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B U D D H I S T C H U R C H O F O A K L A N D
BUSSHIN AUGUST 200808-obon-eBY REVEREND SEIGEN YAMAOKA
VOLUME 51 NUMBER 8
In the midst of the summer season,t h e re is a break in time for each ofus to reflect on the values of our lives.It is called Obon. At the BuddhistC h u rch of Oakland we conduct theObon Bazaar and Obon Odori onS a t u rd a y, August 2nd, with the foodbazaar beginning from 3 p.m. and cul-minating with the Obon Dance fro m7:30 p.m. There will also be culturalevents such as Taiko, FlowerA rrangement, Koto, and Tea Cere m o n y.
The culmination of the ObonProgram will be the First Obon Serviceon Sunday from 9:30 a.m. for thosefamilies who lost loved ones betweenlast year’s Obon and this year’s Obon.The main Obon Service will beginfrom 10:30 a.m. with guest speaker,Rev. Ken Fujimoto, Rinban of the SanJose Betsuin. He will speak both inEnglish and Japanese.
The Obon Service is unique in thatin the middle of the most hectic timeof our lives, we are asked to take timeout and to reflect on the reasons as towhy we are here, to deeply reflect onall the reasons and persons that madeup our lives. If we can find a deepsense of gratitude for all those livesthat made up our lives, then we candance with joy in our hearts for theinterconnected past that is the sourceof our lives today.
With this profound understandingof our lives, we return to the hecticworld of our lives, but with a betterunderstanding of what we must do.
Minister’s Message 1
Hatsubon & Family Obon Service 1
Temple Tidbits 2
Bazaar Donors 2
Bazaar Raffle Prize Winners 2
Nippon Gakuen News 3
Dharma School News 4
Obon Festival 4
Newsroom OBWA 4
Bazaar Photos 5
Shotsuki Memorial Service 8
Amida’s Gathering Registration 9
Board Meeting Minutes
Donations
Japanese Section
IN THIS ISSUEFor what we do today connects us tothe future.
Join us and participate in the BCOObon program.
Reflection: In life we look out for eachother, but we need to look out for theworld as well.
The Hatsubon or First ObonService for a deceased familymember will be held on Sunday,August 3, 2008, at 9:30 am. Lanternswill be arranged in front of the altarwith the names of the deceased, andone family member will be asked tolight the candle inside of the lanternof the relative. A small token of con-dolence will be given to each familywho has a lantern on the altar.
The Family Obon Service willimmediately follow the HatsubonService at 10:30 am. Our guest speak-er is the Rev. Ken Fujimoto, Rinban ofthe San Jose Buddhist Churc hBetsuin. Because of the large numberof attendees expected at this year’sHatsubon and Obon Services, werequest the general Sangha to pleaseburn incense at the foot of the stairsb e f o re going up to the hondo(chapel). For your convenience, aDana envelope has been attached tothis Busshin for your consideration.
Hatsubon & FamilyObon Service
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Temple Tid-Bits
Following members have offeredosonae, flowers and fruits for thememorial service of their
loved ones:Pamela Kato Lang for her father
Tsugio Kato 49th DayMas Miyamura for his wife Emi
Miyamura 49th DayRon Sato for his mother Sachie
Sato Uratsu 49th DayYutaka Kobori for his wife
Kimiko Kobori 7th YearThe church appreciates your
thoughtfulness and generosity.
Thank you to the following donorsfor their generous donations ofmerchandise or cash to support thebazaar activities of the BuddhistChurch of Oakland. We would like toencourage you to patronize the busi-nesses listed whenever possible.Adachi Florist & NurseryAkio AochiRobert & Toshiko BeemanCoach SushiClifford EndoKay & Sets EndoTakeshi EndoGeneral PrintingGrand Oaks RestaurantGeorge and Jim’s Garage: Greg, Linda& Brittany NakamuraHarano & Haw Optometric Corp.Tommy Hayashi, ODClaude & Keiko HessJFC International Inc.Kikkoman International Inc.Grace KonoKosakura Tours & TravelLee’s Florist & NurseryMonterey MarketBrian NagataJohn Neishi, ODNeishi Bros. NurseryNisei PlasticNomura & Co.North American Food DistributorsOto, Bailey, Fukumoto & MishimaPepsi Cola Bottling Co.Silver Dragon RestaurantSunset View CemeteryKeiju TeradaTokyo Fish MarketKen & Sachi ToyofukuRosalind TsujiEarl UtsurogiDarrin, Lori Neishi & Lanae WongBruce YamamotoGeorge Kido
Chuck and Jean KawataClare KanishigeSachie Matsui Ruby Kuritsubo Dana HiramotoRockridge OptometryBCA BookstoreDashe WineryBetty Gee of Pier 29 RestaurantRoy FujiiFumi SogaGeorge NoboriRobert Mao of Mitama RestaurantGloria Fujimoto Carol ThunenAkio AochiTomita Kashino ShimamotoLee’s FloristsAbrahamson Family Grace KonoSylvia NomuraAlice ShibataMary HiromotoTen Speed Press Setsuko Furuta Chieko EndoSteve and Kathy TerusakiDaisy TsujimotoMonterey Market June MasuyamaShepard Family Ruth Shimada Dick and Agnes SasakiHarano and Haw OptometristsDavid HirotaSumi ShoharaMarcia Neishi Alan Hirahara Dennis Katayama Sharon Hiromoto Dora Negoro, Toshiko BeemanFumi Nihei
Nikkoland Bazaar Donors
First: Kamakura Restaurant Second: Judy FongThird: George PendroFourth: Hiro SatoFifth: Norman NarenSixth: Gail Taniwa RyujinSeventh: Judy IshizuEighth: Ren OransNinth: Zachary KaplanTenth: Denise YokomizoEleventh: Hillel NarinTwelfth: Patricia Ide-DonThirteenth: Judy FongFourteenth: Martin NatsuharaFifteenth: Alice NeishiSixteenth: Marjorie IrikiSeventeenth: Gloria FujimotoEighteenth: Yas AokiNineteenth: P. DanzigTwentieth: Paterson RanchTwenty first: Mary BaileyTwenty second: Kamakura
RestaurantTwenty third: Dan KataokaTwenty fourth: Yasuo Bob Shimada
Nikkoland BazaarRaffle Winners
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Nippongo Gakuen NewsBY EUNICE ASHIZAWA
It was quite an impressive culmi-nation of the gakuen school yearas the students and adult classesdemonstrated their proficiency, talentsand creativity on the June 7th year-end program. From the youngestclasses with Yamada sensei to the highschool class of Yamagishi sensei andTurner sensei, parents were treated toJapanese songs such as Sakura,Ojiichan no Tokei and Totoro March; ap u p p e t ry rendition of Sanbiki No
Kobuta, (The Three Little Pigs), poet-ry readings; story readings; introduc-tions and favorite things; a mullti-media presentation of Momotaro anda brief description of the advanceclasses’ travels to different parts ofJapan and their experiences.
Not to be outdone by the young stu-dents, the adult classes also participat-ed in the program. The beginningadult class performed a skit, “A Day inShibuya”, while the advanced class
sang the popular Japanese song “Senno Kaze”, (I am a Thousand Winds)accompanied by Steve Terusaki onpiano.
The students and their familiesenjoyed a very hearty lunch and weretreated to a slide show presentation ofSteve Terusaki’s recent travels toJapan. The delicious chicken saladprepared by Kathy Terusaki was a per-fect compliment to our luncheon.Thank you, Kathy!
Graduating seniors, Cole Jower andLauren Ashizawa, were presented witha parting graduation gift and gradua-tion cake in their honor. The gakuenboard and families also recognizedtheir appreciation for their teachingstaff: Nobue Yamada-Killilea, KeikoA i z a w a , Yukiko Adams, M a m iYamagishi, Shinobu Turner and ReikoK a t a o k a. Shinobu Turner was alsopresented with a parting gift as shebegins a new journey in Boston. BestWishes Turner sensei!
The Gakuen community and boardwould also like to thank Mrs. AliceNeishi, Mrs. Fumie Tominaga and Ms.Lauren Ashizawa for their generousdonation to the gakuen. Doomo ariga-too gozaimasu.
As we begin to prepare for the fallclasses, we invite anyone who mayhave an interest in learning Japaneseto contact Jon Takagaki. We will alsocontinue the search to find a replace-ment instructor for the high schoolclass. If you know of anyone who maybe interested, please contact J o nTakagaki or Reiko Kataoka.
Jon Takagaki: (510) 769-2975 or byemail at [email protected]
Reiko Kataoka: (510) 526-0499 orby email at [email protected]
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Our annual celebration of theObon Festival of Joy will beginat 3:00 pm on Saturday, August 2nd.During the event you can enjoy thec reative and beautiful exhibits ofIkebana by the Ohara Suiyo FlowerClub. Other cultural demonstrationsand performances are scheduled asfollows:
3:30 pm Tea Ceremony4:30 pm Muramoto Koto Studio5:30 pm Eden Aoba Taiko6:30 pm San Jose Chidori Band7:30 pm Bon Odori dancesIn the mean time, enjoy our delicious
Teriyaki steak dinners, Teriyaki chick-en dinners, sushi, udon noodles, curryrice, hamburg e r, hot dog, corn, softdrinks and beer. Members, please lookat the work schedules to see whereyour help is needed. The work sched-ule is in the back of the Busshin.
Obon Festival ofJoy
The Dharma School is on hiatusfor now. We hope everyone isenjoying their summer and re l a x i n gafter the Food Bazaar. Thank you toall the Dharma School students andtheir parents for helping in the gamebooths and covering shifts. Don’t for-get the Picnic on Sunday, July 20th.Students who attend the service at thepicnic will get attendance cre d i t .Attendance credit will also be givenfor dancing at Obon and for atten-dance to Obon Serv i c e .
Also a very happyb i rthday to ourAugust Babies:Alyssa Cho, C o l l i nC h u n g, G l e n nK a m i t a, G e n e v i e v eM a s u o k a, T r e v i
Pendro, Samia Neishi,Alyson Takagaki, Sydney Wong and aspecial happy birthday to R e v .Yamaoka. Birthday Sunday will be cel-ebrated on September 7, 2008 at the
first Dharma School Family Service.We would also like to take the
opportunity to thank many of ourdonors who have given so generously.They are as follows:
Mrs. Ruby Yoshida - GranddaughterMartha Castro’s birthday
Rev./Mrs. Kodo Umezu - Michelle’sbirthday and graduation
M/M Gary Lawrence - M a t t h e w’sbirthday
M/M Jeff Suda - Douglas’s gradua-tion from Cal Berk.
Mrs. Susan Okano - Grandsons’b i rthdays: Alex Wilson and G r a n tIkeda
Mrs. Sylvia Nomura -Granddaughters M a y u m i’s andKiyomi’s perfect attendance awards
Mr. George Yokoyama - GrandsonDerrick Chung’s graduation
M/M Eric Ikeda - Grant’s birthday
That’s all for now. Enjoy the rest ofthe summer
Dharma School News…BY JANET UMEZU
DEADLINE FOR SEPTEMBER 2008
BUSSHIN ARTICLES: August 4th
A rticles submitted after thisdate may not be printed. Senda rt i c l e s to Joyce Yokomizo:
email: [email protected] fax: (415) 970-0810 You can also send articles to
Sam Yo n e y a m a at the churc hoffice.
BUSSHIN COLLATION by theJr YBA on Thursday, August 14t h
at 7:30 p.m.
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NewsroomOBWABY PATTI HISAOKA
Highlights from the July meet-ing:OBWA wishes to thank the follow-
ing for their most generous donations:Miyamura Family in memory and in
appreciation for help with services forEmi Miyamura
Gary and Maya Lawrence in honorof Matthew’s high school graduation
Patti Hisaoka in honor of Tricia’s col-lege graduation
Chieko Endo in honor of grandchil-dren’s high school graduation
Thank you to the following:Toban “C” for helping with June
shotsuki setup and clean up.To everyone for all the hard work for
the bazaar.Thank you to the faithful volunteers
who go to visit at Cypress House:Alice Yokomizo, Jean Nakazono,
Daisy Tsujimoto and Gloria FujimotoCOOKBOOK RECIPES: Do you
have any recipes that you would liketo share? OBWA will be puttingtogether a new cookbook and we needrecipes. Please send a copy to Churchc/o JoAnne Hayashida.
Cards will again be sold at Obon.We will have a selection to choosefrom. Those of who have any finishedcards at home, please bring to churchbefore Obon so it can be packaged.
Jodo Shinshu Center – OBWAwould like to put together a list of peo-ple who would be willing to help atvarious JSC functions when needed. Ifyou would like to sign up, please con-tact Carol Thunen.
There will be no meeting in August.Next meeting will be Sunday,
September 7, 2008 at 9:00 a.m.
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August Shotsuki Memorial ServiceService: Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. Sermon by Reverend Seigen Yamaoka
Family and relatives are invited to attend this monthly memorial service for those listed below. If any errors appear in thelist below, please notify the church office at (510) 832-5988 at your earliest convenience. Next month’s ShotsukiService will be held on September 7, 2008 at 10:00 a.m.
Mr. Roy Akiyoshi Mr. Jutaro Akiyoshi – 50th YearMrs. Toki BabaMrs. Kiyo Baba Mr. Tamotsu Baba Mr. Tomi FujiiMr. Kyubei FukudaMrs. Hanako Furuta Mrs. Asae Goto Mr. Keinosuke Hamasaki Mr. Yuzuchi Hashimoto Mr. Yoshitomo Hirabayashi – 13thYearMrs. Haruyo Hiromoto Mr. Masajiro Hirota Mr. Tadashi Hirota Mrs. Mishi HorimotoMrs. Ishi Hoshide Mrs. Den InouyeMrs. Kuri KakutaniMr. Ichimatsu Kamano Mr. Robert Kamano – 13th YearMr. Jeffrey KanadaMrs. Tsuru KataMr. Toyomatsu KataMrs. Sakaye Katayama – 3rd Year Mr. Rinzo KatoMrs. Setsuno KawabataMrs. Fujie Kawabe Mr. Yutaka KayataniMrs. Tsune KimuraMr. Keijiro KimuraMrs. Osayo Kimura Mr. Mokichi KisanukiMrs. Juki Kitagaki Mr. Inajiro Koizumi Mrs. Kayo Kuramoto – 25th Year
Mr. Toshikazu Matsutani Mrs. Kiyo MinamidaniMr. Takao Misaki Mrs. Katsu Mitani Mr. Kenichi Miyamoto Mr. Kazuo Mori Mr. Asaemon MuramotoMrs. Koyo MuramotoMr. Masami Muramoto – 25th YearMrs. Take MuramotoMrs. Tomie Nakagawa Mr. Seijiro Nakagawa Mrs. Ichi Nakagawa Mr. Tosaburo NakaharaMrs. Yukie Nakahara Mrs. Himeko Nakao Mrs. Ishi Nakao Mr. Timothy Nakaya – 3rd YearMr. Yokichi Neishi Mrs. Shimeno Nishino Mrs. Yuki Nomura Mrs. Wakae Nomura Mr. Hajime Nomura Mr. Jack Ogawa Mrs. Kazue Ogawa Mr. Minosuke OgawaMr. Katsuo OhashiMr. Tameyo Okai Mr. Kazumi Okamoto – 7th YearMr. Shigekazu Okawachi Baby Otsuka Mrs. Moto Otsuka Mrs. Sano Otsuka Mrs. Yuriko Otsuka Mrs. Mitsue Ozaki Mr. Itsuo Ozawa – 17th Year Mrs. Tami Sakaki
Mr. Yoichiro SakakiMrs. Yoshiko Sano Mrs. Hana Sasaki Mr. Moriichi Sasaki Mr. Mitsuji Sasaoka Mr. Gary Seiji Baby Shinomoto Sujaku FamilyMrs. Sakuyo Sumimoto – 17th Year Mr. Junichi Sumimoto – 50th YearMrs. Hana Sunada Mrs. Masui Sunagawa Mrs. Toyo Sunayama Mrs. Tayo TakataMr. Koichi Takata Mr. Namitaro Takata Mrs. Tai Tamata Mrs. Nobu Tamori Mr. Kumetaro Tamori Mr. Chugoro TaniMrs. Moto Tani Mrs. Tamayo Tani – 1 YearMr. Mitsuo Taniguchi Mr. Matsusuke TaniguchiMrs. Ichimi Teramae Mr. Fusajiro Utsurogi Mrs. Mabel Watanabe Mrs. Take Yago Mr. Shizuo YamamotoMr. Mosanta YamamotoMr. Sadazo Yamane Mr. Katsutoshi Yanagitsubo Mrs. Aiko Yokoyama Ms. Sachiko Yokoyama – 1 YearMr. Masaru Yoshioka – 7th YearMr. Togo Yoshioka – 1 Year
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
September 2008
10:00 a.m. Family Dharma
Service
1:00 p.mWanto Fukuoka
KenjinkaiMemorial Service
10:00 a.m. Family Dharma
Service
10:45 a.mAdult Study
10:00 a.m.OBWA CypressHouse Project
BusshinArticles Due!
BD Jr YBARetreat
7:30 p.m. BusshinCollating by the
Board
10:00 a.m.Wanto Shodo Kai
1:00 p.m.Line Dance
7:30 p.m.Karaoke
10:00 a.m.Wanto Shodo Kai
1:00 p.m.Line Dance
7:30 p.m.Karaoke
10:00 a.mWanto Shodo Kai
1:00 p.m.Line Dance
7:30 p.m.Karaoke
1:00 p.m.Line Dance
7:30 p.m.Karaoke
10:00 a.mMomiji Kai
9:00 a.mJapanese School
9:00 a.mJapanese School
9:00 a.mJapanese School
2:00 p.mIkebana
9:00 a.mJapanese School
1:300 p.mBCA FBWA
Delegates meet-ing
10:00 a.mAutumn Higan
Service
6:00 p.mAshlandHowakai
10:00 a.mMomiji Kai
7:00 p.mEBYAL
10:00 a.m.OBWA CypressHouse Project
10:00 a.mOBWA
Hospital/HomeVisitation
7:00 p.mFukuoka Sister
City Ass’n
10:00 a.mOBWA
Hospital/HomeVisitation:Concord
7:00 p.mYouth Clib
7:00 p.mConcordHowakai
7:30 p.m Board Meeting
9:00 a.mOBWA Mtg
10:00 a.m.Family Dharma &Shotsuki Service
HOLIDAYOffice Closed
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
August 2008
9:30 a.m.HatsubonService
10:30 a.m.Obon Service
9:45 a.m.DS Teachers’
Seminar
10:00 a.m.Family Shotsuki
Service
No Service
No Service
7:30 p.m.Collate Busshin
by Jr YBA
10:00 a.mMomiji Kai
6:30 p.mBD Amida’s
FamilyGathering Mtg.
10:00 a.mMomiji Kai
7:00 a.m.Obon FoodPreparation
8:30 a.m.Construction
3:00 p.m.Obon
Festival
BusshinArticles Due!
7:00 p.m.Youth Club Mtg.
10:00 a.m.Wanto Shodo
Kai
10:00 a.m.Wanto Shodo
Kai
10:00 a.m.OBWA CypressHouse Project
10:00 a.m.OBWA CypressHouse Project
7:00 p.mObon Clean up
7:00 p.mFukuoka Sister
City Ass’n
7:00 a.m.Obon FoodPreparation
5:00 p.m.Ikebana
Preparation