80 th birthday celebration of rev. yoshinobu nakao

80th Birthday Celebration ofRev. Yoshinobu NakaoJuly 16, 2008(DOB: July 11, 1928)

Before he was born...1925 年

Tengen Bunkyokai( 天元分教会 )was established

1st Kaicho, Rev. Asakichi Nakao

1928 年 7 月 11 日Rev. Asasaburo & Masa Nakao gave birth to Yoshinobu Nakao at Tengen in Mishima, Nara.

Birth

Childhood

1934-1940 年Young Yoshinobu attended Ichinomoto Shogakko ( 櫟本小学校 , Elementary School)

Age 11 with siblings at Tengen Church Entrance.

Siblings

Etsuko, Masa (mother), Yoichi, Giza, (boy unknown)

Siblings

Masa (mother), Yoichi, Etsuko, Mitsuhiro, Giza (missing sister)

Childhood

1941 年 (13 y/o)

1942 年 (14 y/o)

1946 年 (18 y/o)

Childhood1940-1944 年Attended Tenri School

1944 年Yoshinobu, at 16 y/o, had his father passed away for rebirth.

Yoshinobu’s youngest brother Yoichi was only 4 years old.

Yoshinobu’s mother, Rev. Masa Nakao becomes the third Pastor of Tengen Bunkyokai

Childhood

1944 -1946 年Attended Tenri Daigaku majoring in Chinese

Adulthood

Adulthood

1946-1948 年

Graduated from Tenri Kyokou Honka. Yoshinobu met Mr. Fujimura at this time and they became best friends. 1951 年 5 月 6

日

Adulthood1948 年 3 月 24 日The first pastor, Rev. Nagayama of Pearl Church has announced that she will be returning to Japan from Hawaii. Yoshinobu went to Yokohama to pick her up.

Yoshinobu Nakao (20 years old) and Tomiko Ohto (19 years old) met for the very first time at Honki Bunkyo-kai.

Love

Tomiko Ohto 1948-1953 年

LoveYou could say it was destiny when they met for the first time…

Yoshinobu Nakao (20 years old) and Tomiko Ohto (19 years old) met for the very first time at Honki Bunkyo-kai.Tomiko attended Shuuyoka April – June 1948.

When Tomiko and Rev. Chika Ebizuka (Yoshinobu Grandmother) arrived in Tenri they went to Tengen for Omaeri and again Yoshinobu and Tomiko laid eyes on each other again for the second time which was very unexpected.

1948 年

Love1952 年 1 月Rev. Yoshinobu visits Tomi-chan in Tokyo! He tells her he would not marry anyone other than her. When it is time for them to say good bye to each other at Shinagawa Train Station they hold and hug each other for 10 minutes and they can' let go! They both shared this same story to me so you know that is was one of their most memorable moments.

Tenrikyo

1952 年Rev. Yoshinobu Nakao moved to Otaru, Hokkaido to do Missionary Work.

Post Shuyoka1948-1953From the many stories that I (Grace) have heard from Tomi-chan, Yoshinobu was an extremely romantic guy who loved to write love letters. Tomiko had stacks and stacks of love letters from Yoshinobu, that is how they built a close and meaningful relationship….called love.

1953 年 10 月

Marriage

1953 年 10 月 10日

Rev. Yoshinobu Nakao and Tomiko Ohto are married on this joyous day. They both return to Otaru, Hokkaido to continue missionary work.

Married Life

1954 年 6 月

Mission

1954 年 8 月 19 日Requested by the 2nd Shimbashira, Rev. Yoshinobu and Tomiko arrive in Hawaii to take over Rev. Nagayama's mission. Rev. Yoshinobu becomes the second the Pastor of Pearl Church in Palama.

Family1955 年 7 月 11 日Rev. Yoshinobu (27 years old) and Tomiko Nakao (26 years old) gives birth to their first baby, Owen.

1955-1964 年Together, they have 5 children, Owen, Morris, Elmer, Carl and Grace

Family

1964 年Pearl Church and the Nakao Family moves from Palama to 10th Avenue. Then finally after four sons, they give birth to a cute baby girl, Grace Chikako and they all live happily ever after.

1964 年Pearl Church and the Nakao Family moves from Palama to 10th Avenue. Then finally after four sons, they give birth to a cute baby girl, Grace Chikako and they all live happily ever after.

1964 年Pearl Church and the Nakao Family moves from Palama to 10th Avenue. Then finally after four sons, they give birth to a cute baby girl, Grace Chikako and they all live happily ever after.

1971 年Rev. Masa Nakao (Yoshinobu's mother) asks him for the last time if he will return to Tengento become the fourth pastor of Tengen Bunkyokai. With much thought for all that he and Tomiko has gone through (kuro) and not to mention how difficult it would be for their children to move to Japan, Yoshinobu declined.

Mission

Mission

1974 年Rev. Yoshinobu's mother, Rev. Masa Nakao passed away for rebirth.

Life

Yoshinobu & sons.

Morris & Elmer Yoshinobu & 3rd Shimbashira

4th of July picnic

Life

3rd Shimbashira & his wife, some kids….

Owen, Morris, Elmer, Carl, Grace

1980 年 11 月 22 日

Owen Nakao & Taeko Araki

1985 年 6 月 30 日Elmer Nakao & Mie Watanabe

1989 年 6 月 12 日Family at the Tenri Cultural Center missionary house.

1992 年 9 月 6 日Jon Higa & Grace Nakao

Yoshinobu & Tomiko at Tengen1993 年 4 月 29 日

Carl Nakao & Karen Goya

1993 年 9 月 11 日

1994 年 9 月 11 日Rev. Yoshinobu retires and his first son Rev. Owen Nakao becomes the third pastor of Pearl Church

Yoshinobu at the 2001 4th of July picnic.

1981-1996 年They have 7 beautiful grandchildren, Moses, Annabella, Lucas, Lewis, Alex, Amy and Marika

1999 年 6 月Moses' Graduation

2000 年 12 月 25 日Christmas family & friends gathering at Pearl Church

David Taylor & Annabella Nakao2007 年 10 月 6 日

Moses Nakao & Chieko Toji

2007 年 11 月 25 日

1997-2007 年

Rev. Yoshinobu works endlessly on Tenrikyo Hawaii Dendocho's history of 50 years in Hawaii.

Rev. Yoshinobu completes the history book and it is published. His goal was to finish the book before passing away.

2007 年

First Great Grandchild

Sadie Ayumu Nakao, daughter to Moses & Chieko Nakao was bornMay 5, 2008

80th Birthday Celebration at Pearl ChurchJuly 13, 2008

The legacy goes on... Owen, Moses, Ayumu

80th Birthday CelebrationJuly 16, 2008

Arigatou Gozaimasu!