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      • 1880s Detail
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      • 1930s Detail
      • 1940s Detail
      • 1950s Detail
      • 1960s Detail
      • 1970s Detail
      • 1980s Detail
      • 1990s Detail
      • 2000s Detail
    • Camps >
      • Hakalau Upper Camp
      • Hakalau Lower Camp
      • Wailea Spanish Camp
      • Wailea Store Camp AKA Wailea Mill Camp
      • Chin Chuck Genjiro Camp
      • Chin Chuck Stable Camp
      • Honohina Upper Camp
      • Honohina Lower Camp
      • Honohina Mauka and Nanue Camps
      • Kamaee Camps - all three
      • Pake (Ah Ling) and Kaminaka Camps
      • Kahuku Camp
      • Yamagata Camp
    • Schools >
      • Hakalau School
      • John M. Ross School
    • Churches >
      • Hakalau Jodo Mission >
        • The Early Years
        • Years Between World Wars
        • The Mamiya Years
        • The Later Years
      • Honohina Hongwanji
    • Cemeteries
    • Hangouts and Memories >
      • Hakalau Park and School Complex
      • H. Fujii Store and Bakery
      • Jimmy's Hi-Way Cafe
      • Nishimoto Store
      • Nishiyama Bus Service and Garage
    • The Voice of Hakalau (Newspaper)
    • Work >
      • Hakalau Mill & Other Buildings
      • Wailea Milling Company: The Independent Homestead Mill
    • Hamakua Roads in the 19th Century: Firsthand Accounts
    • Bridges >
      • New Highway Bridges Hakalau 1950-1953
    • The Railroad
    • 1946 Tsunami
  • Today
    • Issues Today
    • Hakalau Farmers Market
    • Hakalau Jodo Mission Today
    • Honohina Hongwanji Today
    • Hakalau Reunions
    • Wailea Village Historic Preservation Community >
      • Cemetery Stewardship
      • Reviving Hakalau School
      • Senior Luncheons
      • Mochi Pounding
  • Tomorrow
    • Arsenic Remediation
    • Cliff Failures
    • Hāmākua Community Development Plan & Action Committee
    • Ninole Development (Mile Marker 19)

Hakalau Jodo Mission Today

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The Hakalau Jodo Mission, of Japanese Buddhism's Jōdo-shū sect, follows the Pure Land Teachings of Honen.  
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​For more than one hundred seventeen years this special place has served our families, friends and neighbors as a year-round gathering place for inspiration, celebration and community events where everyone is welcome.

The Hakalau Jodo Mission exists to:

  • Promote and teach the doctrines, principles and disiciplines of the Jōdo-shū sect of Buddhism, following the Pure Land Teachings of Honen.
  • Encourage, promote and conduct the religious, educational, charitable and other work to better the condition of mankind; 
  • Promote happiness among our members and the community.

Services

Reverend Junshin Miyazaki
There will be NO gatherings of members for services in February due to COVID-19. Instead, Rev. Miyazaki will conduct service alone as follows:
  • February 20, 10:30 a.m., Nehan-e (Shakamuni Buddha’s memorial service)
TENTATIVE 2021 SCHEDULE MARCH-DECEMBER:​
  • March 14, 1 p.m., Spring Higan-e (Spring Equinox service)
  • April 11, 1 p.m., Hanamatsuri (Shakamuni Buddha’s Birthday service)
  • May 29, 10 a.m., Memorial Day Service at Hakalau Veteran's Park followed by lunch at the Mission
  • August 21, 5:30 p.m., O-Bon Service followed by Bon Dance
  • September 12, 10 a.m., Joint Higan service at Hilo Meishoin
  • October 10, 1 p.m., Eitaikyo (perpetual prayer, no attendances)
  • November 14, 1 p.m., O-Juya (Special Nembutsu service)
  • December 12, 1 p.m., Bodhi Day Service

Newsletter

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  • May-June 2020
  • July-August 2020
  • ​September-October 2020
  • November-December 2020
  • January-February 2021
  • February 2021 (now monthly!)

Our Legacy

The early members were committed to the Mission and the broader community and created the legacy that we are now working to preserve:
  1. Continuing commitment to the community.
  2. Openness to all.
  3. Honoring those who came before us.
  4. Working hard and collaboratively.
  5. Sharing traditions and honoring the traditions of others.
  6. Nurturing the children.
  7. Honoring the kupuna.
  8. Following the Eightfold Path.
 
Our facilities, including the Temple, Social Hall and Dining Room, are tools to be used in sharing our legacy.

Join us in preserving this legacy by:
Becoming a Member
or
Becoming a Friend

Our Commitments to the Community

  • Offering Church Services in the tradition of ​Pure Land Buddhism
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Photo courtesy of Rev. Miyazaki
  • ​Providing Senior Luncheons at the Mission to support the well-being, independence, and dignity of our seniors in an environment of their choice. NOTE: Senior luncheons have been indefinitely suspended due to COVID-19.  Usually, these luncheons are held twice a month and feature great food, music, exercise, companionship, and lots of laughter. This is a Project Dana* Program supported by the Wailea Village Historic Preservation Community. Miyo Harumi of Miyo's Restaurant prepares the food for the Senior Luncheons at Hakalau Jodo Mission. (*Dana means selfless giving.)
  • Hosting Obon, our annual ritual to honor our ancestors and to celebrate the community. Usually, ​each August, the Jodo Mission comes alive with the celebration of Obon, a Japanese Buddhist custom to honor the spirits of one's ancestor. This festival is complete with music, dancing, laughter and lots of food! Usually, dancing takes place on the lawn in front of the Temple. ​
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2014 Bon Dance. Photo courtesy of Susan Forbes
Learn More about Obon
  • Sponsoring the annual Memorial Day observance at the Hakalau Veteran's Park to show respect to both those who were killed in military conflict and to those who served, and to celebrate our community. 
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  • Periodically, the Hakalau Jodo Missions holds ceremonies to celebrate anniversaries of the mission and other special occasions.

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You can reach us at...

email: hakalaujodomission@gmail.com
mail: PO Box 296, Hakalau, HI 96710
​visit us: for a service or a class (see Upcoming Events for details) at 29-2271 Old Mamalahoa Highway, Hakalau, 96710:
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