At the Hakalau Jodo Mission
Celebrate Peace Day, September 21st...Join Us!
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Ring the Bell for Peace
9:00 a.m.: a minute of silence to honor all those who sacrificed for us to achieve peace. 9:01 a.m.: ringing our temple bell. At the same time, throughout the state, individuals at other temples, churches, schools, community organizations, and homes will be ringing bells. Prayer for Peace and Offering Incense 9:15 a.m.: Rev. Miyazaki will offer a prayer for peace and invite participants to offer incense. Building World Peace, Local Style
9:30 a.m.: presentation by historian Heather Fryer, Ph.D. |
Banchan Bamba 2022
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Heather Fryer, Ph.D.
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Heather Fryer is a freelance historian based in Hakalau, Hawaii. She began community-based historical research in Hakalau and Hilo in 2018, which culminated in the PBS documentary film Shinmachi: Stronger Than a Tsunami and is preparing to launch a Hakalau oral history project in early 2024. She was professor of history and director of the American Studies Program at Creighton University from 2004-2021 and executive editor of Peace & Change: a Journal of Peace Research from 2015-2022. One of her most popular courses at Creighton University was “Waging Peace in the 20th Century.” This talk connects some of these global historical themes to the plantation values that have sustained our local communities for generations and offers small ways to wage peace in our everyday lives on the Hamakua Coast.
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Light refreshments to follow.
Let us know if you are coming! Email: hakalaujodomission@gmail.com or text (808) 286-6130 with the word PEACE and include your name and the number attending.
Let us know if you are coming! Email: hakalaujodomission@gmail.com or text (808) 286-6130 with the word PEACE and include your name and the number attending.
Services
Naijin and altar decorated for O-Bon 2022. Photo courtesy of Julie Goettsch.
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Classes
Tai Chi
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:
NOTE: NO CLASS DURING FIRST 2 WEEKS OF OCTOBER 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. |
Karate Program for Kids, ages 4-6 and 7+ years
Sensei Patricia Taniguchi. Photo courtesy of Patricia Taniguchi.
BENEFITS OF TRADITIONAL JAPANESE KARATE
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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.
Cost: $10 per class or $60 per month.
In advance of your first class, please reserve your space with Patricia Taniguchi: WKA.hakalau@gmail.com. |
Art Classes, All Ages Welcome
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Group and Private Art Classes available Tuesdays from 3:00-4:30 p.m., all ages welcome:
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Practice Yoga will resume October 24th
“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
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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). Days and Times: Classes will resume October 24th Tuesdays and Fridays, 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. Thursdays, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. Cost: $10 per class, cash or check, paid onsite Props are available to borrow. If using your own props, bring a mat, strap, 2 blankets, 2 blocks. Contact Alison Simpson at 808-825-7856 or alison@mahanahouse.com. |
Bon Dance Practice will resume in January 2024
Photo courtesy of Susan Forbes.
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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.
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!
Place: Hakalau Jodo Mission Social Hall Dates: 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the Month Time: 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Cost: Donation ($5- $10 recommended) Bring water! Questions? Contact Sensei Jane Heit at bonqueen@gmail.com. |
In the Community...
Hakalau Farmers Market
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Date: Tuesday afternoons
Time: 2:30ish- 5:00 pm Place: Temporary location at Hakalau Veterans Park until permanent home is established.
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Community Service
We continue to work together, 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month : 2nd Sunday, Hakalau School Green Team, 4th Sunday, Cemetery Stewards. honoring our commitments and vows to be of service. A work menu with specific tasks is assigned to each participant, and Thai lunch is when work is “pau”, as we offer our prayers of gratitude and share food together.
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Contact Akiko Masuda <msakiko@hawaii.rr.com to sign up to work.
Need 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. |
Green Team Lunch, February 2022.
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Date: Second Sunday of the Month:
September 10, 2023 October 8, 2023 November 12, 2023 December 10, 2023 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! 
Green Team enjoying lunch. Photo courtesy of Odysseus.
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2nd Sunday Green Team, June 13, 2021, Photo courtesy of Odysseus.
Photo of Hakalau School after the Green Team labored. Photo courtesy of Easten Tanimoto.
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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: September 24, 2023 October 22, 2023 November 26, 2023 December 24, 2023 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. |
Cemetery stewards at Kukuihaele
O`okala, photo courtesy of Easten Tanimoto.
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Yoga in the DOJO at Akiko’s Buddhist Bed & Breakfast
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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. |
Photo courtesy of Susan Forbes
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