WELCOME to Hawaii Kotohira Jinsha-Hawaii Dazaifu Tenmangu, a Shinto shrine established in 1920 in Honolulu to preserve and perpetuate Shinto traditions in Hawaii and engage in cultural celebrations that acknowledge the divine in all of creation, and venerate our ancestral spirits.
Our two main shrines are Kotohiragu of Kagawa-ken, also known as Konpira-san and Dazaifu Tenmangu of Fukuoka-ken or Tenjin-san . There are also five other shrines represented in Hawaii at the same site: Otaki Jinja of Otake City in Hiroshima, Shirasaki Hachimangu of Yamaguchi-ken, Suitengu of Kurume City in Fukuoka, Watatsumi Jinja of Tokushima and Inari Jinja of Kyoto.
Join us in celebrating the traditions and legacy of a rich and inspiring past.
Happy New Year!
The dawn of a new year overflows with hope that invites us to reflect and to recreate ourselves anew.
This year, may we all find a connection to spirit that can guide and nurture us in our growth as a nation and as individuals.
Open your mind to new possibilities, discover the divinity within yourself and empower yourself to achieving your goals and purpose in life.
Positive energies and blessings go out to all in thie year of the Earth Pig.
Kanreki literally means "return" and "calendar." The ancient Japanese calendar was organized on 60-year cycles. The cycle returns to its starting point in 60 years and as such, Kanreki celebrates that point in our lives when we return to the Chinese zodiac sign under which we were born.
Kanreki is a time that prompts new beginnings. It is customary for the celebrant to be given a red hat and a red vest - clothes that were worn by babies and thus symbolize the celebrant's return to their birth.
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Pig, hog and boar essentially describes the same animal, with some distinctions. A boar is an uncastrated male domestic pig, but it also refers to a wild pig of any gender. A hog often means a domestic pig that weighs more than 120 lbs. Pigs are also referred to as swine.
2019 is the year of the Pig, according to the original Chinese zodiac, however it was replaced by the Boar in the Japanese and Tibetan zodiacs.
When the Chinese zodiac was imported into Japan sometime during the reign of Emperor Kinmei (509-571 CE), the Japanese were more familiar with wild boars than domestic pigs. Thus, Pig Year was known as Boar Year in Japan. At that time, the Japanese hunted and ate boar meat. It wasn't till a century later that domestic pigs were introduced to Japan from the Korean Peninsula.
