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  • Home
    • Upcoming Events
    • About hakalauhome
    • Contact Us!
  • Yesterday
    • Timeline
    • Camps
    • People >
      • The Ross Families of Hakalau
      • Satoru Kurisu
      • Toraichi Morikawa
      • Waichi Ouye
      • Aigoro Uyeno
    • Schools >
      • Hakalau School
      • John M. Ross School
    • Churches & Cemeteries >
      • Churches >
        • Hakalau Jodo Mission
        • Honohina Hongwanji
      • Cemeteries >
        • Honohina Cemetery
    • The Voice of Hakalau
    • Sugar Production >
      • Hakalau Mill & Other Buildings
      • Wailea Milling Company
    • Infrastructure and Transportation >
      • 19th Century Hamakua Roads
      • Bridges
      • The Railroad
  • Today
    • Hakalau Farmers Market
    • Hakalau Jodo Mission Today >
      • Newsletters
      • Obon Festival
      • Memorial Day
      • Celebrations at Hakalau Jodo Mission
    • 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 CDP & the CDP Action Committee

Upcoming Events

Classes at the Hakalau Jodo Mission

Art Classes for Adults

Group and Private Art Classes available with flexible scheduling, all ages welcome:
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Tai Chi  

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Calm the Mind
Strengthen the Body
​Activate Internal Energy
Our instructor, Sifu Slade Shim, began his practice of Traditional Yang Style Tajiquan under Peter Tam Hoy in 1991. He will teach us the discipline and the forms of this centuries old practice.
In advance of your first class, please:
  • Contact Slade Shim: wsi808@yahoo.com. ​​​
Day:     Wednesdays
Time:    8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
Cost:    $15 per session, or $12 per session if the entire month is paid for in advance.
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Bring water and a hat. Some of the practice may be outside.

Practice Yoga 

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“Practice means choosing, applying the effort, and doing those actions that bring a stable a tranquil state…When this practice is done for a long time, and with sincere devotion, then the practice becomes a firmly rooted, stable and solid foundation.”     Yoga Sutras 1.13-14

Props are available to borrow.​ If using your own props,  bring a  mat, strap, 2 blankets, 2 blocks.  

Questions? Contact Alison at 808-825-7856 or by email: alison@mahanahouse.com.  ​
Classes focus on safe and active stretching and lengthening of muscles to improve flexibility as well as increasing range of motion throughout the body. Classes are suitable for beginners and for all degrees of flexibility.  
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​Instructor 
Alison Simpson is a graduate Purna Yoga College at the 200 Hour Foundation Level. In January 2020 she completed training with Jennifer Weinert of Purna Yoga Hilo and has studied with Jennifer for three years. She is certified with Yoga Alliance as a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT 200).
In advance of your first class, please:​​
  • Students must be fully and currently vaccinated against COVID-19.
Days/Times:   
  • Mondays from 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
  • Tuesdays from 9:00 - 10:30 p.m.
  • Thursdays from 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.​
  • Fridays from 9:00 - 10:30 a.m.
Cost:    $10 per class, cash or check, paid onsite​

Karate Program for Kids, ages 4-6 and 7-12 years

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Sensei Patricia Taniguchi. Photo courtesy of Patricia Taniguchi.
​BENEFITS OF TRADITIONAL JAPANESE KARATE
  1. Sempai/kohai system where the senior students learn to take responsibility for the junior students, and the junior students learn to respect and rely on the senior students- creates an atmosphere where bullying is rare. It is also a natural progression where newer students enter and older students graduate, giving a sense of order.
  2. Osoji (cleaning) - teaches children respect for place and things
  3. Non-contact sport- teaches children how to defend themselves, while engaging in an effective martial art in a safe way.
  4. Teaches physical and mental confidence 
  5. Teaches discipline and focus
Our instructor, Patricia Taniguchi, began her training in Shito-ryu karate at the age of 15 and earned her black belt at the age of 19. She now holds a 4th degree black belt, and served as the head instructor of the Seto Branch of the Japan Karate Organization from many years. She is affiliated with the International Goju Karate Association.
Students are expected to attend classes two times each week, on Wednesdays and Fridays according to the schedule below. Saturday classes may be added when preparing for a competition.
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Cost: $10 per class or $60 per month.
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In advance of your first class, please reserve your space with Patricia Taniguchi: WKA.hakalau@gmail.com.

 Bon Dance Practice

Get ready for next year's
Bon Dance...
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Bon Dance at the Hakalau Jodo Mission, August 20, 2022. Photo courtesy of Julie Goettsch.
...by learning to dance!
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Photo courtesy of Susan Forbes.
Learn  some Japanese culture, learn some dances that are "standards", danced at various temples throughout the summer...Just jump in and copy Sensei Jane or someone who knows.
Join us!
Our instructors, Odori Sensei Jane Heit and her Tsukikage Bon Odorikai (Moonlight Dance Club) assistants, teach both traditional and new bon dances. Some of the traditional dances highlight the experience of early Japanese plantation workers. Great exercise, graceful movements, and fun!
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Place: Hakalau Jodo Mission Social Hall
Dates:    2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month                                   Exceptions, if any, noted below:​
  • February 14th and 28th
  • March 14th and 28th
  • April 11th and 25th
Time:    6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Cost:    Donation ($5- $10 recommended)
Bring water!
​Questions? Contact Sensei Jane Heit at bonqueen@gmail.com.
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Photo courtesy of Ken Forbes.

In the Community...

Hakalau Farmers Market

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Date:     Tuesday afternoons
Time:      3:00 - 5:00 pm
Place:    Temporary location until permanent home is                  established:​ Hakalau Veterans Park ​
  • If you don't want to attend the market but still would like to support our farmers and get the best produce available anywhere, you are in luck! Subscribe to the Market's newsletter to find out which farmers are continuing to provide produce and other products. 


​Community Service:
Reviving Hakalau School
& Cemetery Stewardship

May we continue to work together, honoring our commitments and vows to be of service, adjusting and adapting to whatever is required to live respectfully and in harmony with the times. Social distancing is honored and respected. Everyone works on their own, and Thai lunch is take-home/take-out.​

Reviving Hakalau School 
Contact Akiko Masuda <msakiko@hawaii.rr.com  to sign up to work.

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eed a head count for lunch.  
Luckana, Im, Ubon and Dao, our Thai angels, prepare extraordinary food, made with aloha and caring.


We began cleaning up the grounds of Hakalau School in April 2015, and we continue every month on the second Sunday of the month. Our vision is the creation of the Hakalau Learning Center. ​
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Green Team Lunch, February 2022.
Date:   Second Sunday of the Month:    
  • February 12th
  • March 12th
  • April 9th
Time:  9:30 a.m. - Noon
Place: Hakalau School
Attire: Come dressed, fully covered, gloves and hat. 
​Bring Tools:  Weed whackers, rakes, lawn mowers, machetes, scythes, pruners, etc. Unload your tools at Hakalau School and then park at the Hakalau Park. Be ready to work!!!
BRING WATER! ENJOY LUNCH! ​
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Green Team enjoying lunch. Photo courtesy of Odysseus.
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2nd Sunday Green Team, June 13, 2021, Photo courtesy of Odysseus.
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Photo of Hakalau School after the Green Team labored. Photo courtesy of Easten Tanimoto.
Cemetery Stewardship​
Our vision is legislation to prevent  the bulldozing & building upon the graves of immigrants...AND to have these cemeteries maintained by the closest nearby community.

We clean 2 cemeteries 
each month: O’okala and Kukuihaele.

Times vary slightly month to month, depending on which cemetery needs more work Akiko will share this information with you.

Date:    Fourth Sunday of the Month: 
               February 26th
               March 26th
​               April 23rd

Time:    9:45 a.m. Meet at 30 Mile Marker, Hwy 19. Gravel                parking area.
             10:00 a.m. pule
             10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. – O’okala
             11-1 2nd group travel to Kukuihaele with Marcus &               Shigeko

             1:30 all gather for Lunch at O’okala.

​Let Akiko know if you are coming. Need head count for lunch. msakiko@hawaii.rr.com

If you are coming, we ask that you commit to stay the entire time.

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Cemetery stewards at Kukuihaele
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O`okala, photo courtesy of Easten Tanimoto.

Yoga in the DOJO at
Akiko’s Buddhist Bed & Breakfast

Days:         Mondays and Thursdays
Time:          6:15 - 7:30 p.m.
Cost:          $10
Leader:      Monsi

Place: 
       Akiko's Buddhist Bed and Breakfast
Call to sign up. 963-6422
Class size: 11 limit
Mats, blocks, bolsters, blanket, straps provided.

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Photo courtesy of Susan Forbes

Hakalau Jodo Mission Services

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Naijin and altar decorated for O-Bon 2022. Photo courtesy of Julie Goettsch.
  • February 25, Saturday, 10 a.m., Nehan-e followed by the New Year's Party
  • March 12, Sunday, 1 p.m., Spring Higan 
  • April 9, Sunday, 1 p.m., Hanamatsuri
  • May 27, Saturday, 10 a.m., Memorial Day Service at Hakalau Veteran's Park
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!