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



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 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)

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, San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin
    (In person and via Zoom, see Zoom connection details.)

March 22: No Service — Spring Bazaar!

Spring Bazaar 2026 preliminary banner 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.