Hakalau Obon 2023

WE ARE GRATEFUL
  • For our parents and ancestors
  • For the Tsukikage Odorikai (Moonlight Dance Club) and the Hilo Bon Club for nurturing O-bon traditions!
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Tsukikage Odorikai (Moonlight Dance Club). Photo courtesy of Ricky-Thomas Serikawa
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Hilo Bon Club. Photo courtesy of Ricky-Thomas Serikawa
  • For all those who helped prepare for and clean up after our O-bon observance and maintain a watchful eye during the Bon Dance: Barbara Alford, John Boyer and Mike Stolp, Ken and Susan Forbes, Heather Fryer, Joe Hampton, Bob and Virginia Juettner, Hiroshi Kozohara, Debbie Kuntz, Cici Martingnetti, Akiko Masuda, Rev. Junshin Miyazaki, Hahn Nguyen, Michi Ochi and her Ohana, Cyr Pakele, Jay Pennington, Danny Rodrigues, Matt Shall, and Robert Yara
Photos courtesy of Susan Forbes
  • For all those who participated in the Hakalau Jodo Mission’s O-bon Service and Bon Dance
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Lifelong friends reunite. From Left to Right: Robert Yara, Shin Matayoshi, Robert Arakawa, and Brad Kurokawa. Photo courtesy of Susan Forbes.
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Arigato gozaimasu!
For the Hakalau Kuleana, our responsibility is to care for the land, the people, and the culture. We are guided by cultural values of YESTERDAY: Engage in collective effort. Look out for each other. Honor hard work. Show respect for those who came before us. Aloha and Mālama `Aina. In 2021, Akiko Masuda added two more values to the list: Consistently show up. Whatever has to be done, jump in and do it!