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Betsuin Bulletin – Jan. 12, 2025

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Find the January 12, 2025 edition of weekly e-newsletter (imported from MailChimp) here! Note: You can sign up to receive the weekly Betsuin Bulletin by email at Email List Signup.

Betsuin Bulletin – Jan. 5, 2025

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Find the January 5, 2025 edition of weekly e-newsletter (imported from MailChimp) here! Note: You can sign up to receive the weekly Betsuin Bulletin by email at Email List Signup.

Betsuin Bulletin – Dec. 29, 2024

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Find the December 29, 2024 edition of weekly e-newsletter (imported from MailChimp) here! Note: You can sign up to receive the weekly Betsuin Bulletin by email at Email List Signup.

Betsuin Bulletin – Dec. 22, 2024

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Find the December 22, 2024 edition of weekly e-newsletter (imported from MailChimp) here! Note: You can sign up to receive the weekly Betsuin Bulletin by email at Email List Signup.

Scouts Taking Orders for Kadomatsu

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Order through 11/30, pickup on 12/22 It’s that time of the year again — Honpa Hongwanji Scout Troop 49 is making kadomatsu! Please support our troop in their upcoming camps and events by ordering kadomatsu for your friends, family, and home. Pre-orders taken through November 30, 2024. Pickup will be at Hawaii Betsuin on December […]

Event Photos Available: Kagirinaki Ai to Jihi — Toward LGBTQ+ Equity & Inclusion in Hawai‘i’s Japanese Communities

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Panelists, moderators, and organizational representatives (Kagirinaki Ai to Jihi, 10/25/24)

Hawai‘i Betsuin was among the organizers and hosts for an important event at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii on Oct. 25, 2024. The event was entitled, “Kagirinaki Ai to Jihi: Toward LGBTQ+ Equity & Inclusion in Hawai‘i’s Japanese Communities,” and featured multiple panelists, two moderators, and representatives from organizations active in LGBTQ+ equity and […]

Bon Memorial service held at grave of Mary Mikahala Foster

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A group of inter-temple members and friends visited the grave of Mary Mikahala Foster for a Bon Memorial service at Makiki Cemetery on September 19, 2024.  Lehua Matsuoka offered an oli, Rimban Hasebe officiated the service and offered words about Mary Mikahala Foster, as did Pete Doktor and Cindy Alm.  It was a small and […]

Photos from “DeTour — an Aiea Ahupuaʻa Experience”

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Over 55 members and friends of Hawai‘i Betsuin went on an excursion on August 16, 2024 to the ‘Aiea ahupua‘a (traditional Hawaiian mountains-to-sea land management unit). Dr. Kyle Kajihiro, Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa was our main guide and curator. At Kea‘iwa Heiau we were met by Kumu Hula Vicky […]