Inside Hondo - 4 hotspots in picture

The minister gongs the diakin or large bell to call people to service.  The Hondo which holds 260 people, is where services are held.  English services are held on Sundays at 10:00 a.m. and services in Japanese are at 1 o'clock in the afternoon.  The seating area, called the gejin, is plain symbolizing the secular world we live in.  The raised area is called the naijin symbolizing the world of truth or enlightenment.  It is very ornate, beautiful and awe inspiring.   

During family services children will sit in pews by class grades.  Parents and adults sit in the rear pews.  There is additional seating  in the Mini Chapel next door.  Ministers will speak from the podium on the right.  People making announcements or the service leaders will speak from the podium on the left.

The hondo is also used for weddings and memorial services.  On New Years Eve members and visitors can gong the diakin.

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Podium - Ministers and guest speakers speak from here.  Also know to house Freddie the Frog, a friend of Reverend Marv. 

Incense burner - After service members offer incense and gassho.

Announcements - Children who lead the service and announcements are made from here.

Nijin - The Nijin (stage) is different from the gejin (pews).  The gejin is plain and the Nijin is ornate and beautiful like the truth of enlightenment.

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