Calendar
When:
March 1, 2026 all-day
2026-03-01T00:00:00-10:00
2026-03-02T00:00:00-10:00
Where:
In person at Hawaii Betsuin and often via Zoom too
1727 Pali Highway
Honolulu
HI 96813 (enter parking from Lusitana St.)
Contact:
Betsuin Office
(808) 536-7044
Services



Service Notes

  • Hawaii Betsuin offers in-person services and the English-language service is also available online via Zoom (see Zoom connection details). Please join us!
  • The English-language service is typically offered at 9:30 a.m.
  • Refreshments are offered after services in our Social Hall.
  • offertory box graphicWe have an Online Offertory Box if you would like to donate by debit/credit card or PayPal. (See our Donate Online page for additional options.)

March 2026 Services

March 15: Spring Higan Major Service

  • Reverend Toyokazu Hagio8:00 a.m. Japanese-language service with Rev. Toyokazu Hagio (in person)
  • Rev. Etsuko Mikame9:30 a.m. English-language service with Rev. Etsuko Mikame

    From the Goji: Rev. Etsuko Mikame is originally from Ōda, Shimane Prefecture in Japan. Her family temple located in her hometown, has been spreading the Dharma for 300 years. She graduated from Waseda University, majoring in English and English literature. She then studied Buddhism and Jōdo Shinshū for two years at Chuo Bukkyo Gakuin (the Central Buddhist Seminary) in Kyoto, Japan. Afterward, she worked for three years as a dormitory manager at the seminary, where she guided students in Buddhist liturgy and Dharma talks. She served as a minister at the San Jose Betsuin until January of last year. From mid-February, she returned to her family temple in Shimane Prefecture, where she continues her work as a Buddhist minister. She enjoys music and good food.

    (In person and via Zoom, see Zoom connection details.)

March 22: No Service — Spring Bazaar!

Hongwanji Spring Bazaar 2026 web flyer image

March 29

  • Rev. Shingo Furusawa8:00 a.m Japanese-language service with Rev. Shingo Furusawa (in person)
  • Rev. Kevin Kuniyuki9:30 a.m. English-language service with Rev. Kevin Kuniyuki
    (In person and via Zoom, see Zoom connection details.)

 

Prior Services

March 1: Hongwanji Day/Keirokai

  • Rev. Hasebe in robes outside hondo at Bon Dance 2018 (square thumbnail image)8:00 a.m Japanese-language service with Rimban Yuika Hasebe (in person)
  • Rev. Charlene Kihara9:30 a.m. English-language service with Rev. Charlene Kihara
    (In person and via Zoom, see Zoom connection details.)

KEIROKAI


Please join us in the Social Hall after service for Keirokai, where we honor those who are 77 years old or older.

HONGWANJI DAY

Rev. Soryu Kagahi

Rev. Soryu Kagahi

Hongwanji Day honors the Rev. Soryu Kagahi, the first Jodo Shinshu minister who came to Hawaii from Japan in March 1889 to propagate the faith among the Japanese laborers on the sugar plantations.

March 8 (2nd Sunday — Dharma School)

  • Rev. Shingo Furusawa8:00 a.m Japanese-language service with Rev. Shingo Furusawa (in person)
  • 9:30 a.m. English-language service with Ms. Barbara Brennan
    (In person and via Zoom, see Zoom connection details.)
  • Reverend Toyokazu Hagio1:00 p.m. Japanese-language service with Rev. Toyokazu Hagio (in person)