Calendar
When:
January 4, 2026 all-day
2026-01-04T00:00:00-10:00
2026-01-05T00:00:00-10:00
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.)

January 2026 Services

January 25

  • 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. Shingo Furusawa9:30 a.m. English-language service with Rev. Shingo Furusawa
    (In person and via Zoom, see Zoom connection details.)

    Messsage: “How Should We Live in this Impermanent World?”

 
General Membership Meeting & New Year's Party Follows Jan. 25 Service!
2026 New Year's Party flyer image (small)Following the January 25 English-language service, the officers and directors for the 2026-2028 temple board will be installed in the Hondo.

Then, the General Membership Meeting and New Year’s Party will begin in the Social Hall!

For more info and tickets, see the calendar item on our website.

 

Prior Services

January 1: New Year’s Day Service

kadomatsu clipart on a blue background

  • Bishop Toshiyuki UmitaniRev. Hasebe in robes outside hondo at Bon Dance 2018 (square thumbnail image)10:00 a.m. with messages in English and Japanese, speakers are Bishop Toshiyuki Umitani (English) and Rimban Yuika Hasebe (Japanese).

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

January 4

  • Rev. Hasebe in robes outside hondo at Bon Dance 2018 (square thumbnail image)8:00 a.m Japanese-language service with Rev. 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.)

January 11: Martin Luther King Jr. Themed Service

image strip: Rosa Parks, the bus she rode, and MLK

  • Rev. Shingo Furusawa8:00 a.m Japanese-language service with Rev. Shingo Furusawa (in person)
  • David Atcheson at emcee podium9:30 a.m. English-language service with board member David Atcheson
    “MLK and the Montgomery Bus Boycott: Dāna, Equanimity, and Interdependence”

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

  • Rev. Shingo Furusawa1:00 p.m Japanese-language service with Rev. Shingo Furusawa (in person)

January 18: Hoonko (Shinran Shonin Memorial) Service

Shinran Shonin statue with purple banner

  • Bishop Toshiyuki Umitani8:00 a.m Japanese-language service (in person only)

    9:30 a.m. English-language service
    (In person and via Zoom, see Zoom connection details)

    both with Bishop Toshiyuki Umitani.