Time passes too quickly as we honor you once again on the celebration of your 9th memorial anniversary of entering Nirvana. We miss you every day and hope that you continue to pray for us and guide us daily to follow the teachings of the Eight-Fold Path to be good citizens and follow the teachings of Buddha nature. I pray that I live the path of Happiness and Service to be great citizens of our community....and love all who come into my present life for we share common goals of being good humans and the desire to leave a legacy of a better world for future generations. 
I am proud to share that I am leading the fight for our home, our community to clean the wai of the Salt Lake Waterway, and perpetuate the aina by "healing" the waters through my Operation Clean-Sweep project for the Salt Lake Community.  
Our Nakamura family legacy has been blessed many times over as we just celebrated your great granddaughter Keira Jade Angeli Kubo's second birthday at Disneyland. It was surreal to share such fun times with my grandchildren as I gazed upon their bright happy faces that remind me of how much they would have brought you so much joy to see your legacy live on. Kellan-boy, now 37, is an awesome father and provider for his family, doing well at work and leading a stable life that I have no worries about his future. when it is my time to leave this material world.  Thank you for investing so much into his lifetime education and providing a solid foundation of schooling that I could not have afforded without your generous support.               Chloe is now 13 years old but still seems to miss you a lot as well visiting your bedroom and I find her lingering by your picture or when I say, "Grandpa NamuNamu" her ears perk up like she knows and remembers you.   WE all miss you so much!  Please watch over us always and continue to keep me on the right path.  With greatest respect in Gassho. NamuAmidaButsu!

We miss you Mr Dwight but your light continues to shine through your wonderful daughters. You would be so proud of them.

Dear, sweet Bishop Nakamura! May this holiday season 2023 be one that fills your soul with much love, happiness and peace! Although you are missed by so many here on earth, I know that you are enjoying your time as you share your sweet spirit on the other side! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you, a man who has been such a wonderful example of service, kindness and love to me and countless others!

Before 2023 comes to a close...I just wanted to pray in thanksgiving for all you shared with us and yet I took it all for granted that you would always be with us in this human realm. I am reminded of your fulfilled & happy life of gratitude as we look upon your glowing smile in front of the Kanemaru's bromeliad plant or the captured peace & contentment having partake your cup of matcha in the gardens of Kyoto. 
Remembering when.... and I will always cherish your passion, wisdom, appreciation for the simple life, that I now better grasp as I purge & merge the years of accumulated "clutter of material belongings that no longer serve"! and may help others in need.  Giving and sharing precious time and peaceful memories are much more valuable and eternal. Thank you for teaching me how to live my life, this existence to be present & open, an active participant to be a vital part of change, movement and bringing simple joy to those we love and to others who may need a friendly "hello, how are you??"
Rest peacefully in love, joy and light....may you, Mom and
Earnest celebrate this holiday 2023 season with all our ancestors and the legacy of our family who has laid the path for a better life for us in this present day.  Please continue to watch over and guide your grand children and great-grandchildren down the righteous path and walk the noble truths everyday of their lives!!
Doomo Arigatoo gozaimasu! Itsumade mo Kansha shitemasu. 

Happy 97th Birthday DAD Namunamu!! It's already been 8 years now, but only seems like yesterday when we celebrated your auspicious Surprise 80th Birthday Party with all your closest family and friends. Bishop Jiho Machida just passed in May 2023 so we know you two Best Friends are happily rejoined in Nirvana. I brought Your Ojuzu and Mom's to the memorial service @ Soto Mission to offer my personal prayer and ask Bishop Machida to forever take care of you, Mom and Earnest Wasui. Today, Ron went to buy flowers and we "osonai" with one of your favs Big Island choco-dip shortbread cookies on the Obutsudan.  Even your furry granddaughter Chloe seems to know today, is a special day, she keeps visiting your room and lying in watch under your seating place at the dining room table!!  We all miss your peaceful presence and compassion.  May we be forever blessed and

Dear, beloved Bishop Nakamura…Just stopping by to wish you a Happy 97th Birthday today. I know you must be very busy sharing your love, your gentleness, your compassion and your nonjudgmental kindness with all whom you continue to care for and serve. You are missed by your family and all, like me, who were blessed to have been in the presence of you at some time or other in this earthly life. Thank you for your sweet spirit, and Happy Birthday!❤️

Dear Dad—-it’s been 8 years since your parting days at hospice. I remember looking out the window each Spring morning to see the peaceful fountain and bird houses with greetings from the chirping birds and blossoming trees. Your last meal was vanilla ice cream (6 containers!) during the middle of the night!!! You had the sweetest smile as you enjoyed every last spoonful. I smile every time I think of you having ice cream and claiming that it was the first time you had such a wonderful treat! 
Miss you! Feel your spirit here with me now more than ever as I deal with my own life changes. Thank you and Mom for watching over and guiding me!

Dad...Grandpa Namunamu... The Bishop...the most humble, nonjudgmental, loving soul who only saw and shared in the goodness of all mankind....we miss you dearly and believe you are still constantly watching over us, guiding our hearts and minds to live as you did in mindfulness, with compassion, grace and universal Nembutsu love.  My only wish would be for you to have seen and enjoyed your three beautiful great-grandchildren who are such blessings of innocence, love, laughter, light and share the very same positive life energy you emanated!  I see YOU DAD in each of them and treasure that you are still with us sharing your life energy at an even higher level. Please protect them from harm and guide them through the right path to walk in their young lives.  Forever missed but never gone....
love you and Mom and Earnest....rest in love, guide us eternally until we all reconnect and can enjoy the gorgeous Sakura Hanami or the Okazaki Hanabi together! 
Love, Chandra Reiko, Ron and Chloe too!

Dear Bishop Nakamura! I am eternally grateful that you have left your footprints on my heart. It was a pleasure and a joy to have been touched by your very presence in this earthly life. You are loved and missed by so many, yet we know you are at peace and are busy serving others above. Rest, dear Bishop Nakamura, rest!❤️❤️❤️

Your sweet and gentle spirit remains but we still miss you so. 

Happy Birthday Grandpa NamuNamu! Today you would have celebrated your 96th Birthday!  Miss you dearly as you have changed our lives forever.

Happy heavenly birthday Dwight. You are truly missed.

Dad—-Miss you dearly each and every day. I know your spirit watches over me and our family. You, Mom and Earnest are forever in our hearts.

Miss you so very much Dad. You have transcended to a more peaceful earth worldly existence. I pray that we may all be reconnected someday in eternal Niravana. 
Please continue to watch over us and guide us to be great citizens of our community and humankind for peace, harmony, goodwill, respect, compassion, gratitude and rightful thought and action.❤️❤️❤️
Just this past February 18, 2022 we were blessed with a granddaughter Keira Jade Angeli Kubo. She is a (Water)Tiger year just like her father Kellan, her Grand Aunty Dana and Great Grandpa NamuNamu!! Keira Jade has the marked Good Luck ears and broad forehead of intelligence like you all! All awesome champion Tigers!!!
YOU are Forever missed but always in our hearts and prayers! ❤️
❤️Ronnie, Chandra & Chloe Kanemaru

I can't believe it's been 7 years since your new journey had begun. I am so blessed to have gotten to meet you and to feel of your sweet spirit. Your presence in this earthly life is missed by all who were blessed to have known you, especially your sweet family.

Forever blessed to have known him. Such a sweet and gentle soul who will be forever missed

Happy 95th Birthday dad! Miss you every day!

Happy 95th Birthday Grandpa Namu-Namu!!!!  06/06/26
It's been 6 years since your passing but we still know you are always watching over us all. Chloe's favorite spot to lie is right under you place at the dinner table. Even she misses you so much....
In midst of change and death, only the forms shall pass away...and not the spirit's breath.  
 Eternal love & light.....Ron, Chandra & Chloe

Six years have passed and we are blessed to have such wonderful memories of Dad to help us through all the unrest and injustice that is currently part of this world. He believed in peace and harmony with all beings. Visions of Dad in meditation brings peace to my mind, and helps me to unplug and breathe, even if for brief moments. You are missed each and every day but the lessons you taught us live on. 

It’s hard to believe it’s been six years but his presence is still missed. Our world sure could use a bit of Dwight wisdom and compassion right now.

Today March 23, 2021 marks “The Bishop’s” 6th memorial anniversary. I pray with deepest thanks and humbled to know that Dad is at a peaceful and joyous place with our dear Mom & brother Earnest. Not having to suffer the strife of this mortifying COVID-19 pandemic and all of the disharmony, injustices and suffering among humankind caused by racial slant, inequities and hate ...absolutely no respect for humankind or life. 
Bless us all to be kind, to be generous of nice words & speech, to evoke joy, to live simply and to “air”caress our loved ones! ❤️

Before the end of this global pandemic 2020 year comes to a close I feel the deepest need to share the blessings of love and compassion and gratitude to all my loving family, dear friends and affiliations in this physical life and those who have entered Nirvana.

It has been a most challenging year of difficulty living a lifestyle to reframe from openly seeing and visiting loved ones due to COVID19. The impact of this pandemic has imposed limitations to how we live, play, work and socialize. I look at the novelty of this global pandemic as an intensive wake-up call of our humankind to live a simpler life....to be kinder, more patient, understanding and more considerate of others....to stay safe and healthy by distancing socially and not gathering with others. 

I have survived this isolation by partaking in self-reflection, introspection, awareness and reliving precious cherished moments....and making conscious decisions! Purging and releasing the unnecessary, unknown and unwelcome on this journey and to be enlightened and not dwell on others' toxic behavior, personalities, guilt-trips and bad behavior not in alignment with me. I do not feel lonely or sad or bad. My "light dimmer switch " is turned on and filters the toxicity, negativity and delusions that surrounds me. Only welcoming the calm, peace, joy, beauty and nurturing, cherished moments that emblazes my inner soul, essence and daily existence.

I am living the life of self-care and expend my energy to consciousness of gratitude, hope and right mindfulness. Right Thought = Right Action, Right Speech. Collectively the teachings of Buddhism and "The Bishop's" way of life has guided and inspired me to take an awakened path of living. 

Awakening to my truths and may love & joy be abound in 2021.

Happy Birthday Dad! I have been blessed with such amazing family and friends, and celebrate you on your 94th year!!! I know you and Mom are here with us in spirit—-I often catch the faint scent of your favorite incense. I added one of my favorite photos of you at a tea house! Miss you lots! I am glad that I have the pleasure of seeing this photo each and ever day!

Happy 94th Birthday! We miss you dearly....Chloe reminds us of how much we miss you as she loves to sit/lay right under your chair at dinner time and she always can be found lying down on the floor in front of your bedroom. We still refer to Your chair at the dinner table, eve to this very day.

We were so blessed to have taken care of you and spend those precious years before your passing. Ron and I often talk about...”wonder what little secrets you and Chloe shared...the mischief...the snacking on sweet treats that weren’t good you!!....we found the wrappers, the chewed up pens, socks, and special deposits she would leave in your room. LOL!

Each day is a gift and a blessing, best met with gratitude. Our bodies are our home and while we are vulnerable, we are quite miraculous. They are the source of our most amazing pleasures and our most difficult of pains.  But this is where we live—in this body, in this moment of time—and if we all just remember to slow down, pay mindful attention ad never give up, we can move through life’s inevitable challenges with more grace and forgiveness.

Thank you for teaching me and sharing your wisdom of life....so simple are the words...but a challenge to live by.

Lot of love and respect to you dad!  Chandra, Ron and Chloe

Happy Birthday Dwight. We sure do miss you. Take care and continue to watch over your family. We love and miss you.

I so miss his gentle smile, warm demeanor and his willingness and acceptance of Jack and I into his extended family. His spirit lives on particularly in his youngest grandson, who looks so much like him. We’ve been so blessed by your presence in our lives as well as our memories. Continue to rest knowing that your memory continues on.

Happy 93rd Birthday Dad!  Love and miss you everyday ...blessings always!
Ron, Chandra and Chloe too!

I believe The Bishop is watching over us all and praying for us to live each day in joy, peace, love and happiness. We have but one life to live,,,,we should embrace it with purpose to be the best we can be and always give from our hearts, I am stronger as a person, as I look at the meaning of my life....to be all that I can be.  Dad taught me many tough lessons in life that makes me who I am, what I share with others, of who I am, how I love, and live my life purpose. Miss him dearly, but forever in our hearts!

It is Bishop's fourth memorial. Today was a beautiful sunny day and I enjoyed seeing all the daffodils and tulips popping up. Dad loved plants and flowers, and definitely passed this love on to his family. Thinking of Dad, Mom, Maman-san bachan and Ernest resting under the beautiful cherry blossoms at Daijuji Temple in Okazaki. Spring brings healing and renewal!

Dear Dad --- three years have passed very quickly. I miss you each and every day as I see the little reminders of you in my home. One of my favorite photos sits on my desk with your calm and peaceful smile brightening up this day. To celebrate your life, I had lunch at Ichiban and Kazumi-san served me gyoza that you enjoyed. Visited Reynolda Gardens to view all the flowers and plants springing forward, and sat at your favorite bench taking in the sun. It was a wonderfully peaceful day!!!

Already it has been 3 years since the passing of The Bishop, dear dad, Grandpa Namu Namu...but still I hold close the warmth of your tender acts of spiritual kindness and forgiveness...seeing the best and most beautiful things in the world that cannot be seen or even touched by most...they could only be felt with the heart.   ~ Helen Keller

Happy 91st Birthday, Bishop Nakamura! Rest well!

Happy 91st Birthday Dad! Love you forever more.

We have all been blessed to have had DAD in our lives bringing joy, calm reflection, happiness, peace, light, wisdom, guidance and purpose.
Miss him dearly. but know that he is in eternal life with mom and Earnest Wasui.

Remembering his kind and gentle spirit. So blessed to have known him.

Can't believe a year has passed since the passing of Bishop Nakamura! Although our meeting in the past was short, his kindness and compassion left a lasting impression! His sweet smile and face spread love and warmth to all around him. Missing him and wishing him peace and love as he rests in peace! With live...

Thinking of our beloved dad the past few days.....today marks the one year memorial anniversary of his entering into Nirvana. I believe he is joyfully reunited with our mom and brother Earnest and living in perfect and harmonious bliss.
 A warm-hearted, kind, compassionate and generous man of the Jodo Buddhist faith attuned to communicating in ways all people could understand. he had a conviction with the strongest sense of devotion to helping others, especially centered around teaching and sharing the Nembutsu. His life revolved around his work. He sacrificed himself for his faith and recited the Nembutsu with his last breath.
  Grandpa NamuNamu we miss you....Love you.

Happy Birthday Uncle!!!!

HAPPY 89TH BIRTHDAY DAD!!  6-6-26.

Aloha Chandra,

I am thinking of you and sending my love and blessings to you and your family, holding you in love and grace.

Was wondering how your Dad is, and found this site and the news.
A long, hard pause and reflection tonight. Words cannot adequately convey the powerful devotion and joyful spirit of your Dad in this lifetime and the incredible work and significant influence he has made.

...An incredible wayshower and model to follow, one who touched me deeply and brought in beautiful you.

You did an amazing and incredible tribute for such an amazing and beautiful soul.

Please let me know how I can support you. I love you.

Love and blessings, Sharan

Dear Chandra and Dana,

I am so sorry for your father's passing away.

Your father was a great bishop. He was the bishop who interviewed me in Japan and let me come to Hawaii to work as a minister. That was more than 30 years ago.

He was a good calligrapher, too. When I asked him to write Japanese Kanji characters to make fonts for computer based on his hand writing, he said he can not write with a brush anymore. It was too late.

We will really miss him.

Namu Amida Butsu.
In Gassho,

Rev. Yubun Narashiba
Jodo Mission of Hawaii

Dearest Chandra,

...In the darksome night of despair, my eye turneth expectant and full of hope to the morn of Thy boundless favor and at the hour of dawn my drooping soul is refreshed and strengthened in remembrance of Thy beauty and perfection. He whom the grace of Thy mercy aideth, though he be but a drop, shall become the boundless ocean, and the merest atom which the outpouring of Thy loving-kindness assisteth, shall shine even as the radiant star.....

May your father rest in peace.

Sending our deepest sympathy,

Tena and Wade

Dearest Chan and Dana: Your dad will be missed so much. He was such a passionate, caring and loving individual -- truly one of the most amazing persons I have known. The Bishop (my Reverend Uncle, as I will always remember him) touched so many in his lifetime. Thought about some great memories. Take care. Hugs, Auntie Linda

Chandra and family,

Please accept our deepest condolences. Just know that our thoughts and prayers are with you and let us know if we can be of any help.

Hearing of my uncle ‘death

Dear Reiko
It has been a long time since I last contacted you. I was shocked at the news of my uncle’s unexpected death
I have been concerned about him since I have not been in touch with him recently.
My last memory with him was 3 years ago when he visited Japan.
Since that time I met him, I saw that his health was declining so I have been concerned about him for a while.
I heard that Mieko visited him and that she was able to see him in a peaceful state.
I am sorry and saddened by his departure. However, I was relieved to hear that his family could be close to him when he passed.
I can’t imagine how sad you and Yoko san's are right now.
Once you both have settled down, please let me know how we can help.
I have contacted his siblings in Japan about his death.
They would like to have a ceremony to bid farewell to him.
I pray that our uncle rest in peace.


Sincerely yours  Gassho
                                                   Tetsuo Nakamura

Dear Chandra,

We are deeply shocked to hear of the death of Ryokan ojisan.
Our thought are with your family at this most difficult time of loss.

Sincerely,

Hisae Tanikawa

Dear Chandra,

Thank you for sending Ryokan ojisan's memorial website.
I have started making an album of photos we have taken with him
while listening to the"onenbutsu" CD that he gave me.
I feel so blessed that I have so many wonderful memories of him but
miss him so much.
Please accept my deepest condolences to you and your family and please
take care of yourself.
Please know we are always here for you.

Mieko Yamamoto

Dear Reiko,Yoko
We are all deeply shocked to hear of the death of your father
and we would like to offer deepest sympathy.

Sincerely  Yukio Nakamura, Tokyo, Japan

Hi Chandra,

What a beautiful memorial to your Dad.
I just want to express my condolences and Aloha to you and your family.
I so admire your strength and mana’ with all of the things that you do for your community and your family …. You are a true inspiration for us all.
May your father Rest in Peace …

~Victor

I am so sad to hear about the passing of your Dad . He was such a kind person and had such a cute smile, kinda like the one you inherited from him. If we can help in any way, let us know.
      Fondest Aloha,
      Brenda Lee