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Thankful, Thanks to You (Okagesama-de)

Namo Amida Butsu It is already December 2025; time truly flies! As I look back over the past 11 months, I remember many moments: happy ...

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Temple Wish List

We kindly request your support in contributing to our temple’s wish list, which includes essential items to enhance our space and activities. Your generosity is greatly appreciated

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NOVEMBER 2025 // Volume 62

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Education

Preschool October 2025

As we embrace the vibrant month of October, Wailuku Hongwanji Preschool is excited to share a variety of engaging activities planned for our little ones!  ...

Virtual State Dharma School Gathering Highlights!

The 7th Virtual State Dharma School Gathering held in October focused on the theme of “Nurturing Nembutsu: Cultivating Awareness”. Students, educators, ministers, and friends gathered online for the event featuring Rev. Tomo Hojo of West Kauai Hongwanji Mission as guest speaker for the service; student breakout rooms concentrating on listening ...
Food & Culture at Gakuen

Food & Culture at Gakuen

Musubi, or onigiri, is a traditional Japanese rice ball often filled with pickled or salted ingredients and wrapped in nori. Portable and convenient, musubi has long been one of Japan’s favorite comfort foods and a staple snack for centuries. During and after World War II, the U.S. military introduced Spam ...
Dharma School’s Ohana Fun with Picnic & Bowling

Dharma School’s Ohana Fun with Picnic & Bowling

WHM Dharma School and Gakuen families joined with members from Kahului, Lahaina, and Makawao Hongwanji for the annual VIDSTA Dharma School Kickoff Picnic on August 31 at Keopuolani Park’s football field. Tents were set up along the hillside of the park “pit,” offering shade from the scorching sun and humidity ...
Somen Nagashi

Somen Nagashi Launches Gakuen’s School Year

We’re starting the new school year on an exciting note! Gakuen is happy to welcome two new language teachers, Keiko Swanson-sensei and Minae Murakami-sensei. To kick things off, our first cultural event of the year took place on September 3, when students got to try the lively tradition of somen ...
Dharma School’s Obon Game Room

Dharma School’s Obon Game Room Fundraiser Success

The Dharma School once again hosted a fun and successful game room fundraiser during Wailuku Hongwanji’s Obon Festival on August 1 and 2. Seven carnival-style game stations: golf putt, tic-tac-toe, roll-a-ball, fish pond, wheel of fortune, ring toss, and the new bull’s eye target, were set up and enthusiastically operated ...

Youth Organizations

Judo at the 63rd State Champs
Judo

Wailuku Hongwanji Judo at the 63rd State Champs

On November 8, 2025, the Wailuku Hongwanji Judo Club participated in the 63rd Annual Honpa Hongwanji State Judo Championships (HHJF) hosted by the Pearl City ...
Boy Scouts Pack in the Fun this October
Boys Scouts

Boy Scouts Pack in the Fun this October

October was a busy, and exciting, month for our Boy Scouts! The troop took part in a variety of activities, including helping at the Autumn ...
Sakura 4-H Clubs’ Clover Report December 25
4H

Sakura 4-H Clubs – The Clover Report : December 2025

In September, the Aloha Girls visited Kula Botanical Garden, an 8-acre garden founded in 1971 on the slopes of Haleakalā. President Keely and Aunty Kacie ...