sermon

Discovering the Honouryuri Drum

In February 2005, Professor Naofumi Annaka and Dr. Naomi Sasaoka of Rissho University came to Hawaii to investigate the treasures of Nichiren Shoshu's Betsuin Temple.

I would like to talk about them.

There is no one who does not know what happened here in Hawaii about 76 years ago. Pearl Harbor was attacked, leaders of the Japanese American community were detained and interned.

Japanese American leaders were detained and sent to internment camps. All Japanese-American temples and shrines were ordered to close. These are things that will never be erased in American history.

The Japanese American community leaders were detained and sent to internment camps. The people who actually experienced this are still alive.

The people who actually experienced it are still alive, and their memories remain vivid. But there was something that should have been left behind, but was forgotten. It was the fact that there was an internment camp here on Oahu.

There was an incarceration camp here on Oahu. It was the Honouliuli Confinement Camp. In 2003, through the efforts of Mr. Leslie Goto, a parishioner of the Betsuin, and people from the Hawaii-Japan Cultural Center, the Honouliuli Incarceration Camp was established.

In 2003, thanks to the efforts of Leslie Goto, a parishioner of the Betsuin, and people from the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii, the site was designated as a National Historic Site, and it has become an important part of our memories.

It has been re-memorized as something important in our hearts.

At the Nichiren Shoshu Betsuin in Hawaii, we have a variety of drums that we use for different Buddhist services. Some of them have become old and are no longer in use. There is a drum that was dedicated by Masao Sakamoto, a Buddhist priest, in 1921, but it is about 100 years old.

It is about 100 years old and has been stored in a warehouse and not used recently. I knew of the drum's existence, but I never picked it up anymore.

I knew of its existence, but I never picked it up anymore. However, Prof. Annaka and his colleagues conducted a thorough research on such an item and made a great discovery. It is described separately at the bottom of the drum.

However, Professor Annaka and his colleagues did a thorough investigation and made a great discovery. For more details, please refer to the following article.（In addition, there was a Chinese poem and the names of the three men.

I asked Goto about it. Mr. Goto told me that there is a permanent exhibition on the Honouliuli Confinement Camp at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii.

Mr. Goto told me that there is a permanent exhibition about Honouliuli Confinement Camp at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii, and there are many things on display, but nothing with the name of the camp on it. In other words, there were no maps, photos, or In other words, the items on display were maps, photographs, and things that were used or made there, but none of them had Honouliuli's name written on them.

In other words, there are maps, photographs, and objects used or made there, but none of them have the name Honouliuli written on them. There are maps, photographs, things used there and things made there, but none of them have the name Honouryouri written on them. This means that the old taiko drums in our temple This means that the old drums in our temple are the only ones that can prove that they were actually used in Honouliuli. And also

This means that the old drums at the temple are the only ones that can prove that they were actually used at Honouliuli, and they are also the most reliable and clear proof of the existence of the Honouliuli Confinement Camp.