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    • 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
    • Roads, Bridges, Highways and Railroads >
      • 19th Century Hamakua Roads
      • Bridges >
        • Highway Bridges, 1950-1953
      • The Railroad
  • Today
    • Hakalau Farmers Market
    • Hakalau Jodo Mission Today >
      • Community Commitments >
        • Obon Festival
        • Memorial Day
      • Newsletters
    • 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

At the Hakalau Jodo Mission

Celebrate Peace Day, September 21st...Join Us!

​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.
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​Banchan Bamba 2022
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Heather Fryer, Ph.D.
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.
​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.

Services

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Naijin and altar decorated for O-Bon 2022. Photo courtesy of Julie Goettsch.
  • September 10, Sunday, 10 a.m., Joint Higan Service at Hilo Meishoin
  • October 8, Sunday, 1 p.m. Eitaikyo: The Minister performs this service alone with no one present
  • November 12, Sunday, 1 p.m., Ojuya
  • December 10, Sunday, 1 p.m., Bodhi Day

Classes 

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

Karate Program for Kids, ages 4-6 and 7+ 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.

Art Classes, All Ages Welcome

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

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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



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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.  
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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).


Days and Times: Classes will resume October 24th
                   
Tuesdays and Fridays, 9:00 - 10:30 a.m.
                   Thursdays, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
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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

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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!
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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.  ​
  • 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

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.
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:   
            September 10, 2023
            October 8, 2023
            November 12, 2023
            December 10, 2023    
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​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: 
              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.

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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
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!