kyōnyo carried on the spirit of Shinran
Shōnin and established our Higashi
Honganji as the place where anyone
could meet Shinran Shōnin and listen
to his teachings, in spite of tremendous
hardships in the era of war and turmoil.
The tradition of the Sangha has been
passed down while experiencing some
changes to meet the demands of the ages.
However, Kakushin’s spirit to build the
mausoleum is alive and has been the
foundation of the history of the Sangha.
Today, the small mausoleum has
become the huge Goeidō (Founder’s
Hall) as seen at the Higashi Honganji
and Nishi Hongwanji. In particular, the
Goeidō of Higashi Honganji is known as
one of the largest wooden structures in
the world. It has been destroyed by fire
four times since it was built in the early
17th century, and was rebuilt each time
thanks to the efforts of its the members.
The present-day building was rebuilt
in 1895 by the hands of followers who
gathered from all over Japan, when
neither construction machinery nor
advanced architectural technology was
available. What made the construction
of the huge building possible was the
wish of tens of thousands of followers
that the Honganji would continue to
be the place where anyone can meet
Shinran Shōnin throughout the ages.
We can see that Shinran’s youngest
daughter Kakushin’s spirit is still alive
in the Goeidō.
This year, the 11th World Dōbō
Convention will be held at the Higashi
Honganji in Kyoto. I think it is very
important for us to look back on our
Sangha’s history and to reflect on the
spiritual core underlying the event
where anyone can meet each other and
listen to the same teachings beyond differences in nationality, race, or language.
And I believe that we can awaken to
the true meaning of life through our
reflection.
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DHARMA SCHOOL
UPDATE
Dharma School has been spending
the months of March and April preparing for our Hanamatsuri Musical Service
on Sunday, April 21st. This year, our
students are working together to play
a couple songs with chimes that we
borrowed from Mr. Ted Oyama. They
will be playing “Twinkle Twinkle Little
Star” and “Happy Birthday” in honor
of the Buddha’s birthday. Some of the
children will also help pass out flowers
to those offering sweet tea at the service
and represent Dharma School as they
offer sweet tea to the Buddha.
Sōtai-in (Moto-Ōtani) –
Higashiyama, Kyoto
It is believed that the mausoleum Kakushin
built was located near the Sōtai-in. It is
also called Moto-Ōtani (the original place
of the mausoleum.) By the time it was destroyed by the monks of Enryakuji in 1465,
the Honganji was located in this place.
Our deepest condolences
to the family and relatives of …
Mrs. Fumiye Tanaka Nishizaki (97)
March 21, 2013
Mr. Vincent John Bacey (58)
March 24, 2013
Mr. Yutaka Fukuda (91)
April 3, 2013
Mr. Wallace Hidefumi Uchida (62)
April 8, 2013
Namu Amida Butsu
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JOIN OUR YOUTH GROUPS!
Dharma School • Sangha Teens • Jr. YBA • LABCC Summer Camp
Higashi Honganji has various youth
groups for children and young adults
of every age.
Dharma School
Our Dharma School program is offered for children from approximately
age 3 to 11 years of age (through elementary school) who are interested in learning about basic Buddhism and Japanese
American culture. The children learn
about their religion and culture through
stories, community projects, arts and
crafts, and special trips throughout the
year. Our ministers give special talks
to the children on Shotsuki and Family
Service Sundays (generally the 1st and
3rd Sundays of every month). If you are
interested in having your child participate in Dharma School, please contact
Mika at [email protected].
Sangha Teens
Our Sangha Teens program is offered for middle school students (6th
through 8th grades) who are interested
in learning about basic Buddhism and
Japanese American culture. This program is an extension of our Dharma
School program and students attend
the same Dharma talks as the Dharma
School children. Opportunities are available to participate in Southern District
Sangha Teens events if students are interested. If you are interested in having
your child participate in Sangha Teens,
please contact Susan at [email protected].
Jr. YBA
Our Jr. YBA (Young Buddhist Association) program is offered for high
school students who are interested in
learning more about Buddhism as well
as engaging in discussions and social
activities with other Buddhist youth
like themselves. They are encouraged
to attend Shotsuki and Family Services
(generally the 1st and 3rd Sunday of every
month) and help our other members with
toban duties. They are also encouraged
to attend the English discussion group
the last Sunday of every month. Our Jr.
YBA chapter participates in Southern
District Jr. YBL activities with students
from temples throughout Southern
California. Southern District seminars
and events are a great opportunity for
students to travel to other temples as
far as Oxnard, San Diego, and Arizona
as well as temples within our vicinity.
Students have the opportunity to meet
Buddhist youth like themselves from
outside our temple in a cultural, social,
and religious environment. If you are
interested in having your child participate in Jr. YBA, please contact Janet at
[email protected].
LUMBINI
CORNER
This month, many of our friends
will be graduating from kindergarten
and preschool and we will miss them
as they move on to new schools. We
wish them well and hope they learn and
grow in their new schools. We also hope
to see lots of new faces join Lumbini’s
community. If you are interested in
enrolling a child between the ages of 2½
to 6 years of age in Lumbini’s program,
please contact the temple office at 213680-2976 or visit the temple website for
a brochure.
LABCC Summer Camp
The Los Angeles Buddhist Coordinating Council hosts a weeklong
summer camp each year for children
ages 8½ through 13 who are members
of the various participating Los Angeles
temples. Activities include swimming,
arts and crafts, outdoors, archery, hiking, and Buddhist activities such as
daily morning service. This is a great
opportunity for your children to meet
other Buddhist youth like themselves
and see that there are other kids like
them even outside of their temples. Our
ministers along with ministers from
other temples take turns spending time
at camp conducting morning services
and teaching campers about the basics
of Buddhism and how to appreciate
the nature they are surrounded by at
camp. The summer camp is open to all
of our Dharma School and Sangha Teens
students within the age range.
We hope you’ll join us!
Families of all youth groups are
also asked to volunteer and participate
at various events throughout the year
such as our Obon festival and annual
Halloween party as well as certain services on Sundays.
LUMBINI
CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER
OPEN ENROLLMENT!
spaces available now
Call today to set up a visit to the school
or get an application!
FOR CHILDREN AGES 2 1/2 TO 6 YEARS
TEL: 213-680-2976
FAX: 213-626-6850
EMAIL: [email protected]
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TAIKO NEWS
The Bombu Taiko adults and Kitsune Taiko kids performed at the Monterey Park Cherry Blossom Festival on
Saturday, April 20th. Bombu, Kitsune,
and TAIKOPROJECT each played, and
as always, they were crowd pleasers!
The day before, many of the Bombu
members also spent time in the Higashi
hondo decorating the beautiful hanamido elephant for our Hanamatsuri
Family Service the following day. Thank
you so much for providing flowers and
taking so much time and care to decorate
such a beautiful hanamido!
In June, all of the groups will be playing in their Rhythmic Relations concert
at the Ford Theatre, and of course, also
at our Obon! See www.taikoproject.com
for more information
(HANAMATSURI, con’t. from page 2)
Our ministers, Rinban Noriaki Ito
and Rev. Nobuko Miyoshi gave thoughtful messages about Hanamatsuri in
English and Japanese, respectively. At
the end of the services, members had
a chance to offer sweet tea to the baby
Buddha’s statue.
Special thanks to Mr. Tom Yamamoto & Yamamoto Farms, Bombu Taiko,
Yamaoka Growers, Indio Desert Floral,
and Saito Growers for their generous
donation of vibrant and colorful flowers
for the altar and hanamido. Members
from Bombu Taiko worked long hours
on Saturday to make our hanamido
beautiful again this year. We appreciate
their continued dedication to this special
service. Thank you to everyone who
attended our Hanamatsuri Service and
helped make it a bright and cheery event.
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(CRAFT, cont. from page 2)
Karolyn Fujimoto, A Fuji Sushi, Arnold
Hansen, Miyoko Okamoto, Kisanoreen
jewelry, Mika Ito, and Susan Kashiwabara for generously donating a portion of
their proceeds to the temple.
Thank you to everyone who helped
make the fair possible and came out and
supported the event! We look forward to
seeing you at our next temple fundraiser!
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS APRIL 2013
through April 19, 2013
The Higashi Honganji Betsuin gratefully appreciates the generous donations received from the following:
In the event of an inadvertent omission of a donor's name, please contact the temple.
FUNERAL SERVICE DONATIONS
$750 Nishizaki, Robin (In Memory
Fumiye T. Nishizaki)
300 Fukuda, Atsuko (In Memory
Yutaka Fukuda)
300 Murata, Steven (In Memory
Satsuki Yamaguchi)
300 Oyakawa, Denis (In Memory
Hideko Oyakawa)
300 Suenaga, Donald (In Memory
Elsie Satomi Suenaga)
HANAMATSURI SERVICE
DONATIONS
$100 Imoto, Mary
100 Yamada, Helen
100 Yamamoto, Evelyn
50 Kurokawa, Patricia
50 Lai, Ming
40 Yee, May (May’s Mother)
30 Kanemoto, Gary
25 Hattori, Satsuko
25 Uyeno, Tomomi
10 Akahoshi, H.P.
SPRING OHIGAN SERVICE
DONATIONS
$100Nagata, Hideo
50 Aoki, Fumiko
50 Barbod, Hooshang
50 Matsumura, Kinuko
50 Murata, Sachiko
50 Tanaka, James
35 Kozai, Henry T.
30 Goto, Roy
30 Ibaraki, Albert
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30 Ichinose, Sadami
30 Ikeda, David
30 Ito, Noriaki
30 Matsumoto, Taeko
30 Ota, John/Irene
30 Sato, Ronald
30 Yamada, Goro
30 Yasuda, Henry
25 Matsumura, Emily
25 Sato, Masako
25 Yoshizaki, Alice
20 Ashikaga, Toshi
20 Chiya, Shigeko
20 Harada, Matsuko
20 Komatsu, Janett
20 Mimura, Kazumi
20 Nishimura, Tomoko
20 Tada, Yoko
MEMBERSHIP DONATIONS
$250 Ikeda, David
250 Kanshige, Mark
250 Kawashima, Richard
250 Masuda, Yonezo
250 Miyake, Hiko
250 Moriyama, Kimiko
250 Nakagawa, Shigeru
250 Takata, Michio
250 Whitted, Linda Murakishi
125 Aita, Tom Y.
125 Fukuman, Thomas
125 Hazeyama, Diane
125 Honda, Yoshiko
125 Hongo, Miyoko
125 Matsumura, Emily
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Oda, Gene Koji
Whitted, Layne
Whitted, Ross
Yoshizaki, Lisa
Aedo, Leslie (Affiliate Member)
Dang, Janet (Affiliate Member)
Datta, Sanjoy (Affiliate Member)
Fukawa, Stanley (Affiliate Member)
Gorelik, Jacob (Affiliate Member)
Hasegawa, Lee (Affiliate Member)
Healy, Thomas (Affiliate Member)
Iwama, Yumi (Affiliate Member)
Kamimura, Christy (Affiliate Member)
60 Kiyomura, Kevin (Affiliate Member)
60 Lim, Amy (Affiliate Member)
60 Mori, Sally (Affiliate Member)
60 Noda, Donna (Affiliate Member)
60 Oda, Azusa (Affiliate Member)
60 Okada, Douglas (Affiliate Member)
60 Ota, Dan (Affiliate Member)
60 Raport, Kerry (Affiliate Member)
60 Tompkins, Steven (Affiliate Member)
60 Ward, Susan (Affiliate Member)
60 Yonei, Kristina (Affiliate Member)
60 Yoshihara, Kim (Affiliate Member)
MEMORIAL SERVICE DONATIONS
$500 Chikasawa, Momoyo (49-day Memorial for Roy Masao Chikasawa)
400 Beckker, V.N. (Burial in Memory of
Kiyonori Chikasawa)
300 Sameshima, Hitoshi (1-yr Memorial
(Please see ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, page 7)
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(ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, cont. from page 6)
for Utako Sameshima)
200 Kurihara, Hisayo (25-yr Memorial
for Aiba S. Kurihara)
200 Ota, Kevin (Ash Burial in Memory
of Stanley Kazuo Ota)
200 Takano, Nancy (1-yr memorial for
Bud Kiyoyuki Sakamoto)
200 Tanaka, James (1-yr Memorial for
Eiko Tanaka)
200 Tashiro, Chikae (49-day Memorial
for Ayumi Nancy Tashiro)
150 Fukumori, Bunkichi (13-yr Memorial for Kinuko Fukumori)
150 Iseri, Rodney T. (1-yr Memorial for
Riru Matsuba)
120 Totsubo, Kazue (17-yr Memorial for
Muneo Totsubo)
100 Fukumoto, Michiko/Sugimoto,
Tomoko (7-yr Memorial for Taichi
Koyama)
100 Hisamoto, Sharann (1-yr Memorial for Jackie Hisamoto & Jeanne
Tsuneko Hisamoto)
100 Horii, Samon (25-yr Memorial for
Aiba Kurihara)
100 Maekawa, Yaeko (3-yr Memorial
for Ryota Kobayashi)
100 Matoba, Paul (49-day Memorial for
Kiyoshi Matoba)
100 Tanahashi (1-yr Memorial for Jackie
Hisamoto & Jeanne Tsuneko Hisamoto)
70 Takazaki, Glenn (49-day Memorial
Meriko Takazaki)
20 Chung, Russell (25-yr Memorial for
Aiba Kurihara)
NOKOTSU-DO DONATIONS
$2,000 Ena, Yoshitaka
2,000 Anonymous
300 Sameshima, Hitoshi
100 Kurihara-Johnson, Nancy S. (In
Memory of Aiba Kurihara)
20 Sakata, Steve
SHOTSUKI SERVICE DONATIONS
$300 Anonymous (for Choyokiku Kawahira, Juichi Kawahira & Hatsuki
Kawahira)
250 Murata, Steven (for Suematsu Murata)
250 Osako, Takanobu (for Stephen
Yukio Osako)
200 Ishii, Sadako & Roy (for Asaka
Sameshima & Hideshi Sameshima)
200 Song, Kathryn (1-yr for Masaye
Sato)
150 Song, Kathryn (18-yr for Barney
Sato)
100 Harada, Craig (for Yuri Harada)
100 Harada, Elaine (for Mama)
100 Harada, Gay (for Yuriko Harada)
100 Kanamori, Gene (for Yuri Harada)
100 Kunihiro, Yoshio (for Atsushi Sakaguchi)
100 Masunaga, Janet (for Mark Masunaga)
100 Melhorn, William (for Teruyo
Ogawa Melhorn)
100 Onodera Family (for Ken Onodera)
100 Takano, Nancy (for Hatsuko Sakamoto)
100 Takemoto Family (3-yr for Aya
Takemoto)
100 Yoshimoto, Paul T. (for Joe Y. Uno)
75 Fukunaga, Norio (for Akito Fukunaga)
60 Harris, Marilyn (for Michael Harris)
60 Sameshima, Hitoshi (for Janet Sachiko Sameshima & Olaf Anderson)
50 Ibarra, Alycia T. (for Yoshimasa
Yamamoto)
50 Kajiya, Vernae (for Ted Kajiya &
Ayako Yamada)
50 Kikunaga, Sayo
50 Kurihara-Johnson, Nancy S. (for
Aiba Seikuro Kurihara)
50 Manji, Robert (for Janine Manji)
50 Matsumura, Bill S.
50 Matsumura, Kinuko
50 Ohta, Hiram H.
50 Sakamoto, Michael (for Seki Sakamoto)
50 Sakata, Barbara (for Masaichi
Sakata)
50 Sasaki, Robert (for Sadao Sasaki)
50 Shirozono, Mary (for Keiji & Yuki
Shirozono)
50 Suruki, Setsuko (for Hideyuki Suruki)
50 Suzuki, Takao (for Kenichi Suzuki)
50 Tanaka, James (for Eiko Tanaka)
50 Teraoka, Sasuke
50 Uyeda, Mary (for Toshio Uyeda)
50 Uyeno, Tomomi (for Mitsu Uyeno)
50 Wakabayashi, Chiyeko (for Shigeru
Wakabayashi)
50 Yamada, Goro (for Matsue Yamada)
50 Yasuda, Henry
50 Yasuda, Kazuko
35 Kurihara, Hisayo (for Aiba Seikuro
Kurihara)
35 Uchimura, Mae (for Izumi Uchimura)
30 Fukumoto, Irma
30 Kawano, Kimiko (for Kishiro Sakamoto)
30 Kosaka, Mitsuteru (for Masayuki
Kosaka)
30 Moriyama, Kimiko (for Tetsu Moriyama)
30 Nakano, Kazuki (for Shizue Nakano)
30 Nakasone, Steven (for Miyuki Ogihara)
30 Nishimura, Tomoko (for Juka
Nishimura)
30 Sato, Ronald (for Tom Sato)
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30 Suruki, Setsuko (for Chitoshi Kodama)
30 Yamada, Goro (for Aiko Yamada)
25 Akahoshi, H.P.
25 Fukumoto, Ruth R. (for Izumi
Uchimura)
25 Hattori, Teruko (for William Okano)
25 Hazeyama, Diane (for Sami Ikeda)
25 Imamura, Yoko (for Kikuye Imamura)
25 Imoto, Mary
25 Masunaga, Janet (for Kuniye Masunaga)
25 Mayeda, Mary S.
25 Mayezaki, James
25 Nishihara, Takeo (for Wataru Mizunoue)
25 Nishihara, Takeo (for Masaharu
Nagata)
25 Noda, George (for Tetsu Noda)
25 Omori, Tatsuyo (for Hazel Kaneko)
25 Saito, Ed (for Fumiyo Saito)
25 Stadtler, Andrew (for Tom Saida)
25 Sugita, Gilberta (for Yoshimasa
Yamamoto)
25 Wakabayashi, Chiyeko (for Kazuko
Wakabayashi)
25 Yoshizaki, Alice (for Yuri Harada)
20 Fukutomi, Masatoshi (for Helen
Fukutomi)
20 Hitomi, Curtis
20 Ikemiyashiro, Jorge (for Akira Gushiken)
20 Nakao, Lily
20 Nishida, Shiho
20 Ozaki, Kazuko (for Fukie Fukumoto)
20 Takata, Kagemi (for Fukie Fukumoto)
10 Yoshizaki, Alice (for Takeichi Oshima)
SPECIAL DONATIONS
$10,000 Anonymous
1,116 Higashi Honganji Otani Choir
300 Kawashima, Jiro
200 Hatakeyama Family
150 Hamachi, Lorraine
148 Maehara, Hirokichi (Tomato Donation)
100 Leung, Billy (Hatsumairi for Takumi
Haruna Leung)
100 Hanaoka Family
100 Nakaya, Takeshi
100 Whitted, Linda Murakishi
71 Murata, Steven (Avocado Donation)
50 Itabashi, Sentaro (Hatsumairi)
25 Imoto, Mary (1-yr Memorial for
Eiko Tanaka)
10Anonymous
THE WAY DONATIONS
50 Nakagawa, Shigeru
50 Okubo, Hikaru