Koyasan Buddhist Temple in Little Tokyo will celebrate the New Year of the lunar calendar with an exorcism rite of tossing roasted soybeans or Mame-maki performance on Sunday, Feb. 3. The service for the lunar New Year will start at 1:30 pm. The cerebration for the New Year of the lunar calendar is also...
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Goma (fire ritual) service at Koyasan Buddhist Temple (Cultural News Photo) On New Year’s Day in Japan, it is still a ritual that people visit a Buddhist temple or Shinto shrine to offer a prayer. Here in Los Angeles, Koyasan Buddhist Temple in Little Tokyo receives several thousand visitors during three-day-period for many years....
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The Los Angeles County Museum of Art will open Paths to Enlightenment exhibition at its Pavilion for Japanese Art, East Wing on April 12. This installation of paintings from LACMA’s permanent collection presents the uniquely blended mix of religions in Japan, whose populace was historically offered a variety of paths to spiritual understanding or...
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The Los Angeles Buddhist Church Federation will hold its annual Hanamatsuri Celebration (the Flower Festival) on April 8th. This year’s celebration will be held in the Garden Room of the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center (JACCC) located on 244 South San Pedro Street in the Little Tokyo area of Los Angeles. The theme...
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The first day of the year is considered one of the most important days in many Asian countries. In Japan, people like to visit a Buddhist temple or Shinto shrine to offer a prayer on New Year’s Day. Here in Los Angeles, Koyasan Buddhist Temple in Little Tokyo receives several thousand visitors during three-day-period....
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March 20 (Sunday) 10:30 am, Zenshuji Soto Mission at Little Tokyo The Great Tohoku Earthquake Disaster: A Memorial Ceremony for the Deceased and a Prayer for a Quick Recovery from the Disaster Sunday, March 20, 10:30 am Zenshuji Soto Mission, 123 South Hewitt Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012, (213) 624-8658 www.zenshuji.org From: Rev. Daigaku...
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In January’s Japan Study Club at the Nibei Foundation in West Los Angeles, Zen priest and philosophy scholar Dr. Wako Kao will lecture on “Eastward Movement of Buddhism in mid-1950s” on Tuesday, January 11 at 7:30 pm. The Nibei Foundation Japan Study Club’s Dinner/Lecture Series Tuesday, January 11 Reception and dinner at 6:30 pm...
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The first day of the year is considered one of the most important days in many Asian countries. Visiting a Buddhist temple or Shinto shrine to offer a prayer on New Year’s Day is called Hatsu-Mode (first offering) in Japanese. In the Esoteric tradition of Buddhism, Goma (fire ritual) is an important rite to...
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Cultural News, 2010 October Issue Zenshinza Theatre Company, Japan’s foremost repertory theatre ensemble, will make its highly anticipated U.S. debut at the Aratani Japan America Theatre in Los Angeles on Nov. 5-7. Established by two of the greatest Kabuki actors of the early 20th century, Zenshinza performs legendary classics as well as dazzling contemporary...
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Cultural News, 2010 September Issue Zenshinza Theatre Company, Japan’s foremost repertory theatre ensemble, will make its highly anticipated U.S. debut at the Aratani Japan America Theatre in Los Angeles on Nov. 5-7. Established by two of the greatest Kabuki actors of the early 20th century, Zenshinza performs legendary classics as well as dazzling contemporary...
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Hanamatsuri Celebration Sunday, April 11 Jodoshu North America Buddhist Mission 442 East Third Street, Los Angeles, CA 90013 1:00 pm Bugaku performance by Kinnara Gagaku 1:20 pm Hanamaturi Service 2:00 pm Awards Ceremony 2:20 pm Hanamatsuri Commemorative Lecture “Buddhism & Compassion” by Dr. Glenn T. Webb Kinnara Gagaku and Bugaku Already, Hanamatsuri, the celebration...
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Kinnara Taiko is the oldest Japanese American Buddhist taiko group in North America, formed in 1969, and is named after the celestial musicians of Buddhism. As a Buddhist group, emphasis is placed on participation, self-awareness and discovering the joy in “just” playing. Kinnara is also based in the tradition of Japanese and Japanese American...
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