WHERE  Jikoen Hongwanji Buddhist Temple
1731 N. School Street  Honolulu HI

DATE      Sunday – June 24, 2018  9 AM

Open to the public

Irei no Hi – “the day to console the dead”

The Irei No Hi Memorial Service remembers all of those, American and Japanese soldiers and Okinawan civilians, who lost their lives during the Battle of Okinawa that raged from April through June 1945.

Over 240,000 lives were lost with Okinawan residents, among them children, accounting for half of the war victims.

On June 24, Jikoen Temple members will honor not only the victims of the Battle that ended 73 years ago but all of the victims of all wars.

Program

• A report on how Okinawa changed their understanding of peace by Lisa Grandinetti, labor organizer for Aikea/Local 5, and by a member of Women’s Voices Women Speak.
• Poetry reading by Aiko Yamashiro, UH Manoa instructor, and Delaina Thomas, M.F.A. in Poetry Writing from UC Irvine.
• Hula to an Okinawan favorite “Hana” by Shelby Oshiro, Pete Doktor, and Chantel Ikehara.
• Traditional Buddhist chant honoring the dead by the Rev. Shindo Nishiiyama.

For more information: 808-845-3422 or dok@riseup.net

Co-sponsors: Jikoen Hongwanji Buddhist Temple, Hawaii Okinawa Alliance, and Women’s Voice Women Speak.