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  • Home
    • Upcoming Events
    • About hakalauhome
    • Contact Us!
  • Yesterday
    • Timeline
    • Camps
    • Schools >
      • Hakalau School
      • John M. Ross School
    • Churches & Cemeteries >
      • Churches >
        • Hakalau Jodo Mission
        • Honohina Hongwanji
      • Cemeteries
    • 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 >
      • 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

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Find the Hakalau Farmers Market on Chin Chuck Road every Tuesday afternoon.

Tai Chi Class at the Hakalau Jodo Mission 

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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.

Bring water and a hat. Some of the practice may be outside.

Bon Dance Practice

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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.
Bon Dance at the Hakalau Jodo Mission is August 20th
​...are YOU ready?Join us!

Our instructors, Odori Sensei Jane Heit and her Tsukikage Bon Odorikai (Moonlight Dance Club) assistants, will teach us 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!

Place: Hakalau Jodo Mission Social Hall
Day:    2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the Month 
            May 10th and 24th
            June 14th and 28th
Time:    6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Cost:    Donation ($5- $10 recommended)

Bring water!

​Questions? Contact Sensei Jane Heit at bonqueen@gmail.com.

Practice Yoga at the Hakalau Jodo Mission 

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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.  
​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.

​Alison will not be holding class from
​May 10th – July 6th.
Days/Times:   
  • Mondays from 4:00 - 5:30 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,
​at the Hakalau Jodo Mission 

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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.
In advance of your first class, please:
  1. Reserve your space in advance with Patricia Taniguchi: WKA.hakalau@gmail.com​

​Sensei Patricia Taniguchi will not be holding class from
​June 9th - July 13th.
Age
Class Days
Time
Cost
4-6 years
Wed.
​and Fri.
4:00 - 4:50 p.m.
Donation
7-12 years
Wed.
​and Fri.
5:00 - 5:50 p.m.
Donation

Hakalau Farmers Market

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Drean and his heirloom tomatoes
Date:     Tuesday afternoons
Time:      3:00 - 5:00 pm
Places:    Temporary location until permanent home is established:​ Hakalau Veterans Park in Wailea and Highway 19 between mile markers 13.5 and 14 in Honomu​
  • 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. 
  • Check out the Hakalau Farmers Market FaceBook page!

Hakalau Jodo Mission Services

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Hanamido prepared by Yumiko (Banchan) Bamba, Mike Stolp, and John Boyer for the Hanamatsuri Service held April 10, 2022.
  • ​​​May 28, Saturday, 10:30 a.m. - Memorial Day Service at Hakalau Veteran's Park in front of the Memorial
  • NO SERVICES IN JUNE OR JULY
  • August 20, Saturday - O-Bon Service at 5:30 p.m., followed by Bon Dance from about 6:30 p.m. - 10 p.m.
  • September 11, Sunday, 10 a.m. - Joint Higan-e at Hilo Meishoin (Fall Equinox Service)
  • October 9, Sunday, 1 p.m. - Eitaikyo (Perpetual Memorial Service)
  • November 13, Sunday, 1 p.m. - Ojuya Nembutsu Service
  • December 11, Sunday, 1 p.m. - Bodhi Day Service

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 in advance to see if this event will still take place, 963-6422 or msakiko@hawaii.rr.com. ALSO,  we need a head count for lunch.  Luckana, Im, Ubon and Dao, our Thai angels, prepare extraordinary food, made with aloha and caring. Lunch is take-home/take-out.
We began cleaning up the grounds of Hakalau School in April 2015, and we continue every month on the second Sunday. Our vision is the creation of the Hakalau Learning Center. 

Date:   Second Sunday of the Month:    
              April 10
​              May 8
​              June 12

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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Photo of the 2nd Sunday Green Team's, July 11, 2021, courtesy of Odysseus.
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Photo of the 2nd Sunday Green Team's excellent work, June 13, 2021, courtesy of Odysseus.
Cemetery Stewardship​
Contact Akiko Masuda in advance to see if this event will still take place, 963-6422. 

​Our vision is legislation to protect graves of the immigrants – with cemeteries maintained by the community nearby. We clean 3 cemeteries 
each month: O’okala, Honoka’a 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: 
​               March 27
               April 24
               May 22
               June 26
Time:    10:45 a.m. Meet at O’okala, 30 Mile Marker.
               11:00 a.m. pule
               11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. - O`okala
               1:30 - 2:30 p.m. - Honoka`a
               2:50 - 4:00 p.m. - Kukuihaele, with   
               refreshment and fellowship to follow. 

If you are coming, we ask that you commit to stay the entire time.
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December 12, 2019, photos from Kukuihaele and Honoka`a, courtesy of Beau Atkinson
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November 4, 2018, O`okala

Modest Group Practice* Yoga
​at Akiko's Buddhist Bed and Breakfast

Contact Akiko Masuda in advance to see if this event will still take place, 963-6422.
Days:         Mondays and Thursdays
Time:          6:15 - 7:30 p.m.
Cost:          No charge
Leader:      Brad Kurokawa

Place: 
       Akiko's Buddhist Bed and Breakfast
Parking:    Call first to arrange parking, 
                     963-6422

​Please bring a mat. 
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* No teaching
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Photo courtesy of Susan Forbes

Activities to Resume Later

Senior Luncheons 
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Photo courtesy of Jan Nakamura
Senior Luncheons at the Hakalau Jodo Mission are "on hold" until further notice.

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!