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A HEARTY WELCOME
We thank you for participating in our 27th
Annual Obon Festival. It is the joyful season to remember all departed relatives and friends by dancing to our heart’s delight. In this way, we connect with our cultural and religious heritage.
So ease your minds and enjoy the performances, food, drinks, crafts, and
displays that the Sangha members and friends have prepared for this special occasion.
We thank the sponsors for their most generous contributions.
With Gassho, Dale Ito, Obon Chair Stan Isa, President Las Vegas Buddhist Sangha
* * * ITEMS for SALE* * *
RAFFLE TICKETS
1 for $3.00 2 for $5.00 4 for $10.00
Booklet of 10 for $25.00
CULTURAL CRAFT ITEMS
Handmade by the Las Vegas
Buddhist Sangha Crafts
A LA CARTE ENTREES Inari Sushi Makizushi Spam Musubi Lumpia
A VARIETY OF AMERICAN
AND JAPANESE DESSERTS
SNOW CONES and KINTOKI
(sweet red beans on shaved ice)
Soft Drinks Bottled Water
Dale Ito Stan Isa
2015 SANGHA OFFICERS
Stan Isa, President
Gene Nakamura, Vice President
Eileen Castle, Secretary
Jim Kurashige, Treasurer
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Dr. David Hopper Koichi Iida
Al Kayatani John Kosora
Chelsea Kurashige Gay Kurashige
Kyle Morishita Muriel Scrivner
Tilda Silao Patty Yamano
Dale Ito, Past Pres.
MAILING ADDRESS:
LAS VEGAS BUDDHIST SANGHA
4110 N. Martin Luther King Blvd.
N. Las Vegas, NV 89032
(702) 633-4810
The Las Vegas Buddhist Sangha would like to thank all
participants and volunteers for your generous
donations and assistance. For many years, OBON has
served to bring together all of us in friendship,
remembrance, and gratitude. May we put our hands
together in gassho and remember our ancestors and
the sacrifices they made to help us become better
people.
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DONATIONS
The Las Vegas Buddhist Sangha thanks the
following individuals and organizations for their
generous donations.
Hoops For Friends
Frances Miyasato (In Memory of Parents Chester &
Hatsumi Toguchi and Sister Arlene Toguchi)
Naka Sushi
George Yoshioka
John S. Murakami
Ben & Marilyn Nakagawa
Chiyoko Nishimori
Bill & Janet Sakahara
Flora Tsuma
Carol Yamamoto
Jim Akamine for Frances Akamine Hatsubon
Eiko Ceremony
Sachi Matsumoto
James Moon
Jerry Ogawa
Fumie Sayegusa
Floyd & Betty Kumagai
Yvonne Kishi
Nobuko Wallace
Judge Bita Khamsi* and her husband, Steve Yeager, offer their congratulations and
best wishes for the 27th Annual Obon Festival, hosted by the LV Buddhist Sangha.
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Co-Chairmen and Supplies: Dale Ito & Jim Kurashige
Obon dance practice: Ann Mikami
Kitchen Supervision: Jan-Ie Low & Derek Uehara
Raffle Tickets: Bob Reynierse & Paul Sakamoto
Desserts: Crystal Okano
Norimaki Sushi: Emily Aoki & Harriet Huber
Inarizushi: Margaret Nakata
Chirashi: Alice Branton
Rice cooking: Delwayne Arakaki
Teriyaki Sauce: Rosie Kakuuchi
Beef: Bill Muraoka & Alan Takemoto
Chicken–Aiko Mayeda, Tom Ruyle
Drinks: Garrett & Jennifer Kakita
Bento Sales: Gay & Jim Kurashige
Spam Musubi: John Kosora & Sandi Hiyane
Crafts Sales–Patty Yamano & Sally Hanagami
Bento distribution: Rosan Ito & Chris Kakuuchi
Bento Ticket printing: Joanne Ruyle
Master of Ceremonies: Wayne Tanaka
Program Booklet: Roy Suzuki
Booklet Cover Art: Justin Appel
Ad Sales: Katherine Yoshikawa
Yagura Setup and Decoration: Gene Nakamura & Tilda Silao
Cleanup: Minoru Aoki
2015 OBON CHAIRPERSONS
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Jason Feinberg, Fox5 News Anchor.
Congratulations to the members of the
Las Vegas Buddhist Sangha
on your 27th Annual
Obon Festival!
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SPECIAL SERVICE TOMORROW!
For those of you who haven’t seen our
brand new Sangha Center, there will be a
service at 10 a.m. tomorrow.
Reverent Harada will officiate
and we will give you a grand tour.
We hope to see you there!
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2015 OBON FESTIVAL PROGRAM
11:00 A.M. CULTURAL CRAFTS SALE BEGINS
FOOD SALE & BENTO DISTRIBUTION
11:30 A.M. GREETINGS/VIP INTRODUCTIONS: Wayne Tanaka, MC
WELCOME: Stan Isa, President;
GASSHO: Rev. Marvin Harada, OCBC
12:00 P.M. KAMINARI TAIKO PERFORMANCE Performers: Jennifer Caballero, Wendy Dwyer, Mie Hammel, Cameron Blakemore
Vanessa Wilbur, Jessica Williams, Sergio Minero Featuring: LVKT Tako Taiko, Las Vegas' first kids taiko group
12:20 Charles Herring and the Ladies and Gentlemen of Na Hula
Hali’a Aloha and Friends performing: HANA WA SAKU
12:55 P.M. Introduction of Jason Feinberg, Fox5 News Anchor, who will
participate in the dances.
1:00 P.M. DANCES BEGIN
Dances Ann Mikami, Instructor●Richard Mikami, Music●Allan Amazaki, Sound System
Las Vegas Dancers
Hiromi Akagi, Chudy Amazaki, Nalani Andrade, Patsy Buckley, Pat Chang, Fortune Claros, Ali/Jesse Coronado, Kathy Downen Jeanette/Paulino Espinoza, Stan Fuke, Marcy/Harry Haime, Sally
Hanagami, Coleen Harimoto, Susan Hirata, Gay Imamoto, Iris Imaye, Yoko Ishikawa, Bing Labogen,
Ray Liu, Phyllis Moniz, Lyanne/Vernon Nakamoto, Gene Nakamura, Kumiko Noriega, Aki Paulson, Judy Rebolledo, Kazuko Sakaeda, Muriel Scrivner, Summer/Brian Segawa, Mitsuko Shimotani, Tilda
Silao, Grace Stalbaum, Hazel & Ray Sumile, Caryl Suzuki, Lois Tsunoda, Louise Viloria, Myrna
Wieczorek, Jeanne Wong, Yuko/Mitsuoki Yamada, Brandon Yee
Round 1:
1. Bon Odori Uta
2. Ashibinaa
3. Bambutsu No Tsunagari (uchiwa)
4. Shin Goshu Ondo
5. Sekai Heiwa Ondo (kachi-kachi)
6. Ei Ja Nai Ka
INTERMISSION
Na Hula Hali’a Aloha and Friends performing:
SANGOSHO NO KANATA (Beyond the Reef)
Round 2:
1. Tanko Bushi
2. Asadoya Yunta
3. Memanbetsu Bayashi
4. Bambutsu No Tsunagari (uchiwa)
5. Sakura Ondo
6. Ei Ja Nai Ka
7. Gassho Ondo
3:00 P.M. RAFFLE DRAWING (need not be present to win)
3:30 P.M. CLOSING REMARKS: Wayne Tanaka
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(702) 228-3534
(702) 460-4060 mobile Derek.Uehara@raymondjames.com
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2015 LAS VEGAS BUDDHIST SANGHA MEMBERS* Jim Akamine
Kenneth & Gladys Akita
Emiko & Hiroaki Aoki
Minoru & Sharleen Aoki
Delwayne & Cathy Arakaki
Alice Branton
Sandi Ciel
Mark & SiMei Connolly
Cynthia Cox
Dennis & Brenda Creed
Kristen Cummings
Thomas & Lynn DeMann
Nam'e Dukes
Dr. Sharl Edwards
Elise Fujimoto
Sho Fukawa
Stan Fuke
Hana Fukumoto
Mabel Fukumoto
Ronald Ghiraldi
Clara Hamasaki
Sally Hanagami
Deborah & Arthur Harlig
Richard & Carolyn Higa
Norm Hirata
Sandi Hiyane
Tomico Honda
Eileen Castle &David Hopper
James & Harriet Huber
Mel & Betty Igawa
Koichi & Katie Iida
Stan & Nancy Isa
Dale & Rosan Ito
Jackie Kaanoi
Alice Kado
Jennifer & Garrett Kakita
Rosie Kakuuchi
Sadie Kasamoto
Kumiko Kashiwada
Tohru Katano
Margaret & Albert Kayatani
Albert & Georgiana Kobayashi
Helen S. Koga
Dan & Katie Kosora
John Kosora
James & Gay Kurashige
Jamie Kuratomi
Dr. Daniel Lee
Pati Lira
Henry & June Maruyama
Roy & Kanyarat Matsuda
Darrel & Julie Matsuyama
Aiko Mayeda
Sueno Migaki
Jimi & Barbara Mitsunaga
Daniel Miyake
Tom & Aiko Miyamoto
Frances Miyasato
Kyle Morishita
Derek Morishita
Clifford & Cathy Moses
Bill & Nan Muraoka
Jessica & Chas Murashige
Jacob Murdock
Brian Nagata
Shumei & June Nagaya
Ben & Marilyn Nakagawa
Anita Nakamura
Tilda Silao & Gene Nakamura
Margaret & Dennis Nakata
Kumiko Nakata
Mits Nakayama
Steve & Myrtle Noguchi
Takako Ogata
Rodney & Crystal Okano
Ellie Oshiro
Henry & Mary Ozaki
Mauricio Portillo
Bob & Chizuyo Reynierse
Jodi Vidad
Bill & Janet Sakahara
Paul & Alice Sakamoto
Lily Sakemi
Jason & Marlo Sando
Muriel Scrivner
Brian & Melany Segawa
Jim & Eleanor Shibata
Kazuo & Edna Shiotani
Ron and May Soeda
Akira & Madeline Sonomura
Azariah Southworth & Chad Rounds
Aileen Sung
Mike & Becky Suyeyasu
Roy & Caryl Suzuki
Tomie Tajima
Alan & Oratai Takemoto
Alicia Tamura
Michael & Sharan Tanaka
Wayne & Sadie Tanaka
Bill Teague
Fred & Carolyn Tomiyoshi
Agnes Tsuchiyama
Flora Tsuma
Yoshi Tsuma
Jan-Ie Low & Derek Uehara
Sadako Wanless
Scott & Tami Watanabe
Grace Wertz
Tom & Myrna Wieczorek
Masaichi Yamada
Fred & Patty Yamano
Tom & Sumi Yanagihara
Bita Khamsi & Steve Yeager
Stan & Arlene Yokoyama
Katherine & Ryan Yoshikawa
Shirley Yoshioka
*We apologize in advance for any omissions.
Please call the Sangha with your corrections.
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Special thanks to Gerald Morita and Hoops for Friends, Inc. (a non-profit corporation) for their continued generosity & support of our Las Vegas Buddhist Sangha Obon Festival.
Hoops for Friends is conducting its 21st Annual Las Vegas Invitational Basketball Tournament for
Asian Americans on September 5 & 6.
For information on how you can support or participate in the tournament, visit their website at www.lvihoops.org or contact Gerald at:
Gerald Morita
3479 Motor Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90034
Gmorita@aol.com
Judge Kalani & Catherine Hoo, with daughters Krista and Kaylee
Judge Kalani Hoo* and his family extend their congratulations and best regards on
the occasion of the 27th Annual Obon Festival, hosted by the Las Vegas Buddhist
Sangha.
*Kalani Hoo is the Department 1 justice of the peace on the North Las Vegas
Justice Court in Nevada
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THIRD ANNUAL GASSHO GOLF
TOURNAMENT
The Las Vegas Buddhist Sangha Thanks
Yuki Enterprises Tom & Sumi Yanagihara
For sponsoring holes at the golf tournament
Tournament Participants
Chris Angelo, Hunter Arakawa, Paul Gaudet
Tom Gochenour, Norm Hirata, Jimi Mitsunaga
Gary Mukai, David Nakata, Nigel Ross
Cory Uyesono, Dennis Watanabe, Phil Williams
Lonnie Woodruff, Tosh Yamamoto, Joel Yokogawa
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Na Hula Hali’a Aloha Cultural Preservation
“Sharing our Aloha Spirit with the community”
E komo mai… and Welcome~ Greetings to all
Congratulations Las Vegas Buddhist Sangha
on your Annual Obon Festival
Na Hula Hali’a Aloha is a “hui”. We are a group of free spirited people coming
together to perpetuate our heritage, culture and traditional beliefs in
supporting and educating of our Hawaiian and Polynesian culture
through various workshops, lectures, our Hula program, and all things
related to Hawaiian. Located in Green Valley.
Our Hawaiian organization offers:
Membership
Hula Program – ages from 6 years~ Senior
Program & Lectures – guest speakers, movie nights
Craft Workshops- Hawaiian art making, food preparation
Hu’i Gatherings – Meal get-togethers
Huaka’i- Travels & Excursions
Annual Christmas Lunch Show at Orleans~ Showcasing our
rich heritage
For more information about our organization, please visit us at
www.nahulalv.com
or contact: Charles Herring- (702) 572-7640
or Steve Bowdoin- (7020 349-5227
nahaliaaloha@aol.com
Na Hula Hali'a Aloha Cultural Preservation
1870 Whitney Mesa Drive. Ste#110 Henderson, NV 89014
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Congratulations to the
members of the Las Vegas
Buddhist Sangha on their 27th
Anniversary Obon Festival!
The objective of the Las Vegas Culture Club is to
promote the appreciation of Japanese cultural convention
and to foster harmonious personal inter-relationships of
members and with associated cultural groups.
Come celebrate our heritage/culture of song and dance.
Now enrolling new members for our Karaoke and Odori
groups.
Please contact us at:
lvjcclub@gmail.com
Please visit our website at: lasvegasjcc.com
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The Las Vegas Japanese American Citizens League
congratulates the Las Vegas Buddhist Sangha on the occasion of their 27
th Annual Obon Festival
and invites all participants to join us in improving civil rights & diversity,
and honoring cultural values. Our yearly dues are only $20, which includes
a newsletter and many social and cultural events. We have moved into the new Sangha Center at
4110 N. Martin Luther King Blvd., N. Las Vegas, 89032! For information, please call our president,
Delwayne Arakaki, at (702) 595-6893, or visit our website at www.lvjacl.org.
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Cell 702.579.5677 Fax 877.770.7199 chad@topvegasrealty.com
2831 Saint Rose Parkway #100 | Henderson, NV 89052
THE LAW OFFICES OF
CURTISS S. CHAMBERLAIN
Kyle Koichi Morishita is an attorney and a member of the Las
Vegas Buddhist Sangha Board of Directors. He was raised in the
Berkeley Buddhist Temple and most recently was a member of the
Denver Buddhist Temple. His father is a former chair of the
Institute of Buddhist Studies and his grandfather is a former
president of the Buddhist Church of San Francisco.
Kyle’s legal practice consists of representing clients in federal and
state courts with a focus on personal injury, immigration, business,
real estate, and bankruptcy issues. He is a former youth basketball
coach and current volunteer with Big Brothers Big Sisters of
Southern Nevada, Three Square, and the University of Nevada,
Las Vegas. Call or email Kyle for a free consultation.
702-997-1420
kyle@gotcurt.com
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