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When:
March 1, 2020 all-day
2020-03-01T00:00:00-10:00
2020-03-02T00:00:00-10:00
Where:
Hawaii Betsuin
1727 Pali Highway
Honolulu
HI 96813
Contact:
Betsuin Office
(808) 536-7044
Services
Note: No Dharma School Service at Hawaii Betsuin on this day due to a Honolulu District Dharma School activity at Kailua Beach Park.

8:00 a.m. – Japanese Language Service
10 a.m. – Adult English Service (main hall)
1:00 p.m. – Japanese Language Service

Rev. Soryu Kagahi

Rev. Soryu Kagahi

This is the service closest to Hongwanji Day (March 2), which 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.

Visiting them on the Big Island, Kauai and Maui, his aim was to comfort them and try to alleviate their extreme physical and spiritual hardships.

After only seven months, he returned to Japan to urge Honzan to send more ministers to Hawaii to continue his work.

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