Spring 2017 Rinzai Maui Zen Mission Newsletter

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We welcome the delegation from Japan

The Myoshinji delegation from Japan is coming for the combined Paia Hanamatsuri service and the 90 year anniversary of Rev. Okamoto’s arrival with the Myoshinji school in Hawaii. The service is Sunday April 2nd at 10 a.m. Lunch will be catered and you may bring deserts to share.

For many years Paia was a quiet, sleepy town. Not many people stopped in Paia except some tourists to see the small shops or fill gas before continuing on to Hana. It was a memory of the plantation times.

When the large parking lot was built next to the Shell station at the entrance of town, no one imagined the lot could be filled with cars. The Paia bypass going up to the new post office was only opened in the afternoons to help with the after-work rush hour traffic.

Nowadays, Paia is a year-round tourist hotspot. The parking lots are always full and the bypass road is always open for cars but it does little to help the traffic. From lunchtime on there is usually a long line of cars, not just coming from town, but also Kuau and Makawao, all driving into Paia. New development brings more people and traffic to this small part of the island. Driving to and from the temple takes more time and patience than before

今年の花祭りはもう直ぐ、四月二日に日本から管
長様をお迎えして私達のお寺で行います。????
開山岡本南針先生が臨濟宗をハワイで布教され始
めて九十年を記念しての法要も併せて厳修されま
す。 日本からは四十二人のお客様をお迎えしま
す。 沢山のメンバーにお参りして頂けます様お願
いします。????
最近お寺にお見えになった方はよくご承知の様
に、パイアはずいぶん変わりとても賑やかな観光
の街になりました。 但しパイアの道は昔のまま、
駐車場は常に満杯です。????
ハイク、ハナに行く人も増え午後は歩く方が早い
程です。 ????
またお寺の反対、道の山側の広大なキビ畑はどう
やら本土資本によって大きな開発が行われる様で
す。????
公園も常に満杯、お寺への出入りは時間がかかる
と同時に辛抱が大事になりました。 時間に余裕を
持ってお参りに来て下さい。????

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