神護寺では、この年末に特製の”お加持もち”の販売をいたします。お寺できれいにつかれたものが本尊不動明王に奉納され、新年に向けてお加持されたおもちです。無病息災、開運招福のパワーにあふれています。 かさねもちと小もち(各1パウンド）があり、かさねもちが$ １５（橙、シダ付き）、小もちが＄１０（8個入り）です。新年の鏡もちに、おせち料理に是非御利用下さい。 ご注文される方は、添付された申込書に必要事項を入力の上、この１２月２５日（木）までに返信して下さい。尚、おもちの引渡し日は１２月２７日(土）から、２８日(日)までとなります。御注文された方はお寺までおいで下さい。来られる時間は応相談です。 Jingoji Buddhist Temple will sell "Okaji-mochi" Blessed Pound Rice at the end of the year. That pound rice is made cleanly and offered to Fudo-myo-o, the main deity of the Temple, to bless for the new year. It is full of auspicious, prosperous and protective power of the deity. There are […]

Performance and discussion by Portland Shishimai Kai at Portland Japanese Garden. Program includes Edo Kotobuki Jishi, the celebratory traditional lion dance of Tokyo. Three musicians (taiko drums, shinobue flute, atarigane percussion) accompany the shishimai dancer who performs an intricate series of movements such as jumping over the mountain, looking for food, eating a mikan orange, […]

The performance features Masa Ishikawa (piano/composition), a native of Fukushima, and his trio (Greg Campbell on drums, Tim Carey on bass). The trio performs Ishikawa's original compositions inspired by Japanese cultures and traditions. The program also includes a collaboration with Imanaka Taijo (head priest of Seattle Koyasan Buddhist Temple) and his disciples.